Everything You Need To Know Today

COLOMBO (News 1st) - 1. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board has announced a 21-hour water cut from 8.00 am today (February 13) till 5.00 am tomorrow (February 14) for suburbs in Colombo. 2. MP Mahindanda Aluthgamage claims that drug lord "Makandure Madush's" phone directory contains names of several Ministers and MPs. 3. The writ petition filed challenging the parliamentary seat of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was postponed to the 26th of February. 4. Information has surfaced on a special board meeting of the Sri Lankan Airlines that was held in the Former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa's official residence on the 01st of March 2013. The meeting had focused on purchasing A350-900 Airbus aircrafts. 5. Retired Senior Banker Rusiripala Tennakoon claims that there is a possibility of the suspects of bond scam pleading their innocence under the existing retrospective laws in the legal system of the country. 6. "Yapanayata Gangak" an initiative to solve the existing water crisis of the North is due to be launched in 2020 with funds from the Netherlands. 7. A pilot project to provide tabs to school students received cabinet approval yesterday (February 12). The program is due to begin in three months. 8. The police officer who was arrested in Minuwangoda for allegedly assaulting three people has been interdicted for his unacceptable behaviour. 9. The beneficial owner of the PTL Arjun Aloysius was summoned before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption (CIABOC) yesterday (February 13) to record a statement on the Central Bank Bond scam. 10. The Presidential Commission appointed to investigate the corruption in state institutions within the last four years is due to begin analyzing the evidence of cases from the 28th of this month. 27 complaints have been lodged at the commission at present.

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