EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

by Staff Writer 26-07-2019 | 6:58 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st) –

Your Friday Morning Brief

1. The Attorney General assures the Court of Appeal that the garbage at the Colombo Port and the Katunayake free trade zone that was brought down from overseas will be retained at the same locations in a manner that would not harm the environment. 2. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna to form new alliance today (July 26). 3. United Nations Special Rapporteur on Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association Clément Nyaletsossi Voule meets Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. 4. Dr. Mohamed Shafi of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital has been granted bail by the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court. 5. Special High Court orders to remand 'Ali Roshan' and 7 other suspects until the verdict of the case (illegal possession of elephants) is delivered. 6. The 11 suspects arrested for damaging Buddha statues in several areas including Mawanella were remanded until August 8th. 7. Supreme Court issues an order preventing trial at Special High Court against Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the D A Rajapaksa museum case. 8. Police say a special traffic plan is to be imposed near Bauddhaloka Mawatha for a period of three months. 9. A 60-year-old suspect has been arrested with 30.3 kg of Kerala ganja in Velvettithurai. 10. 5262 drivers arrested on the charges of Driving Under Influence (DUI) during police operations conducted within a period of 20 days.