- Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Abdul Momen says Sri Lanka is expected to pay back the USD 200 mn it borrowed from Bangladesh in a currency swap agreement in May 2021 by September 2022.
- Former Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Sri Lanka.
- Foreign Minister Ali Sabry offers assistance of rescue services to Turkey, following 2 major earthquakes that struck that country: Foreign Ministry also says no Sri
Lankan has been affected due to the earthquakes. - President Ranil Wickremasinghe swears in Justice K P Fernando as a Supreme Court Judge: Justice N B Karunaratne as the President of the Court of Appeal: High Court Judge M A R Marikkar as a Judge of the Court of Appeal.
- Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate the findings of preceding Commissions and Committees, Justice A H M D Nawaz submits synopsis of the recommendations in the draft final report of the Commission to President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- Private Hospital Development Department’s Director Dr Dhammika Alahapperuma says all private hospitals and health institutes in the country should be registered with the Private Health Services Council before 28th February: also says about 10,000 private health institutions have not been registered yet.
- President Ranil Wickremasinghe says Sri Lanka has the potential to establish the green economy, specially via renewable energy, to ensure a green economy and a better world by 2050.
- National Anthem sung in Sinhala & Tamil at the Independence Day Celebrations at Galle Face Green on 4th February, after several years: the National Anthem was written in Sinhala by Ananda Samarakoon and translated into Tamil by Sinhala & Tamil expert M. Nallathambi.
- State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe says losses of 52 strategically important SOEs amounts to over Rs.800 bn in 2022: also says the Govt is now concentrating on the SOEs that have caused the heaviest losses such as SriLankan Airlines, CPC and CEB, and restructuring those.
- Professionals’ Trade Unions Alliance declare trade union action on 8th February to protest against the Govt’s tax hike: GMOA Secretary Dr Haritha Aluthge says doctors of the GMOA will also not engage in private channelling practice and regular services, on that day.
