- National Medicine Regulatory Authority Head Professor S D Jayaratne admits inferior drugs had been imported and used at Govt hospitals: asserts the Govt would henceforth take advice from the US Food and Drug Administration in the importation and regulation of medicines: also says the NMRA is investigating the mystery deaths that had occurred in hospitals during the last few months.
- SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam says people are getting what they have asked for, from President Ranil Wickremesinghe: also says people asked for more taxes, & not concessions: the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had consistently and publicly called for higher taxes, removal of subsidies, debt re-structuring, and IMF intervention.
- JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the only common candidate who can defeat incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe at a future poll.
- Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa dismisses claims that he will not run for President if incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe contests the 2024 Presidential election: also says assertions to the contrary may indicate a threat to his life: UNP General Secretary Range Bandara says no one is interested in killing Premadasa.
- Litro Gas says the price of a Litro 12.5kg cylinder has been increased by Rs.145 & the new price will be Rs.3,127: Laufgs Gas also increases the price of their 12.5Kg cylinder by Rs.145 with the new price being Rs.3,835.
- Supreme Court to take up for hearing, the Writ petition filed by Colonel (Rtd) W M R Wijesundara which seeks an order postponing the Local Government Elections in view of the prevailing economic crisis in the country.
- SJB Deputy National Organiser S M Marikkar accuses the Govt of increasing the country’s debt burden by a massive 14% in just a 6-month period: says Sri Lanka’s total debt was USD 84bn at the end of Dec’22, but by the end of the 2nd quarter of 2023, it had increased to USD 96.5bn.
- Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court remands a “Choon Paan” seller (mobile bread-seller) 19, from Eppawela, who had been arrested by the CID for allegedly uploading and sharing a threatening Facebook post on President Ranil Wickremesinghe: the man was arrested ahead of the President’s scheduled visit to the Eppawala area on 7 Sept.
- Samagi Joint Trade Union Alliance Convenor Ananda Palitha claims the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has increased prices of all products in spite of earning a monthly profit of Rs.12bn: says there is no justifiable reason for the upward revision of fuel prices.
- Controversial UK-based media outlet “Channel 4” announces it is planning to make some shocking revelations about the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in a programme titled “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings”: the programme trailer indicates that it is about to “implicate” an official inside the SL Govt to the Easter Sunday attacks.
