COLOMBO (News 1st) -
1.
Revised fuel prices according to the
fuel price formula to be
notified today - Ministry of Finance
2. Attorney-at-law Javed Yusuf, former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia said that
Dubai is unlikely to send
Makandure Madush and the 40 other suspects immediately back to Sri Lanka since there is
no extradition treaty between the two countries.
3. The Sunday Times reported yesterday (February 10) a decision to
recover an estimated
loss of Rs. 8.5 billion incurred due to the
Treasury Bond scam even when the Auditor General report had stated that the bond scam loss is unquantifiable.
4.
MP Wimal Weerawansa accuses
Prime Minister, Mano Tittawella and the
CBSL governor of selling the
companies linked to the
EAP group to the owner of the infamous
"Lyca" Mobile company.
5. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe blames the
delay of the provincial council polls on the failure to reach a decision on the
electoral process.
6.
Three police teams have been deployed to investigate the
shooting that occurred in
Thanamalwila yesterday (February 11).
7. The
final report on the
investigation into the
elevator malfunction in parliament to be handed over to the General Secretary of parliament within this week.
8. The
Bribery Commission stated that
seven suspects have been arrested in connection to obtaining
bribes within the past 40 days.
9. UPFA MP Bandula Gunarwdene warns the general public not to have high hopes on the
budget 2019 as it has been prepared based on
proposals of the IMF.
10. Governor of the Western province Azath Salley is to focus on
new road developments that would
clear the
traffic congestion in the
Colombo city.
HAVE A DEVELOPING MONDAY!