Everything You Need To Know Today

COLOMBO (News 1st) - 1. The Cost of Living subcommittee will impose a price control of Rs. 88 per kilogram and Rs. 108 per kilogram for Nadu and Samba rice respectively within the course of the week. 2. The Appropriation Bill for 2019, specifies that the government expects to borrow Rs. 1944 billion from both local and foreign sources for the purpose of debt servicing and for financing the budget deficit of Rs. 644 billion. 3. The wildlife conservation department is to introduce new rules and regulations for the caretaking of trained elephants. 4. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe left the island this morning (October 03) on an official visit to Norway and the United Kingdom. 5. Japan's largest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier arrived at the Colombo port on a five-day goodwill visit over the weekend. 6. A 17-year-old girl from Walewatta, Ambalanthota was abducted yesterday (October 02) by a group of six armed men. Police investigation is currently underway. 7. Colombo Additional Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage yesterday (October 02), ordered former Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewa to be further remanded until the 16th of this month. 8. The CID has launched an investigation into a gang rape that occurred in South Korea in 1998. The three accused are Sri Lankan nationals. 9. The Unemployed Graduates Association stated that employment opportunities have not yet been granted to over 10,000 graduates qualified through teaching exams. 10. A two-year-old child from Solepura, Rajanganaya died yesterday (October 03) due to a wasp attack. INTERNATIONAL 1. Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday elected Barham Salih as president, who immediately named Shi’ite Adel Abdul Mahdi as prime minister-designate, after an inconclusive national election held in May this year. SPORTS 1. The England Sri Lanka One Day Series is set to commence on the 10th of this month. So far, Sri Lanka and England have met at 11 encounters and Sri Lanka has amassed four series wins while England amassed six.