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Your Wednesday morning brief

1. Three-day operation to annihilate dengue in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Ratnapura and Galle districts to begin today.
2. The final rites of Aggamaha Panditha, the Late Most Venerable Pallaththara Sumanajothi Thero, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna to be held today.
3. The group of Muslim Ministers who resigned from their ministerial positions met the Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero and the Maha Sangha on Tuesday (June 11).
4. Azath Salley testified before the Parliamentary Select Committee on the April 21st attacks.
5. A cache of ammunition and a firearm discovered in a drain behind a lumber mill along St. Anthony’s Road in Moratumulla.
6. Strike action launched by the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya of the Sri Lanka Transport Board.
7. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Colombo in two weeks.
8. General Secretary of the SLFP MP Dayasiri Jayasekera critical of the questions posed at the Parliamentary Select Committee into April 21st attacks.
9. GMOA requests CID to conduct an investigation over an alleged incident of public funds being used for the maintenance of the Dr Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital.
10. Bribery Commission to file charges against

    former Presidential Chief of Staff Dr K. Mahanama and State Timber Corporation Chairman P. Dissanayaka for their role in soliciting a bribe over Rs 20mn.