COLOMBO (News 1st)

Your Wednesday Morning Brief

1. The National Elections Commission will hold discussions with Secretaries of Political Parties today (December 4). 2. The US Embassy in Sri Lanka said the United States donated landslide monitoring instruments to Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organization (NBRO) to effectively manage the risk of landslides in Nikgaha, Kalutara. 3. 21 foreign nationals who remained in the country without a valid visa were arrested at Wellampitiya by the Immigration and Emigration Department. 4. Sri Lanka Customs arrested two men at the airport with cigarettes valued at more than Rs 2.2mn. 5. Minister of Education Dullas Alahapperuma calls for a report on the vacancies of Principals in National Schools. 6. A suspect arrested while in possession of Kerala cannabis and ICE in Karathota, Nawagamuwa. 7. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) states that the increasing demand for digitalized financial services has created an opportunity for Sri Lanka to evaluate the possibility of adopting Blockchain technology to further advance Sri Lanka’s financial sector. 8. Inspector-General of Police Pujith Jayasundara who was sent on compulsory leave and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando further remanded until December 17th. 9. Former Minister of Civil Aviation Priyankara Jayaratne released from the cases filed against him by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. 10. Sri Lanka’s Agricultural & Agrarian Insurance Board announced that more than 11,681 acres of farmlands were destroyed by floods caused by torrential rainfall. A maximum of Rs. 40,000 to be compensated for an acre of affected farmlands.

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