COLOMBO (News 1st)

Your Tuesday Morning Brief

1. 24-hour water cut from 08:00 am today (Dec 17) for Kelaniya, Peliyagoda, Wattala, Ja-Ela, Katunayake, Mahara, Gampaha, and several other areas: NWSDB 2. 11 1/2 hour water cut from 08:00 am today (Dec 17) for Wadduwa, Waskaduwa, Kalutara North/South, Nagoda, Maggona, Beruwala, Aluthgama, and Bentota: NWSDB 3. Ashok Pathirage appointed as the new Chairman of SriLankan Airlines. 4. The government has removed the consolidated tax of Rs. 36/- per kilogram of imported wheat flour and replaced it with the Special Commodity Levy (SCL) of Rs. 8/- per kg. 5. Bakery Owners Association noted that if wheat flour is imported at competitive prices, the price of a loaf of bread can be reduced to Rs. 50/- & other products can be reduced by Rs. 5/-. 6. A police officer was convicted by the Colombo High Court and sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment for giving false evidence in a heroin case. 7. Swiss Embassy employee arrested by the CID was remanded until the 30th of December for fabricating false evidence to be used in a judicial proceeding. 8. The two people who made comments on abductions at a media briefing, with Dr Rajitha Senaratne, remanded until the 27th of December. 9. Court permits the CID to detain and interrogate until the 04th of March, the suspect arrested on the charges of conspiring to assassinate the President. 10. 04 Brigadiers promoted to the rank of Major General, 25 Colonels promoted as Brigadiers, 34 Majors promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

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