Sri Lanka Original Narrative Summary: 11/10

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  1. President Ranil Wickremasinghe says the country needs a stable national policy that does not change with every change of government.
  2. Travel and Tour operators in India President Jyoti Mayal says TAAI would help Sri Lanka tourism move towards positive growth: affirm they would actively promote the island nation across all Indian states.
  3. Investment Research and Data Platform focussing on emerging markets, ‘Tellimer Insights’ states Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring could be a “long and messy process”.
  4. SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa appointed Chairman of the National Council’s Sub-Committee for Identifying Priorities in Formulating Short, Medium and Long Term Policies.
  5. Prostitution charges of women and men increase as economic crisis hits the sex industry.
  6. Sri Lanka and Japan sign agreement on Joint Crediting Mechanism for Low Carbon Growth Partnership: JCM first introduced by Japan in 2013, with the objective of contributing to the global effort of reducing greenhouse gas.
  7. Russian airline Aeroflot resumes flights between Moscow and Colombo after a lapse of 4 months.
  8. SLPP MP and former Minister Johnston Fernando charges “Intellectuals” (viyaththu) who claimed that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was preventing former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from doing his duties, diverted the aragalaya (people’s struggle) towards sending President Mahinda Rajapaksa home.
  9. Laugfs Holdings Chairman W K H Wegapitiya says demand for LPG cylinders in Sri Lanka has dropped by 25-30% in the last few months, despite price reductions: reasons attributed being rise in inflation and use of alternative energy sources.
  10. Record number of Army personnel granted promotions as Sri Lanka Army celebrates its 73rd anniversary: 372 Officers and 7,127 other ranks promoted to their respective next rank.

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