EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

by Staff Writer 09-07-2019 | 6:19 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st) -

Your Tuesday Morning Brief

1. Prime Minister's office criticizes Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Dr Hans Wijesuriya for requesting transparency of SOFA. 2. It was reported that the special-purpose aircraft that landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport on Saturday had not been inspected upon landing. 3. The P-625 vessel donated by China, to increase the operational capabilities of the Sri Lanka Navy, arrived at the Port of Colombo yesterday. 4. Former Army Intelligence Officer Corporal Lalith Rajapaksa was arrested by the CID yesterday over the assault on journalist Upali Tennakoon. 5. Police media spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara noted that the bomb threat between Kalutara and Kataragama is false. 6. The protest march organized by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the government, reached Nugegoda yesterday. 7. The Muslim ministers who resigned from their positions met President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday. 8. Former Chairman of the Rakna Lanka, Victor Samaraweera was arrested by the CID over the Avant-Garde incident. 9. The party leaders meeting decides to take up the no-confidence motion against the government on the 10th and 11th of July. 10. Over 500 acres of forest area were burnt to ashes by a fire which spread across the Maragala Mountain in Moneragala.

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