- Human Rights Watch says the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act would empower the authorities to systematically violate fundamental human rights: calls upon the Govt to withdraw the Bill and ensure that any counter-terrorism legislation upholds international human rights standards.
- Sri Lanka Airlines CEO Richard Nuttall says countries that advise their citizens not to travel to Sri Lanka smacked of “double standards”: also says “in the west, protest is a sign of democracy and nobody issues travel advisories, but when you have a protest in Sri Lanka, everybody slaps on travel advisories”.
- SJB MP Rajitha Senaratne says several SJB MPs were willing to support President Ranil Wickremesinghe and they will do so as a group: asserts MPs such as Harsha de Silva were willing to support President Wickremesinghe no matter what anyone says: also says many MPs want to work with the President but were reluctant to contest an election with him.
- SJB MP S M Marikkar says reforms proposed by the National Delimitation Committee to the electoral system will create further divisions in society on the basis of race, religion and caste.
- SLPP rebel MP Gevindu Cumaratunga claims the manner Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana informed the House of the Supreme Court’s determination on the Central Bank Bill is problematic: allegation denied by the Speaker.
- Several MPs, including Dayasiri Jayasekara, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and Vasudeva Nanayakkara request Speaker to summon the Principal of the Law College to Parliament, stating that he has been defying the Parliament decision by trying to hold the upcoming examinations in the English medium only.
- A record 320,000 persons migrate for work overseas in 2022, the highest for any year: during 2020 and 2021, the numbers of worker migrations and the corresponding worker remittances had dropped drastically, due to the Covid lockdowns.
- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it had rescued 440 migrants including those from Sri Lanka from an overcrowded fishing boat in international waters off the coast of Malta, after a rescue effort that took over 11 hours.
- Supreme Court grants leave-to-proceed in FR petition by Transparency International which claimed that serious doubts have arisen regarding the quality, safety, and efficacy of the pharmaceuticals purchased under the Indian Credit Line: petition referred to procurement of medical supplies from 2 Indian private companies.
- SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa says the removal of the Rajapaksas from power was the work of a 3rd party conspiracy: several SLPP MPs including Johnston Fernando and Mahindananda Aluthgamage suppprt the allegation: say the conspirators will be exposed in the future.
