- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasized that simply reinforcing institutional frameworks is insufficient for effective disaster management. The President stressed the need to establish mechanisms to deliver practical solutions at the grassroots level, the President’s Media Division (PMD) stated in a statement.
- Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that in order to restore the Parliament as a supreme institution, which has faced public scorn and disapproval in the past, the Parliamentarians must act with the awareness that they are the representatives of the people. The Prime Minister made these remarks during the inaugural session of the awareness workshop on parliamentary procedures for new members of the Tenth Parliament.
- The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for heavy rains in several areas, effective until 04.00 pm tomorrow, due to the low-pressure area over the South-East Bay of Bengal. The low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression over the central-southwest Bay of Bengal this morning, moving to about 530 km southeast of Trincomalee.
- Gampaha District Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harshana Rajakaruna says that the SJB is ready to join together with the United National Party (UNP), if former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will allow Sajith Premadasa to take over the leadership. Furthermore, the Gampaha District MP called on all right-wing political forces to join with the SJB.
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan to upgrade Sri Lanka’s power sector infrastructure, enhancing the reliability of transmission and distribution networks and facilitating greater integration of renewable energy.
- The General Secretary of the Ceylon Electricity Employees’ Union, Ranjan Jayalal, has responded to criticism regarding the union’s request for the CEB management to pay bonuses to employees. “Our request to pay bonuses to employees has been portrayed as a big sin in the media. We must remind everyone that we are a trade union representing the government,” he said.
- Newly elected Jaffna District MP Dr. Archchuna Ramanathan has apologized for his actions during the inaugural session of the new Parliament last week. “I would like to publicly apologize if I have done anything wrong in that manner. I’m really sorry. I was not hoping to sit in that chair and make trouble. Unfortunately it was an accident,” the MP said participating in the orientation programme for newly elected Parliamentarians.
- Thirty-two (32) Sri Lankan nationals who were victims of human trafficking and stranded in Myanmar have been rescued on 25 November following a successful, coordinated process. The rescued Sri Lankans had been lured into cybercrime operations and became victims of human trafficking.The Government of Sri Lanka will coordinate with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for their early repatriation to Sri Lanka.
- The Ministry of Education has announced that it will take necessary steps to inform the Supreme Court of the government’s stance on the scholarship examination, on the 2nd December. A senior official of the ministry stated that the government’s stance will be based on the recommendations from three committees that investigated the leak of exam questions.
- The promising all rounder Vihas Thevmika of Thurstan College will lead the Sri Lanka Under 19 squad for ACC Men’s under 19 Asia Cup which will kick off on November 29th in UAE . This tournament will be hosted by Dubai and Sharjah.
