- Former Minister Navin Dissanayake takes oath as the Governor of the Sabaragamuwa Province at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- Sri Lanka to re-enter the US$15 billion Chinese seafood market, following the signing of a MOU with China’s General Administration of Customs: expects to unlock Chinese market with new quality and quarantine protocols to gain clearance for the export of seafood: The deal will allow 38 Sri Lankan companies to more easily export 33 local products including 29 aquatic products to China.
- Sri Lanka enters the Guinness Book of World Records by removing the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone (calculus) through a major surgery at the Colombo Army Hospital: The stone is 13.372cm long and weighs 801g: Consultant Urologist, Lt. Col. (Dr) K. Sutharshan, Head of Genito Urinary Unit at the Colombo Army Hospital led the surgery together with Capt. (Dr) W.P.S.C Pathirathna and Dr Thamasha Premathilaka: Col. (Dr) U.A.L.D Perera and Col. (Dr) C.S Abeysinghe also contributed as Consultant Anaesthetists.
- The Presidential Secretariat strongly refutes media allegations of widespread food insecurity in Sri Lanka: asserts the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report issued by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) indicate an improvement in food security across all provinces of Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka Customs raises concerns about reaching their targeted revenue, following the imposition of import restrictions on several items, including vehicles: laments they will not be able to achieve their targeted revenue for as long as the said import restrictions are in place; adds nearly 20% of their revenue is obtained through taxes collected from vehicle imports.
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe to head to the UK and France next week to meet with the Paris Club: SL’s estimated external debt amounts to around US$ 42 billion: Paris Club is one of the key partners of SL’s debt restructuring programme.
- Turkey’s flag career Turkish Airlines to launch direct flights between Istanbul and Colombo, starting from October 2023: The move will allow passengers from the island nation to easily travel to 129 countries from the Turkish capital via short-haul flights and short connection time.
- Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says measures will be taken to conduct a review and then reduce the prices of medicine every three months: adds Medicine prices to be reduced by 16% from June 15: asserts it will be possible to complete tasks including minimising the medicine shortage and reducing prices, by around 90%, over the next two months.
- CB Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe invited to share his thoughts on the economy and its impact on the Insurance Industry at the Executive Committee of Insurance Association of Sri Lanka (IASL) at JAIC Hilton: Session steered by the Executive Committee of IASL headed by its President Chandana L. Aluthgama.
- Sri Lanka emerges triumphant, defeating the Netherlands by 3 wickets while chasing a target of 215 runs, in a gripping warm-up match for the ICC Qualifiers: SL bowlers restrict the NL’s batting lineup to 214 runs: SL batsmen chase the target in 38 overs securing a thrilling victory losing 7 wickets.
