Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa kicked off the ICC World Cup Glory Express-2011, a procession in preparation for the upcoming Cricket World Cup from Colombo on 08 January. The procession started with greetings from the President from Colombo ( near Temple Trees), will march through all parts […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the Robert Gunawardena Memorial Library Complex in Kaduwela recently which was built with grants from the Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha on 07 January. The three storied building complex which cost 70 million rupees to Kaduwela PS is equipped with an auditorium […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Three District Secretariats and seventeen Divisional Secretariats have won ISO 9001 International Certification as a recognition of providing a quality, efficient and high standard service to the general public in public administration sector in Sri Lanka. This achievement of the government’s public administration sector was […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Chandana Perera) The Chairman of Sri Lanka Business council of Japan Mr.Jagath Chandana Ramanayake officially handed over two Ambulances worth eight million rupees to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on 05th January. Two fully equipped Ambulances are donated as a gift by Mr. Takano Kiyoshi, Minister […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respect to late Mrs. Sisilin Balasooriya Dombagahawatta , mother of Mr. Ariyananda Dombagahawatta, Chief Editor of Irida Lankadeepa (Sinhala News paper- Wijaya Publications) at his residence in Boyagane, Kurunegala on 07th January. Mrs S.B.Dombagahawatta was 98 years old at […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Sudath Silva) A very significant Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Sri Lanka and India on passenger transportation by Sea at Temple Trees on 07 January. The Secretary to the Ministry of Ports and Highways Mrs. Sujatha Cooray and the High Commissioner of India Ashok K. […]

Source: The Island – by Dasun Edirisinghe (Pix by AP) Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka’s faction of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) will not contest the forthcoming local government elections. DNA President Tiran Alles MP told The Island yesterday that they would not contest the elections, but their ally, the JVP, would contest alone with […]

The Highways Ministry has to play a major role to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the people by making the development program a reality, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa presiding over a special conference held at the Highways Ministry yesterday. The President said the maintenance of a proper road network is most essential to carryout […]

By reducing the telephone services tax to 20 per cent, consumers will receive a benefit of Rs. 113 on a Rs. 1,000 telephone bill, says the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC). Earlier the tax percentage stood at 33.1 per cent. […]

Source: DM Online – Pix by Tetrapak All import duties will be removed on cows imported for the production of dairy products and dairy equipment in order to achieve self sufficiency in dairy products by 2016, government said. […]

The programme of providing anti-terrorist operational training in jungle terrains for foreign army personnel will commence on the 10th of this month at the Kuda-Oya Commando School. The Army Commander Lt. General Jagath Jayasuriya has said that military personnel from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will attend this training programme. The Army Commander has said that […]

Source: Daily News – by S N Godamunna Nawalapitiya Police yesterday raided an illegal cable television station which had been operating from an estate for several years. The main suspect along with the technical equipment were taken into custody by the Police. […]

Courtesy: Ada Derana – Pix by livingstonbuzz.com The US had threatened Sri Lanka with costly sanctions if weapons deals were carried out with Iran and North Korea during the final stage of the war, a US wikileaks cable reveals, Norwegian newspaper reports. According to the English Norwegian newspaper, “During the final stages of its war […]

Courtesy: The Island – Pix by Getty Images UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday that he had written to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa requesting the latter to make arrangements for an all party parliamentary delegation to visit Jaffna to assess the current situation there. Wickremesinghe said that a full-day debate on the current […]