COLOMBO (News 1st)

Your Tuesday Morning Brief

1. The Southern Province Department of Agriculture has decided to expand the cultivation of bananas in the Hambantota District for the purpose of exports. 2. Sri Lanka Police noted that 20 people were injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Kananke, Matara. 3. The strike action launched by the Railway Trade unions was called off yesterday (October 7) following discussions with the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation. 4. Thirty-five candidates submitted nominations for the presidential elections. 5. Navy arrested two persons with 45kg of Kerala cannabis during a patrol carried out in the Manalkadu seas. 6. Police seized 50 kg of heroin worth over Rs. 50 million in a luxury SUV at the Athurugiriya exit of the Southern Expressway. 7. Chamal Rajapaksa, Kumara Welgama, former Chief Minister of the Sabaragamuwa Province Maheepala Herath are among the candidates who did not submit their nominations. 8. Despite a number of candidates who submitted their nominations at the National Election Commission, Nagananda Kodituwakku did not submit his nominations. 9. 24-hour water cut from 08:00 am today for Wattala, Peliyagoda, Ja-Ela, Katunayake, Seeduwa, Biyagama, Kelaniya, Mahara, Gampaha, and Rathupaswala. 10. Sri Lanka won the 2nd T20 against Pakistan by 35 runs and wins the T20 series.

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