Soldiers guarded the gate, but Colombo’s landmark Gangaramaya temple was virtually empty, a potent sign of anxiety felt by Sri Lanka’s majority Buddhist community since the Easter Sunday suicide attacks. The normal stream of faithful and tourists has fallen to a trickle since the April 21 attacks on churches and hotels that killed more than […]
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Swindler arrested
A swindler-who used to threaten innocent peoples in the city for money-was caught red-handed by employees of SNGPL and was handed over to local police. Senior Superintendent SNGPL Usman Ejaz informed that last week, a permanent employee of the company brought into his notice the accused named Nasir who was portraying himself as SNGPL employee, […]
Julian Assange: a decade of stunning leaks of US secrets
The US government has regarded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a dangerous national security threat ever since he and his organization opened a decade-long effort to expose US secrets — from military files to embarrassing Democratic Party emails during the 2016 election. But Assange’s indictment on narrow charges of hacking conspiracy Thursday seems to concede […]
5 simple ways to keep your mind sharp
Read everything By everything, I mean literally everything. Read the back of the milk carton and the cereal box in the morning. Read all the billboards on the way to work or school. Read the back of your shampoo bottle. Also, of course read books, magazines and newspapers. This way your mind will continuously keep […]