EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

COLOMBO (News 1st) -

 Your Wednesday Morning Brief

1. The auspicious time for anointing with oil this Sinhala and Tamil New Year was at 7.40 am today.
2. News 1st celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New year with the villagers in Digannawa, Kotawehera of the Kurunegala District.
3. A 21-year-old youth was killed in Trincomalee over a love affair.
4. Two women were struck with lightning in Kuppilan-South in Jaffna while they were engaged in farming.
5. President Maithripala Sirisena flew to Hyderabad, India to visit the Tirupati temple.
6. A civil lawsuit has been unsealed by a US federal judge against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeking damages for his alleged involvement in the killing of Lasantha Wickramatunga.
7.  Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy states that despite the lack of rainfall they are in a position to supply power continuously.
8. An additional police team has been deployed to carry out preliminary investigations into the complaints filed with the Presidential Commission tasked with probing fraud and corruption at state institutions over the past 04 years.
9. The four Sri Lankans who were arrested by UK authorities at the Luton Airport in England have been released.
10. The Road Development Authority states that they have taken steps to open additional exits along the Southern Expressway in order to avoid traffic congestion.

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