EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

Your Monday Morning Brief

1.  The Leader of the Eelam People’s Revolutionary Front or EPRLF Suresh Premachandran, notes that they will not make the same mistake as Sampanthan.
2. Pipeline projects in Kelaniya and Attanagalla are to secure future water demand surrounding Colombo.
3. Wild elephants shatter the New Year celebrations in the village of Hadilla, Gonnoruwa in the Hambantota district.
4. The president introduced a New year tradition to plant a sapling today at 11.17 am.
5. Dimuth Karunaratne has been named as the Captain of the Sri Lankan national team for the upcoming World Cup.
6. A total of 237 individuals have been arrested by the police for driving under the influence on April 13th.
7. A train derailed along the northern railway line between Saliyapura and Parsangaswewa.
8. Dr Ravindra Kariyawasam (Center for Environment & Nature Studies), noted that Sri Lanka had a forest density of 82% in 1882 and today Sri Lanka’s forest density stands at a shocking 16.5%.
9. Gold smuggling racket in the guise of sand exports exposed by the Customs.
10. The Kayankerni Marine in Batticaloa has been declared a maritime sanctuary.

Let your New Year bring joy and harmony to you and those who around you