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Colombo (News 1st)

Your Tuesday Morning Brief

1. Discussions on forming a UNP alliance will commence today. 2. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met TNA representatives before the UNP alliance discussions. 3. Minister Dilip Wedaarachchi demanded that Minister Sajith Premadasa be nominated as the presidential candidate if not promises masses of people to storm Colombo. 4. The convenor of the National People’s Council Chameera Perera stated that the UNP leader is attempting to appoint 30 new members to the working committee in order to strengthen himself. 5. Minister Sajith Premadasa noted that he will steer Sri Lanka towards a digital era after this November. 6. The TID has been able to recover an AK-47 firearm, 2 magazines, 120 rounds of live ammunition, 11 hand grenades and 10kg of the PE 10 explosive from the Karandiya area in Palali. 7. Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Leader of Democratic Left Front noted that it is crucial for SLPP to form an alliance with the SLFP for the upcoming election. 8. UPFA MP, Rohitha Abeygunawardana stated that Gotabaya Rajapaksa does not seek the membership of a party as he intends to represent all the parties in the country. 9. Police in Mihintale recovered 700 boxes filled with narcotic pills, from a house in the Samagipura area. 10. The Court of Appeal on August 26 decided to postpone the Contempt of Court case filed against Professor Sarath Wijesuriya till November 25th, 2019 as President’s Counsel Upul Jayasuriya intends to present preliminary objections against the charges.

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