EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

Your Sunday Morning Brief

1. Police media spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunesekara states that a loss of approximately Rs. 15 billion has been incurred when importing rice for Lak Sathosa:  80,000 metric tons of the imported rice stock, was not in a suitable condition for consumption.
2. Minister Rishard Bathiudeen was called before the Financial Crimes Investigation Division to record a statement over financial misappropriation in importing 257,000 metric tonnes of rice for Sathosa during 2014/15.
3. Segu Siyabdeen Mohamed Saafi, a doctor of the Kurunegala hospital who was arrested over accumulation of assets in a suspicious manner was handed over to the Criminal Investigations Division.
4.  Kantale Sugar Factory, a national treasure overlooked by the officials.
5. Sri Lanka is in advanced talks with India and Japan to construct a container terminal at the port in Colombo, next to a Chinese terminal built as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.
6. Tissa Attanayake said, UNP's notion to bring in Dammika Perera as the next presidential candidate is a slap to members like Karu Jayasuriya and Sajith Premadasa.
7. Despite the government's wide range of compensation to help revive tourism several anomalies have been identified by experts in the tourism industry.
8. Former Minister Milinda Moragoda says that Sri Lanka should aim to set up a compulsory military service model that requires all men, in the first instance, upon reaching the age of 18 years, to serve in active duty as full-time servicemen in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Police.
9. President Maithripala Sirisena stated that it is important to continue to focus on the national security of the country.
10. Two bodies of women have been found in a well in Dunumadalawa, Vilachchiya.

Brace yourselves, Monday is coming