- Litro Gas increases prices of domestic LP Gas with immediate effect: 12.5kg cylinder increased by Rs.343 to Rs.3,470, 5kg cylinder by Rs.137 to Rs.1,393, & 2.3kg cylinder by Rs.63 to Rs.650.
- SJB files Petition before the Supreme Court, against the Online Safety Draft Bill, which was submitted to the Parliament.
- Supreme Court gives leave to proceed on Petition filed by the Center for Policy Alternatives & Sandhya Ekneligoda against the pardon given by President Maithripala Sirisena to Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera who was convicted for contempt of court.
- Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says the Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (who is also the brother of Foreign Minister Ali Sabry), Mohomed Uwais Mohomed has tendered his resignation from the post, due to “personal and professional commitments”.
- Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage dismisses private plaint filed by Ven. Thiniyawela Palitha Thera against former CB Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal and former Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga: the Thera’s complaint that public funds were paid to a US national without proper authority was dismissed for non furnishing of sufficient evidence and suppression of facts.
- Director General of the State-Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit & former Lion Brewery Director Suresh Shah says ‘Requests for Expressions of Interest” for Hilton, Hyatt and Lanka Hospitals will be out shortly: also says REOIs for 7 State Owned Enterprises which are also being divested, will also be out within the next 5-weeks.
- Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera raises concerns of a potential food shortage owing to the sudden & extreme weather conditions: says nearly 70,000 acres of paddy and hundreds of acres of cultivated land which were ready for harvest, have been destroyed due to the recent torrential rains.
- SL Men’s & Women’s Relay teams win Bronze medals at the Asian Games 2023 in China; Men’s 4x400m with a timing of 3:02.55 minutes (a new Sri Lanka record), and Women’s 4x400m with a timing of 3:30:88 minutes (also a new Sri Lanka record).
- Tharushi Karunarathna wins the Gold medal with a timing of 2.03.20 minutes at the Asian Games 2023 – Women’s 800meters event: the first Gold medal that SL has won in Athletics since 2002.
- SL crashes out of medal contention in Cricket at the Asian Games 2023: lose Quarter Final match against Afghanistan by 8 runs: AFG – 116 (18.3 overs), SL – 108 (19.1 overs).
