Meeting with families of the disappeared, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members of parliament and the northern provincial council admitted that they were unaware of any recommendations made by certain members of their party on setting up the Office of Missing Persons (OMP). The TNA agreed to a meeting on a later date where a senior member of their party would be present to answer disappeared family members’ questions and why he had said the party was satisfied with the Government’s draft legislation for the establishment of the OMP.

The Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka and Maldives - Thorbjørn Gaustadsæther and Resident Representative a.i. of the United Nations in Sri Lanka, Lovita Ramguttee signed an Agreement to extend Government of Norway’s support to the recently resettled communities in Jaffna and Trincomalee districts through United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Former Chairman of 'Sathosa' - Nalin Fernando has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division a short while ago.

The government and the World Bank has signed a $55 million loan to Sri Lanka in order to improve urban services, preserve cultural and environment assets, and improve liveability in Jaffna, adding the city to an existing project to develop Galle and Kandy.