Your Monday Morning Brief

Everything You Need To Know Today

by Staff Writer 11-02-2019 | 9:00 AM
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.

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