COLOMBO (News 1st) 1. State officials warned of the risk of dengue spreading rapidly over the next 3 months. 2. A Police Constable attached to the Girandurukotte Police was sentenced to 08 years of rigorous imprisonment for soliciting a bribe of Rs. 3000. 3. The Bribery commission arrested the administrative Grama Niladhari officer of Godakawela for accepting a bribe of Rs. 5,000. 4. The main suspect of the shooting that occurred in Thotupala, which injured one person, was arrested in Payagala yesterday. 5. Three suspects who were involved in the smuggling of heroin and cannabis were arrested in raids across the country. 6. 4 SLFP councilors of the Moratuwa Municipal Council have crossed over to the SLPP which controls the council. 7. A police investigation has been launched into a suspicious death of a 60-year-old in Puttalam. 8. The proceedings held yesterday against Gotabaya Rajapaksa and six others over the misappropriation of Rs. 39 million of public funds will be taken up again on the 11th of January. 9. China’s unmanned Chang’e-4 probe has successfully touched down on the far side of the moon yesterday (January 3). 10. The inaugural Party Leaders meeting for 2019 will be held at 11.30 AM today (January 4).

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