COLOMBO (News 1st)

Your Wednesday Morning Brief

1. The Attorney General's Department receives a report from the acting IGP regarding the investigation into the April 21 attack. 2. Former Minister Duminda Dissanayake has been summoned to appear before the Presidential Commission appointed to probe allegations of corruption and fraud at state institutions over the past 4 years today. 3. An extra-ordinary gazette issued announced that the elections for the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha will take place on October 11, 2019. 4. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said it would likely release the Forensic Audit Reports on the Central Bank Treasury Bond Scam before the end of October. 5. The Government Analysts Department states that reports into the April 21st terror attacks will be handed over to the respective courts next week. 6. Police arrested a 27-year-old man over the assassination of the head jailer of the Welikada Prison Training School which took place in Ambalangoda. 7. 42 ASPs, Chief Inspectors and Inspectors were transferred with the approval of the National Police Commission. 8. Chairman of National Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya states that the Presidential Election would take place between November 15th and December 7th. 9. It has been revealed at the Supreme Court, that intelligence services had issued 97 warnings about possible attacks by the extremists led by Mohamed Zahran targetting key locations in Sri Lanka. 10. The Presidential Commission probing fraud and corruption at state institutions inspects several oil bowsers purchased by a company affiliated with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation.

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