Sajith to contest from Colombo

Heavy rain creates havoc in several areas

Heavy rain disrupted activities in several parts of Colombo and adjoining areas today. A number of roads in Colombo and the suburbs were inundated due to heavy overnight rain. The Police said several roads, including in Grandpass, Maligawatte, Ward Place, Baseline Road, Ingurukade Junction, Thunmulla, Ingram Junction, Armor Barber road and Havelock Place in Colombo were inundated. Vehicular movement was also disrupted in Madampe along the Colombo- Chilaw main road due to an uprooted tree. Th

09 Sep, 2020

Khawaja admits he framed Sri Lankan workmate in fake terror plot

A man in Australia who caused a UNSW colleague to spend a month in jail by framing him with a fake terror plot has tearfully admitted in court he was a coward, ABC News Australia reported. Arsalan Tariq Khawaja was jealous of Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen’s friendship with a woman when he scrawled terror blueprints in a stolen notebook in August 2018. Khawaja, the 40-year-old brother of cricketer Usman Khawaja, sobbed as he told Downing Centre District Court the friendship triggered insecurities and

11 Sep, 2020

Bogambara to be converted back into a prison

Bogambara is to be converted back into a prison as part of a solution to address overcrowding at prisons. Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said he was hoping to visit the abandoned Bogambara Prison in Kandy to look into the possibility of resuming its operations again to cater to the increasing number of prisoners. He said this while addressing officials of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service at the Water?s Edge Hotel in Battaramulla today. The former Government had decided

11 Sep, 2020