COLOMBO (News 1st)

Your Thursday Morning Brief

1. The Gazette notification announcing the Presidential Election has been issued; thereby the Presidential election is scheduled for November 16th. 2. The twins who were reported missing from the Hikkaduwa area were discovered last night (September 18) by the Mawanella Police at a residence in Danagama, Mawanella. 3. The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) will launch an investigation into allegations of fraud linked to the Colombo Lotus Tower. 4. The 24-hour token strike by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) will be in effect until 8:00 am today (September 19). 5. Parliament set to convene at 10:30 am today (September 19). 6. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) informed the court that the relatives have refused to accept the remains of Mohammed Azam Mohamed Mubarak, the suicide bomber who carried out the attack at the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo on April 21st. 7. Former Minister H.R. Mithrapala (73) passed away yesterday. 8. Cabinet has approved to provide permanent status employment to those who were recruited to the primary grade of the state institutions on a temporary and contract basis. 9. Colombo High Court issued a prohibition order regarding the 5 cases filed at the Colombo Chief Magistrate Court by the Bribery Commission against the former Cooperatives and Internal Trade Minister, Johnston Fernando. 10. Several explosives and a T-56 firearm have been found buried in a land located in the close proximity of a road leading to Oluwil Harbor in Palamunai, Ampara.

“Stay positive and good things will happen.”