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Your Tuesday Morning Brief

  1. Raavana-1 launched into orbit; a proud day to be Sri Lankan. 2. Government to raise Rs 30 bn to pay debts for Central Expressway. 3. JVP trade unions warn that if the Eastern Container Terminal of the Colombo port is handed over to a third party, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority will be stranded with nothing. 4. Vasudeva Nanayakkara noted that a constitutional amendment should be established to eventually nullify any agreement that would harm the sovereignty of the country which was not been             approved in the parliament. 5. The speaker, Karu Jayasuriya states that he would consider becoming the presidential candidate if the UNP wants him. 6. The members of the joint commission unanimously agreed to hold the 32nd Joint Meeting of The World Tourism Organization’s Commission for East Asia and the Pacific and Commission for         South Asia in Sri Lanka, in order to support the country in the aftermath of the April 21st terror attacks. 7. The scheduled discussion between Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna was postponed. 8. A group of people protested opposite the Dedigama Lenagala Maha Vidyalaya in Kegalle due to the misconduct of a teacher at the school. 9. MP Kumara Welgama noted that despite the completely transparent inquiries done by the Parliament Select Committee into 4/21 attacks is exemplary it also poses a threat to national security         as it would reveal delicate intel to everyone. 10. The current OIC of the Kattankudy Police, as well as the former OIC, were summoned before the special parliamentary select committee probing the 04/21 terror attack.  

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