- State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyabalapitiya says 2.4 mn vehicles were imported from 2015 to 2020 costing a staggering Rs.1,338 bn (approximately USD 8.5 bn): also says the Govt collected Rs.991 bn as import duty on those imports from 2015 to 2020.
- Informed sources say former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been allocated a State bungalow, which is usually assigned to the Foreign Minister: the house has been occupied earlier by late Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
- State Tourism Minister Diana Gamage says it is essential to include sex education in the school curriculum: also says some school children do not know what a social disease is: urges parents to spend more time with their children.
- State Tourism Minister Diana Gamage says she was the General Secretary of the “Ape Jathika Peramuna”: asks what would happen to SJB MPs if the agreement which she entered into with the SJB MPs is not valid.
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe designates a Ministerial & Specialist Committee to manage and contain the transmission of Covid-19 & dengue: appoints PM Dinesh Gunawardene to lead the Ministerial Committee and Dr. Seetha Arambepola to head the Specialist Committee.
- Parliament’s Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security chaired by MP Admiral Sarath Weerasekera recommends that Sri Lanka Telecom not be privatised as it could pose a threat to national security.
- A Minister, who did not wish to be named, has said the Government has decided to go ahead with the reform of Sri Lanka Telecom despite the recommendation by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security not to do so.
- Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles says 73 police officers have been found to have failed in their duty to prevent the violence on May 9 2022: also says 35 OICs have been transferred so that inquiries carried out against them will not be affected.
- State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says the Govt expects the number of income tax files to increase by nearly 5-fold from 205,200 to 1,000,000 boosting the country’s income tax revenue and enhancing the direct and indirect tax ratio to 40:60 by the end of this year:
- Imports & Exports Dept issues Gazette removing import restrictions on over 300 items including electronic items, sanitary ware and food items with effect from 9th June: speculation mounts as to whether this announcement was delayed to enable the LKR to appreciate significantly and thereby provide an opportunity for a few foreign investors to make huge capital gains on their investments in Government securities.
Sri Lanka Original Narrative Summary: 10/06
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