- President Ranil Wickremesinghe says Sri Lanka has a very competitive tea industry: also says it needs to be modernized.
- Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena signs the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.
- Department of Census and Statistics says the overall rate of inflation as per CCPI on Y-o-Y basis has decreased to 66% in Oct 2022 from 69.8% in Sep 2022: Food inflation down to 85.6% from 94.9%: transport inflation dips to 144.2% from 150.4%.
- SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa says SLPP will support President Wickremasinghe although they are in separate political parties: admits differences when considering policies: explains the two sides will try to meet halfway to fulfil the needs of people in the country.
- SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella says his party is demanding a Parliamentary Election: says the current Government is well past its expiry date: points out that many MPs have left their fold and now to sit with the Opposition instead.
- SriLankan Airlines Chairman Ashok Pathirage says the SLA plans to earn USD 600 mn from the sale of stakes of SriLankan Catering Ltd. and the airline’s ground handling unit: hopes to thereby reduce SLA’s debt by half.
- Ministries of Transport and Energy together launch website www.wptaxi.lk to register passenger transport Three-wheelers in the Western Province for the 10 Litre weekly fuel quota.
- Police fire gunshots onto the air to disperse a crowd during a tense situation in Rambakepuwewa, Kebithigollewa in Anuradhapura: one Police officer injured.
- Ministry of Finance admits the new 2.5% Social Security Contribution Levy will apply to all State-owned utility service providers including CEB, CPC and NWSDB: levy likely to be passed to the consumer.
- Softlogic Stockbrokers Head of Research Mahesh Udugampola says corporate earnings expected to rise 30% YoY in 2022, down from the 80% increase in 1H22: predicts corporate earnings would reduce by 20-25% in 2023.
