COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Mahinda Kahandagama, the former Colombo municipal politician whose torn red shirt became one of the most recognizable images of Sri Lanka's 2022 political upheaval, was arrested on Monday night on suspicion of possessing crystal methamphetamine, the police said. Officers from the Colombo Central Crime Investigation Bureau detained Mr. Kahandagama near a restaurant in Mirihana and said they recovered a quantity of the drug, known in Sri Lanka as "Ice," from him. The location

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — A 31-year-old woman who taught cookery and hospitality in Jaffna was stabbed to death in her family's home on Monday evening, and the man suspected of killing her died later that night after being struck by a train, the police said. People who knew the woman said the man had persistently pursued her despite her repeated rejections. The woman, Anne Laksha Ignatius, was attacked at a house on Temple Road in Nallur after the man forced his way inside, according to the police. H