EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

Your Thursday Brief

1. The expenditure heads of 22 institutions, including that of the President, Prime Minister and independent commissions was approved in Parliament without any amendments.
2. Teachers went on strike around the country and took the streets regarding their demands.
3. MP Dayasiri Jayasekara noted that a secret meeting was held on the appointment of Chief Justice.
4. A new resolution on Sri Lanka at the 40th UNHRC in Geneva.
5. MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake noted that there is a coordinated effort to ensure the defunctioning of the National Audit Services Commission.
6. The National Trade Union Center warns that the new Counter-Terrorism Bill could have wide-ranging negative implications on the general public.
7.  Convenor of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Maheel Bandara Dehideniya has been arrested for unruly behavior during the protest opposite the parliamentary complex.
8. The Senior State Counsel informed court there is concrete evidence to hold the suspects of the Rathgama double homicide behind bars.
9. The Examinations Department stated that the GCE Ordinary Level Examination results will be released before April.
10. An accomplice of arrested organized criminal “Kanjipani Imran” called Mohamed Shiyam aka “Jee-bumba” was arrested in Gampola.

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