COLOMBO (News 1^st)

Your Wednesday Morning Brief

1. Parliament is set to convene at 10.30 am today (July 31).

2. A suspect was arrested with 3050 narcotic pills with a street value of around Rs. 15 million at the Central Mail Exchange. 3. All tuition classes and seminars pertaining to the scholarship exam to be suspended from midnight today. 4. The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested 6 Indian nationals while transporting 2,379 kg of beedi leaves on an Indian vessel. 5. Brother of Zahran Hashmi's wife arrested in Katupotha for receiving weapons training in Nuwara Eliya. 6. Parliamentarian Duminda Dissanayake was summoned to testify before the Presidential Commission appointed to probe fraud and corruption yesterday (July 30) regarding the building which houses the Ministry of Agriculture. 7. 3800 unemployed graduates received appointments in the state service yesterday, however, the Unemployed Graduates Association continues to reiterate that the recruitment process is flawed. 8. Containers carrying waste material reach the Tellippalai hospital in Jaffna. 9. Supreme Court orders the Sri Lanka Medical Council to register 82 SAITM graduates in order to facilitate their medical practice. 10. The Criminal Investigating Department presenting facts before the court revealed that the finance head of Sri Lanka Cricket provided them with a false NIC number.

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