- UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara says President & UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to become the Presidential Candidate of a Coalition led by the UNP & the Party is to work on an Action plan drafted by its Working Committee ahead of the next Presidential Election.
- Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha says preparations have been finalised to supply sanitary napkins to girls in schools, starting next year.
- Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe says his life is at risk & in the event anything
should happen to him, the President & Chief of Presidential Staff would have to take responsibility: also says he may be killed on the road & he’s not sure when it will happen: asserts he fought against corruption, but now he has to fight for his
life: demands his right to live for the sake of his wife & children. - President Ranil Wickremesinghe removes Sports, Youth Affairs & Irrigation
Minister Roshan Ranasinghe from all posts in the Govt: Harin Fernando appointed as the new Sports Minister & Pavithra Wanniarachchi as the new Irrigation Minister. - Colombo Stock Market falls to a four-&-a-half month low, riddled by sustained uncertainty: ASPI declines for the 3rd consecutive market day to 10,480 points: turnover dips to a miserly Rs 579mn: number of shares traded crashes to a negligible 19.82 mn.
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe leads a delegation of over 80 persons, including Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella & Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara to attend the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) Summit in Dubai next week: several delegates from international non-governmental organisations, private sector entities & stakeholders will also be included in the largest-ever Sri Lankan delegation.
- Top Opposition spokesman Professor G L Peiris warns of a major Govt offensive against the media to neutralise print & electronic media, ahead of the Presidential election scheduled for next year: asserts the proposed creation of a “Broadcasting Regulatory Commission” for electronic media, Online Safety Bill and Commission of Inquiry headed by retired Chief Justice Priyasath Dep, PC, poses a threat to media freedom.
- Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says a new Registration & Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Bill that would enable the registration & enforcement in SL of rulings given by Courts in other countries is to be submitted to Parliament: new law expected to repeal the existing “Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Ordinance & the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Ordinance”.
- Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith calls on people to reject oppressive leaders in order to
cleanse the country’s politics, & to enable the emergence of a new leadership: asserts it’s the duty of all patriotic & independent media to defeat moves towards a dictatorship: urges people not to barter their votes for roofing sheets, food or alcohol. - SL Chess Olympiad first-ever Gold medalist Suneetha Wijesuriya receives the title of “FIDE Trainer” from the Int’l Chess Federation: this is the first time a SL chess player has received this title.
