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Your Tuesday Morning Brief

1. Doctors attached to government hospitals in the Kalutara District launched a strike at 12 pm yesterday until further notice after a tense situation arose at the premises of the Kalutara hospital. 2. IGP  Jayasundara requested the Supreme Court to issue an order citing his fundamental rights were violated by sending him on compulsory leave without a justifiable cause. 3. The big question of the presidential candidates of 2020 stirs up the political arena. 4. Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Thero informed Minister Lakshman Kiriella that CCTVs would have been unimportant if national security was ensured. 5. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe opening a lubricant plant said that the government has received the necessary loans to run the country for the next few months. 6. Vasudeva Nanayakkara noted that his request to present the ACSA before the parliament had been ignored and this compromises the sovereignty of the country. 7. The massive number of non-performing loans at People's Bank might lead the bank to a point of no return. 8. Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka noted that the Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the 04/21 attacks would hold anyone accountable if they are responsible for the negligence that led to the 4/21 attacks despite their social status. 9. Mahinda Rajapaksa noted that it was prudent for the president to realize that the 19th amendment was flawed, but the opposition leader shared that he does not see any errors in the 18th amendment. 10. Despite the former Commissioner of Educational Publications advising against the publication of a photograph of Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam in school textbooks, the minister insisted believing that it would boost his political career.

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