- New Commissioner General of Inland Revenue Department D R S Hapuarachchi says the Department will improve revenue collection and get back the forex lying outside the country.
- Ports Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva says the Colombo West and East Deep-water Terminals will be fully operational by 2024-2025.
- Bloomberg reports that debt default and widespread protests shrank Sri Lanka’s economy to it’s worst levels in two years: the economy contracted by 8.4% in the 3 months up to 30 June 2022.
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe transfers Sri Lanka Export Development Board, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and Colombo Port City Economic Commission to the Ministry of Investment Promotion.
- Public Security Ministry Secretary S Hettiarachchi says steps being taken to extradite 13 wanted underworld criminals who are hiding in Dubai: among them are notorious underworld gang leaders Harak Kata, Ganemulle Sanjeewa and Kudu Dharme.
- Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake says that the maximum capacity of all prisons in the country is 13,200, but around 24,000 inmates are cramped into them currently.
- Hundreds of thousands of people queue up at Galle Road to face interviews for jobs at Qatar Airways.
- Police summon “Black Cap Movement” Convenor Vimukthi Dushantha, whose organisation actively participated in the Galle Face Aragalaya (struggle).
- National Dengue Control Unit says that by the 36th week of this year, a total of 55,012 dengue cases have been reported in Sri Lanka: corresponding number last year was 18,265.
- Cases of snatching gold chains, mobile phone, bracelets, pendants and cash from women walking on roads, increase.
Sri Lanka Original Narrative Summary: 18/09
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