- Jaffna district MP S Sritharan elected Leader of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) at the Party election, by secret ballot: overcomes the challenge of MP M A Sumanthiran PC and former MP Sinithamby Yogeswaran.
- SL Deputy High Commission in Chennai delivers the 1st batch of passports to “SL nationals resettled in Tamil Nadu”: this initiative has been implemented under the guidance of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- Trade Minister Nalin Fernando says an imported egg which was previously sold at Rs.35, will soar to Rs.43 after the recent VAT imposition.
- Police arrest the person in robes claiming to be “Vishwa Buddha” & issuing statements which are allegedly “demeaning” Buddhism: Gangodawila Magistrate remands him until 26th January.
- Police arrest 3 minor staff members of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital following a complaint of assault by the Karapitiya Hospital’s senior oncologist who was earlier arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman staff member.
- Fort Magistrate issues detention orders for 7 days on 11 suspects apprehended by the SL Navy in 2 trawlers off the Southern coast, while in possession of 65 kgs of heroin.
- Elections Commission Chairman R M A L Ratnayake says the Commission will start to implement campaign finance laws ahead of the Presidential election this year.
- Cabinet Spokesman & Minister Dr Bandula Gunawardena says development schemes are set to recommence in February’24 following the finalisation of agreements related to the “debt restructuring” and ongoing discussions with foreign creditors.
- Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne says his Association will refrain from operating buses if the Police implement the action of sending “fine sheets” to bus owners based on CCTV footage: insists it is unfair to send the fine sheets related to the mistakes of the buses to the owner of the bus.
- SL beats Zimbabwe by 39 runs under DLS in their ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup: SL 204 (48.3 overs), D Kalupahana 60: ZIM 89 (21.1 overs), M Tharupathi 4/17.
