- Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong reiterates China’s continued and concrete support to Sri Lanka to overcome challenges.
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe meets US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate- John Kerry, UK PM Rishi Sunak and President of Slovenia Borut Pahor, at COP27 in Egypt.
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe requests UN Secretary General and the Egyptian President to convene a meeting of Agriculture Ministers of all countries to assess food needs for the next 2 years and submit a report to ensure food security.
- Elections Commission Chairman S G Punchihewa says Rs.10 bn has been allocated for the EC in the budget: asserts EC has no financial issue to hold LG polls soon.
- Top Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka denies committing offences he is charged with: Sydney Police confiscate his passport: legal proceedings likely to take 10-12 months: several legal watchers say the cricketer has been “set up”.
- CB data shows Sri Lanka’s tourism earnings in the first 10 months of 2022 surpassed USD 1 bn: forex reserves drop to USD 1.7 bn by end October.
- Navy conducts operation in coordination with the Police and Narcotic Bureau: intercepts local fishing trawler carrying over 331kg of heroin and apprehends 6 suspects.
- Opposition parties allege the National Delimitation Committee chaired by former Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya is a ploy by Government to postpone Local Government elections: Deshapriya refuses to comment on the matter.
- New Bill is to be introduced to expedite recovery of premises under lease agreements and regulate collection of arrears of lease rentals.
- Party leaders to meet today re. appointing members to the Constitutional Council established under the newly passed 21st Amendment: Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to preside.
