The police have requested motorists to use substitute roads as the Biyagama area has been inundated with water following the flooding of Kelaniya river.
The police said that around 1620 persons of 682 houses have been displaced. They added that Malwana, Yabaraluwa North and south, Biyagama east and west have been affected by the floods.
Accordingly the Biyagama Kelaniya road from Bandarawatta junction to Raggahawatta Bridge, Bandarawatta junction to Malwana junction, Rakshapana area in Malwana Colombo road and new Kandy road near Yabaraluwa area were inundated by water.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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