COLOMBO (News 1st) -
1. The
Employee Provident Fund (EPF) managed by the
Central Bank has suffered a loss of
Rs. 9.2 billion up to June 2018.
2.
Hong Kong and Malaysia will provide
training for
officers attached to the
Commission to investigate bribery and corruption in Sri Lanka.
3.
Samples from the
Mannar mass grave will be sent to the
US for
carbon dating today (January 23).
4.
Inspection of licenses issued for
pistols and
revolvers will be conducted
today (January 23) and
tomorrow (January 24) at the
Ministry of Defense.
5.
Parliament is due to
convene at 1.00 pm today (January 23). The
debt relief draft bill is due to be debated at today's session.
6. The
Department of Agriculture is currently researching
15 possible remedies for the
Sena caterpillar infestation.
7.
Two suspects have been arrested for growing
Ganja under the
pretense of a vegetable farm in Unagolla,
Hanguranketha today (January 23).
8. A
person suspected of
rape was injured when a
police officer's weapon had
accidentally discharged at the time of his arrest in Harischandrapura, Katana.
9. In line with the
National drug prevention week appointment of
protection committees in every school will
begin from
today (January 23).
10. The
Department of Railways is to deploy
two power sets imported from
India from the
30th of January.
HAVE AN EMPOWERING WEDNESDAY!!