Everything You Need To Know Today

COLOMBO (News 1st) - 1. The Speaker reiterated his decision that UPFA MP Mahinda Rajapaksa is the opposition leader. 2. The cabinet approval was granted for the 2019 appropriation bill. The sum allocated for repayment of debt for the year is Rs. 2200 billion. 3. The Civil Aviation Authority in a release states that the aircraft which departed from China Bay had obtained all required approval. However, section 34 of the Immigration and Emigration act states that no person to whom this part applies shall leave Sri Lanka from any place other than an approved port of departure.   4. The special committee appointed to investigate the unruly behavior in parliament from the 14th - 16th of November 2018 that led to a damage of public property is due to convene at 9.30 a.m. 5. The Western province health department stated that all rural hospitals of the Western province will be provided with laboratory facilities within the year. 6. Two people have been arrested over an attempt to obtain a bribe of Rs. 3.5 million in Homagama. 7. Parliament is due to convene at 1.00 p.m. today (January 09). 8. The Ceylon Teachers Union charge that the teacher's handbooks for the year 2019 have not been handed over as yet. 9. The Department of Motor traffic has extended the carbon tax payment period until the end of 2019. 10. The Ministry of Education has received cabinet approval to increase the benefits of the Suraksha insurance. The daily allowance given to a child at the time of hospitalization has increased from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 3000. 

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