- Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says around 300 doctors have left the country since January: also says there is a possibility of the health sector collapsing as a result: reveals the Ministry has informed foreign missions not to grant visas to doctors without Health Ministry permission.
- Reports say Sri Lankans can now hold USD 10,000 worth Indian Rupees (INR) in physical form after India approved a Sri Lankan request to designate INR as a “foreign currency”: move claimed to “provide liquidity support” to help Sri Lanka tide over its economic crisis.
- Cabinet approves recommendations of the Committee on Re-structuring CEB: Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara says the Bill to begin the unbundling process of CEB will be drafted in a month.
- China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian says China supports relevant financial institutions to consult with the Sri Lanka side to work for proper solution: also says China is doing it’s utmost to help Sri Lanka to achieve socio-economic development.
- State Minister of Health Seetha Arambepola says Suwaseriya ambulance service will be upgraded with advanced facilities to prevent in-transit deaths: also says ambulance services are highly advanced in developed countries where patients with heart or respiratory failure are treated in-transit.
- PM Dinesh Gunawardane says SLPP General Secretary and MP Sagara Kariyawasam has been named as representative from the Governing party to the Constitutional Council.
- Army Media Division announces Major General Channa Weerasuriya has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army.
- EDB announces that Merchandise Exports in October was USD 1.1 billion, down 8.2% compared to an year earlier: however, exports for the first 10 months up 9.3% to USD 11.1 bn, compared to 2021.
- Opposition MP and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake summarily dismisses claims by the Govt that the country’s economy has improved: says the relative return to economic “stability” is simply due to debt default where loans are now being accumulated.
- Sri Lanka Cricket team at risk of having to play a qualifying round involving West Indies, Ireland, Netherlands, Zimbabwe and five other teams to gain a place in the next 10 nation World Cup 50-over Cricket tournament.
