COLOMBO (News 1st)

Your Thursday Morning Brief

1. The Meteorological Department predicts that the prevailing showery condition in the South-Western part of the island will enhance further to some extent until August 30th. 2. Measures have been taken to provide the general public with an opportunity to submit their petitions to the Parliament online. 3. The National Elections Commission says that steps have been taken to visit close to 14,000 polling centres, which will be used for Presidential Election, within the course of the next few days. 4. Cabinet approved the proposal made by President Maithripala Sirisena to table in Parliament the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering, and Mihin Lanka Private Limited. 5. It has been revealed in court that the MiG deal which took place during the Rajapaksa government was conducted outside accepted procurement procedures. 6. Eleven people have been injured in an accident involving 4 vehicles in the Galewela, Moragolla area. 7.FitsAir operated the first-ever international passenger charter flight by a local private operator from Sri Lanka. 8. Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya appointed 3 three-member Trials-at-Bar to hear cases on the Rathupaswala Shooting, the enforced disappearance of Prageeth Ekneligoda and the Avant-Garde Floating Armoury. 9. Within the first week of activation of the hotline 1913, the Excise Department confirmed that they have recorded 473 complaints regarding illegal production and distribution of alcohol. 10. Ajantha Mendis, one of cricket’s most famous mystery spinners, has retired from all forms of cricket.

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