Appreciating the financial assurances provided by creditors thus far towards achieving Board approval from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) welcomed the timely announcements by India, Paris Club members including members such as Japan, U.S. and UK, and non-members such as Hungary, calling it "highly encouraging and appreciated by the business community at this time."

The heads of labour recruitment agencies in Oman requested the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara to take immediate steps to digitalize the foreign employment sector in order to avoid the procedural delays in the recruitment of Sri Lankan workers for jobs in Oman.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that culture is the bridge of reconciliation and development and explained the government’s policy towards this end at the vesting ceremony of the Jaffna Cultural Centre (JCC) which was completed with funds of Rs. 13,500 million provided by India.

The chairman of Jamaat-e-Islami – Sri Lanka, M.H. Haqbar has been released from charges emanating from the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

A demurrage of more than Rs. 30 million will have to be paid for the 14th coal shipment due to delays in payments, said Lanka Coal Company.

The Plan-B Collective calls for the continuation of the struggle initiated by the late Mangala Samaraweera for reconciliation among the communities.

The Election Commission is facing a shortage of vehicles for use in purposes relating to the upcoming local government polls after the treasury has ordered restrictions.

The printing of ballot papers is yet to begin for the local government polls.

Hospitals have been instructed to postpone surgeries which are not of an urgent or essential nature on the advice of medical specialists.

Even the opposition is without a policy-based solution to the country’s economic and political crisis, said the Frontline Socialist
Party.