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Colombo (News1st) -                                                                                                    Your Monday Morning Brief

1 . President Maithripala Sirisena stresses the need to abolish 18th & 19th amendments 2. Mahinda Rajapaksa will name the Presidential candidate of the SLPP on the 11th of August - MP Kumara Welgama 3. “Attempt to obtain testimony from PM on the terror attack, part of a staged drama” – Ranjith De Zoysa 4. JVP accuses Government of implementing an IMF plan to privatize state banks 5. CEB attempts go ahead with salary scale abolished by the Court of Appeal 6. 1990 Suwaseriya ambulance service introduced in Eastern province 7.  Four suspects aged between 27- 33 years arrested by the Naby for fishing using explosives in Mannar. 8. Railway trade unions to hold a token strike every Thursday until their issues are resolved. 9. A father and his 04-year-old daughter drowned as a result of strong currents in Kirinda, Yala. 10. At least 14 people were killed and more than 50 injured when heavy rain and strong winds caused a huge tent to collapse in the Indian state of Rajasthan on Sunday.