EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

by Staff Writer 01-07-2019 | 6:39 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st)

The Monday Morning Brief

1. The Meteorological Department issuing a heat index advisory notes the temperature is expected to increase up to ‘Extreme Caution’ level at some places in Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Ampara, and Monaragala districts today. 2. A 42-year-old who was shot last night at Anuruddagama, Elpitiya succumbed to his injuries upon admission to hospital. 3. The opposition reveals that there are several state sector employees assigned into institutions like the police, the office of the IGP, FCID, the Judiciary and the CBSL who are on the payroll of an American corporation. 4. Petroleum Trade Unions suspended the supply of fuel to the Ceylon Electricity Board from midnight yesterday (June 30). 5. Proposed salary increments and allowances in 2019-budget to come into effect from today (July 01). 6. The Police Narcotic Bureau seized 772 kg beedi wrappings or tendu leaves from the Oluthuduwai coast in Mannar. 7. A total of 193.6 kg of Kerala ganja was discovered in Nelladi, Jaffna during a raid carried out by the Police Special Task Force. 8. Police Constable attached to Ministerial Security Division admitted to Chilaw hospital following an assault by the son of MP Sisira Kumara Abeysekara. 9. Deputy Chairman of the Narammala Pradeshiya Sabha, Manjula Polgampola was arrested yesterday for assaulting a police officer. 10. President Trump set foot in North Korea to meet Kim Jong-un, at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone, and the two agreed to restart negotiations on a long-elusive nuclear agreement.