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Your Tuesday Morning Brief

  1. Several Muslim ministers who resigned from office were reinstated by the President at his official residence. 2. Department of Examinations states that all seminars and extra classes in relation to the GCE A/L examination are prohibited from midnight of July 29th. 3. Sri Lanka Police was compelled to use water cannons and tear gas to disperse a protest which was organized by unemployed graduates citing injustice caused when recruiting graduates for the government sector. 4. The Disaster Management Centre noted that more than 600,000 people are still affected by the drought. 5. The Appeal Court ordered the Director-General of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority to open all suspect freight containers and investigate if they contain any waste material following the revelation that over 1000 undeclared freight containers are held by the Ports Authority. 6. The opening ceremony of the watercolour exhibition of renowned Chinese artist, Master Rongmao Wang took place in Colombo yesterday. 7. Maharu Ferosh Hettiarachchi, a Director of Blue Mountain arrested for property fraud was granted bail by the Kesbewa Magistrate’s Court yesterday. However, he was remanded further due to other court cases. 8. A group of farmers attempted to obstruct the Moneragala District Development Committee demanding compensation for a number of difficulties they face. 9. A mother in Nintavur hacked her 10-month-old twin daughters to death. 10. The Chairman of  Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation, Damsiri Bandara Karunaratne stated that the issue of permits for cashew imports has been stopped with immediate effect.

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