Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa said those who love their country will be protected by the country itself and an ethical and peaceful society should be created for the future generation by safeguarding the freedom that was gained through great sacrifices. He made these remarks at the […]
Vote for the ‘betel leaf’ to usher economically vibrant and socially developed villages, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the first major district summit held in support of UPFA candidates contesting the forthcoming Local Authority Election in Anuradhapura yesterday. On the same note the President said that the UPFA had started all its victorious election campaigns […]
Paceman Kemar Roach took a stunning hat-trick as West Indies thrashed the Netherlands by 215 runs in their World Cup Group B clash in Delhi. Roach became only the sixth bowler to take a World Cup hat-trick as he finished with outstanding figures of six for 27 and gave his side an emphatic victory at […]
The massive development commenced by the government in the North and East will not cease until the end is visible, says Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development. The minister made this comment during the function held to declare open the central bus stand in Batticaloa. […]
The handing over of command, with Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke relinquishing his duties as Commander of the Air Force, took place at the SLAF Headquarters yesterday evening (27 February). Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke handed over command of the Sri Lanka Air Force to Air Vice Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama. […]
Source: DM Online – By Kelum Bandara Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation had written off as much as Rs. 123 million as “unrecoverable” balances in 2009, including Rs. 47 million from various government establishemetns, Parliament was informed last week. According to the annual report of the Corporation presented in Parliament, this amount written off also included […]
India 338 (Tendulkar 120, Bresnan 5-48) tied with England 338 for 8 (Strauss 158, Bell 69, Zaheer 3-64) On an evening that simply beggared belief, England tied with India in an incredible finale in Bangalore. Andrew Strauss was England’s inspiration, producing an extraordinary 158 from 145 balls, the highest score by an English batsman in […]
Pakistan 277 for 7 (Misbah 83*, Younis 72) beat Sri Lanka 266 for 9 (Silva 57, Afridi 4-34) by 11 runs Anyone out there who still thinks Pakistan are not dangerous contenders for the World Cup? With tremendous poise and skill in the middle overs, Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan propelled Pakistan, who were on a […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Young June Park, South Korean Deputy Minister for Trade and Energy of Ministry of Knowledge Economy of South Korea has expressed his government’s support to implement measures to protect the environment and minimize the damaging issues which arise from the accelerated development programmes in Sri […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the first ever National Eye Bank constructed at a cost of 300 million rupees at the National Eye Hospital premises, Colombo on 24 February. The bank will provide high quality corneas to Sri Lankan patients as well as […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) The global economic crisis taught the world many lessons. Those lessons varied across nations. But all countries learnt common as well as individual lessons, from this crisis. In general, the crisis left behind, a trail of serious damage across nations and shook the very foundations […]
Sri Lanka could become the first team to play international cricket in Pakistan in more than two years as they are considering touring the country later this year. Pakistan haven’t hosted international teams since March 2009 when the Sri Lanka team bus came under fire during a terror attack. Several Sri Lanka players were injured […]
Which country had the best performing market in 2010? FOX NEWS asked in a special report on Sri Lanka. ‘Guess what? It was not the United States of America! The best performing stock market was Sri Lanka’s CSE which was up 96% for the year’, they said. Calling Sri Lanka ‘the rising star of the […]
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Debutant leg-spinner Imran Tahir snared four wickets and AB de Villiers struck 107 not out as South Africa coasted to a seven-wicket win over the West Indies in the World Cup on Thursday. Tahir (4-41) and off-spinner Johan Botha (2-48) shared six wickets to help South Africa bowl out the West […]
Sri Lankan Government is making multi pronged approaches to evacuate expatriate Sri Lankans working in Libya as the situation there is worsening. Sri Lanka’s Minister of foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare told this edition that he has appointed a committee to coordinate these matters through the External Affairs Ministry round the clock. […]