Onlanka News – By Dr Edward Perera (Pix by Sirasa TV) An open letter to His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksha by Dr. Edward Perera, The Chairman of Hela Abhimana Foundation in Germany. How dares he to perform acrobatic feats, where the wise avert to intrude on Your Excellency President, Let me draw your kind attention […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said the consumers can get electricity at cheaper rates by promoting environment friendly power generation in Sri Lanka. He said the Government has paid special focus on the environment friendly power generation sector which could bring more benefits to the consumers. President Rajapaksa was speaking at the energy efficiency awards ceremony […]
News Source: The Island – Pix by JDS The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday cracked a whip imposing a trading halt on some of the most popular stocks traded on the Colombo bourse “until further notice” placing a pall of uncertainty over the Colombo share market. Trades were imposed on Dankotuwa Porcelain, Blue Diamonds […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Photos by: Genevieve de Manio) Chelsea Clinton, the only child of the former U.S. President William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton and the U.S. Secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton wed her long-time boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday 31 July at Astor Courts, an historic 50 acre estate about 100 miles […]
DM Online – By Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk A tense situation has erupted in the Matara town where over 2000 university students are on a protest march to the Matara Police station demanding the police to arrest the police officers responsible for the murder of university student Susantha Bandara. The protestors have obstructed traffic along the […]
Source: Cric Info Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was pleased with the return of his strike bowler Lasith Malinga who will be central to his plans of ending the Test series against India on a winning note. Sri Lanka go into the match with a 1-0 lead, knowing a win here would not propel them […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa instructed authorities to reconsider the new traffic plan introduced in Kandy recently and make alterations to rectify short comings. President Rajapaksa expressed these views at the progress review meeting of the Central Province held at President’s House, Kandy. The President instructed authorities to provide parking space for Kandy City traders’ vehicles at […]
News Source: Reuters Sri Lanka on Sunday said it would invite outside investors into its $1.5 billion (955.9 million pounds) Hambantota port project, the keystone of a $6 billion (3 billion pounds) post-war infrastructure revitalisation drive. The invitation for external investment will coincide with the November opening of the port on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, […]
File Photo by Onlanka News Sri Lanka’s opposition UNP party MPs are now agitated by a large financial grant suddenly given to party coffers by New Delhi. The financial endowment is reportedly around $ 886000 (SL Rs. 100 million). A weekend Sinhala language newspaper “Irudina” alleged that the funds were donated by New Delhi during […]
A fire has occurred in the voice of Asia media organization premises in Hunupitiya, Colombo which is carrying out Siyatha TV and Siyatha Radio. The police noted that the incident had taken place around 1.20 this morning. According to the Siyatha Radio Manager Udithamal Hemachandra the building in which the TV and Radio Channel are […]
Pix by AP The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert Blake, during his recent visit to Sri Lanka stated: “The US believes the UN panel can play an important advisory role with Sri Lanka’s commission. The panel is only an advisory panel and does not have an investigative role”(Daily […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday asserted that Sri Lanka today is a country which protected and accrued on its State assets instead of selling them in line with the policies propagated by the late Sirimavo Bandaranaike who became the Worlds first Woman Prime Minister 50 years back. The President was speaking at the 50th Commemoration of […]
News Source: TC – by Dayan Jayatilleke I am not now and have never been a member of either the SLFP or the UNP, though President Premadasa urged me to ‘come in through the National List, take a portfolio and do a job of work’. The only registered political party (as distinct from political organisation) […]
Mass Media and Communication Minister and Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukkwella yesterday stated that any public representative and Non Government Organization can visit the North and East and contribute to its ongoing resettlement drive and the development process. The Minister addressing the media at the Media Center for National Security stated that the NGOs that wish […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa stressed the need for integrating the enormous talents and potential of local researchers and scientists into the country’s massive development drive. He was of the opinion that their research should necessarily be made use of, for the development of country. President Rajapaksa made these observations at the Presidential awards for scientific research […]