1. Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe says Sri Lanka should be ashamed to have been called one of the four countries “unable to be governed” by the US State Department: adds that the announcement had flabbergasted everyone other than the rulers
2.Railway strike continues: After 6 days, President Sirisena appoints 4-member Ministerial Committee to “look into the grievances of the protesting employees”
3. “Have no fears because we will thrash and chase away anyone this time as the government and the Police are ours: what we need is your vote only!” says UNP Chief Organiser for Wattala, Father-in-law of Advisor to the PM, and Christian Affairs Minister John Amaratunga
4. The Convenor of the National Movement for the Protection of Tamed Elephants, Ven. Sudaththa Thera says the largest number of elephants and tuskers have been killed after the Yahapalanaya government came to office
5. Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera obtains Government approval to increase borrowing limit for 2017 by a massive Rs.50 billion; PM Wickremesinghe had earlier said that he will settle the entire Public Debt by end 2018
6. Police to deploy unchained dogs to disperse illegal demonstrations in the future: 140 dogs being trained presently
7. Attorney General withdraws indictment in case involving fraud against UNP State Minister Range Bandara in the Colombo High Court
8. Shocking 177,423 Dengue cases up to 12th December this year: death toll 420
9. Study finds that some farmers have not even heard of the Crop Insurance introduced by the government
10. Leading industrialist Samantha Kumarasinghe says at Sri Lanka Economic Association seminar: “Does the Government listen to the Private Sector? From 2005 to 2014 – Yes, to some extent; Today, they pretend to listen, but do the opposite”
Have a non-pretentious Wednesday
