Disciplinary action will be taken against traffic police officers who use mobile phones when on duty during peak hours, a senior officer of the Traffic Police said. He said only an Officer-in-Charge could use a mobile phone while the others should use their official communication equipment. “Others have communication equipment to use for official purposes,” […]
COLOMBO: A World Cup song which carries threats against defending champions Australia as well as earthquake-hit New Zealand has been banned on orders of the Sri Lankan president. The song warns that Ricky Ponting’s Australians will end up as bird food while New Zealanders, still reeling from the Christchurch quake, could have their jaws broken. […]
Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday warned that though there is no room to wage war to physically devastate the nation, there is yet ample room to launch a cyber war through cyberspace against Sri Lanka that could cause the same destruction. He made this observation delivering the keynote speech on Strategic Dimensions of […]
Source: AP News – (Pix by Reuters / AP) CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – One of New Zealand’s biggest cities lay in ruins Tuesday after a powerful earthquake toppled tall buildings and churches on a busy weekday, killing at least 65 people in the country’s worst natural disaster in decades. The quake even shook a massive […]
Preventive measures are necessary to find a sustainable solution for the issue of Indian fishermen entering Sri Lankan waters, stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a meeting with the editors of government and private media institutes of Sri Lanka, held today (22) at Temple Trees. […]
The Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena at a media briefing held at the Education Ministry yesterday, revealed that out of 340 National Schools in Sri Lanka, 105 National Schools do not have principals in permanent positions . The Education Ministry will take immediate action to recruit new qualified principals by publishing a gazette notification calling for […]
An incident has been reported from Matara where coconut trees have been felled for no reason at all, at a time when the price of coconuts is escalating. The Coconut Research Institute in Lunuwila took a decision to cut down several coconut trees in the Matara district due to a disease which was spreading in […]
Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner has decided to suspend the elections related activities in 60 local bodies to which petitions have been filed following the rejection of nominations for these local bodies.The Deputy Elections Commissioner Mainda Deshpriya told this edition that although elections were originally to be held on March 17 for 301 local bodies earlier, […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) The newly constructed Suriyawewa Hambantota International Cricket Stadium which was named after the President of Sri Lanka has become the main show piece in the cricketing and sports world this morning when it hosted the inaugural match of the ICC Cricket World Cup-2011in Sri Lanka. […]
Sri Lanka 332 for 7 (Jayawardene 100, Sangakkara 92) beat Canada 122 (Cheema 37, Kulasekara 3-16) by 210 runs For the many who slammed the ICC’s decision to expel Associates from the next World Cup, this was a bad day. After Kenya were embarrassed by a modest New Zealand team, Canada desperately needed to showcase […]
50 overs Sri Lanka 332 for 7 (Jayawardene 100, Sangakkara 92) v Canada Mahela Jayawardene pulls out the reverse-sweep, Sri Lanka v Canada, Group A, World Cup 2011, Hambantota, February 20, 2011 Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara overwhelmed Canada’s bowlers to launch Sri Lanka’s World Cup bid in fine style. The pair formed the backbone […]
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara believes Sri Lanka will have too much firepower for minnows Canada as the 1996 champions launch their World Cup campaign at a new stadium on Sunday. Despite having little knowledge of Canada, and of the ground in the tourist town of Hambantota, Sangakkara is confident his team will […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By : Nishanka De Silva) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided funds for several development projects to develop infrastructure facilities in the Hambantota district. Under this programme, ADB has donated 49 million rupees for the construction of the new office complex for Weeraketiya Pradesheeya Sabhawa. The foundation […]