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Your Thursday Morning Brief

1. IGP Pujith Jaysundara, who was sent on compulsory leave, filed an FR petition on Wednesday seeking interim-order against the order which sent him on compulsory leave. 2. State Intelligence Service Chief Sisira Mendis reveals that they received intelligence on the terror attacks on April 8th. 3. Information Director of the Finance Ministry Mohamed Ali Hassan who was arrested for the possession of 93 bullets,02 swords and a number of books with suspicious content, released. 4. 15 of the 19 people arrested in connection to acts of unrest in Minuwangoda granted bail, charges against the other four dropped. 5. Kurunegala Hospital officials state that over 220 complaints have been filed against Dr Mohamed Shaafi who is alleged to have carried out illegal sterilisation procedures. 6. Perpetual Treasuries owner Arjun Aloysius requests Fort Magistrate's court to acquit him of charges made against him in the case involving his company. 7. India relaxes travel advisory on Sri Lanka, calls on citizens to be cautious when travelling to Sri Lanka. 8.  Colour coding system for sugar, salt and fat levels of solid and semi-solid food items to come in to effect from June 1st. 9. Two new ministers and a state minister sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena 10. Amnesty International states that Myanmar's army is committing fresh war crimes against ethnic groups in Rakhine state amid an operation against an ethnic Buddhist guerrilla force.