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Your Thursday Morning Brief

1. Minister of Power, Energy and Business Development Ravi Karunanayake assures that there will be no power cuts from midnight yesterday and there will be no power price increase either.
2. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced there will be a 2% reduction in the interest rates granted to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
3. An international aviation consultancy firm that provided its services to SriLankan Airlines is preparing to file a case against the national carrier over the failure to make payments for services provided.
4. The third round of discussions on forming a new alliance between the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna was held yesterday.
5.  Mohamed Nazeem Mohamed Faizer who was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division after he was deported from Dubai was remanded until April 24th by Colombo Additional Magistrate Thanuja Jayatunga.
6. The Special Task Force arrested 04 people from Kadiranawatte, Mattakkuliya for the possession of the narcotic ICE and other narcotic pills.
7. The Southern Provincial Council dissolved with effect from midnight yesterday.
8. Sri Lanka Police said special operations will be in place from the 11th to the 20th of April to arrest people driving under the influence of alcohol.
9. Ajith Mannapperuma noted that Uma Oya two power plants will be able to produce a kilowatt between Rs. 3.50-4.00.
10. Sri Lanka Navy together with officials of Wildlife Conservation Department, Mannar attached to the Madu office, arrested 8 people who were cutting mangrove shrubs.

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