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Your Thursday morning brief

  1. Railway strike postponed till 2 pm today 2. The case against Gotabaya Rajapaksa postponed until his recovery. 3. Concerns raised over the manner in which a controversial supplementary estimate, to purchase cars and renovate ministerial homes, was submitted. 4.  In a backdrop where millions have been allocated for the luxury lifestyle of the politicians, tea estate workers desperately waiting for their Rs. 50 allowance. 5. Drought continues to batter North and East. People in Batticaloa distressed due to dry weather condition, livestock dies due to lack of water. 6. Attempts made to change original contracts regarding two stalled UDA housing schemes being built by an unqualified Chinese contractor. 7. Economic growth of the country has risen to 3.5% - Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera 8. 5 dead in a fatal accident in Welikanda. 9. The case against Dr. Seigu Shihabdeen Mohamed Shafi to be taken up on the 7th of July. 10. New Zealand has launched a gun buy-back scheme in the wake of the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings.  

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