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Armour street, Maligawatta rd, Thunmulla junction is flooded due to showers and hevy traffic is reported, police said. Several other roads in Colombo have been inundated.

The second reading of the budjet was passed in parliment a short while ago with a majority of 104 votes with 150 voting for and 46 voting against.. The TNA abstained from votings..

Bharti Airtel has unveiled New Logo & refreshed 1min Signature tune along with the announcement to launch 3G services. India’s most leading telecom service supplier, Bharti Airtel has unveiled the new logo of the company on Thursday, 18th November. Along with the logo, the company has also declared to launch 3G services in the country before the end of 2010. The actor, Shah Rukh Khan is the brand ambassador of Airtel and he is called by Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal over the company’s 3G network marking the first Airtel 3G calls. Since Bharti Airtel inception has been done, it is at the front position of technology and has pioneered a number of modernizations in the telecom segment. The company is organized in the four tactical business units including Mobile, Enterprise, Digital TV and Telemedia. Services of the mobile business are provided in countries like India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The Enterprise business supplies nationwide and worldwide long distance services to telcos a

Etisalat and hSend mobiles announced the mobile application Eco - system "AppZone". Now etisalat users able to download useful mobile applications to their mobile phone and these applications have developed by local mobile softwear developers. For more details visit http://www.appzone.lk

Priyankara Jayarathne was sworn in as the minister of civil avation in front of President Mahinda Rajapaksha at the parliment a shortwhile ago..

The Colombo High Court today rescheduled the ‘White Flag’ case to November 23 as Former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka was not present in court due to his ailment. The lawyers representing Fonseka told court that he had suddenly taken ill as a result of the injuries he sustained after the suicide attack. The lawyer went on to say that some of the injuries Fonseka sustained to his intestine and lungs in the suicide attack had been aggravated owing to the fact that he had no facilities to exercise. The attorney also stated that after heavy showers the cell where Fonseka was being kept at Welikada had developed a leak causing the cell to be flooded. The Three judge bench which examined the statement instructed the prison officials to provide facilities for Fonseka to exercise and also to house him in a suitable and a cell that does get wet during rainy days.

Despite leading newspaper’s refusing to publish the girls photographs, Sri Lankan Police has issued 83 girls images yesterday to all media organizations in the country with a view of seeking help from public to take them into custody. Among those images there are 81 of women and 4 men’s images. These girls have acted in XXX (porn) videos [Sri Lanka]. Please inform about these people dial 119. [Pic by Gossip Lanka]

Sri Lanka is probing allegations that one of its nationals employed in Jordan was forced to swallow nails, in the third case involving alleged torture in three months, an official said. A housemaid identified as D. M. Chandima has told the Sri Lankan diplomatic mission in Amman that her employer forced her to swallow six nails, an official at the Foreign Employment Bureau of Sri Lanka said. “We are awaiting a full report from doctors,” the head of the bureau, Kingsley Ranawaka, said adding that the authorities would decide on the next steps after looking at the medical evidence. The report came as another Sri Lankan housemaid who had been working in Kuwait accused her employer of driving 14 wire nails into her body as punishment for failing in her work. The woman, identified only as Lechchami, 38, underwent surgery to have the nails removed after returning home to Sri Lanka, the director of the hospital in the northwestern town of Kurunegala said on Saturday. The doctor said

A landslide has taken place on a stretch of the Horton Plains - Ambewela road which commences in Nuwara Eliya. Welimada police have requested motorists to refrain from using the road.

A landslide has taken place on a stretch of the Horton Plains - Ambewela road which commences in Nuwara Eliya. Welimada police have requested motorists to refrain from using the road.

After the assessment of the speaker, parliment convenced for five min and was adjourned until November 16th.

The ground floor of the Sri Lanka parliment is under 1 ft of water, parliment sources toled Share Blogs. After the party leaders meeting at 12 noon the speaker is sheduled to make an assesment and announce whether parliment would convene or not.

Flood relief teams of the Sri Lanka Navy have been developed in Colombo to help people affected by the flood, Navy spokeman told Share Blogs shortwhile ago. Several areas in Colombo still remain highly flooded and thunder showers are expected in the evening according to the Meteorological Department.

Feel free as freedom [Linux workshop] Successfully happened in American College of higher education on 26th of Octomber 2010

Sri Lanka will oppose the erection of a statue of former LTTE political wing leader S.P. Tamilchelvan in France, Spokesman for the External Affairs Ministry Bandula Jayasekara told Ada Derana a short while ago. Jayasekara added that discussions are underway between the French government and officials regarding the matter. We took immediate steps as soon as the External Affairs was notified of the matter, he added. Jayasekara stated that the French government’s stand on the issue is yet to be conveyed.

Richmond GUESTO [Ball] on 6th november @ Waters Edge from 07.00 pm. This evevt is arrange by 80 - 90 Old boys of Richmond College Galle. For more details please visit www.richmondcollge.lk