Your Wednesday Morning Brief

Everything You Need To Know Today

by Staff Writer 23-01-2019 | 6:58 AM
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.

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