Mirror Business conducted an email interview with Dr. Arusha Cooray, the Lankan born Professor of Economics at the Nottingham University Business School (Malaysia), over the current economic situation of Sri Lanka. Dr. Cooray’s work is widely published and she is one of the leading academics in the field of economics Sri Lanka has produced.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said Sri Lanka need not pay any compensation for the delay in the Colombo Port City Project. He was addressing a special press conference at Temple Trees yesterday to brief about the major outcome during his visit to China. The Prime Minister said the matter of compensation was not raised during his visit in China and assured that it would be solved easily.

As the Sri Lankan Parliament prepares to meet as Constitutional Assembly to draft a new Constitution, Member of Parliament from Vanni district S. Sivamohan of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said that he was cautiously optimistic that the Tamil question would be resolved through the new Constitution.

Four Port trade unionists launched a Satyagraha near the third entrance to the Ports Authority today (10) in support of a work-to-rule campaign by fellow workers.

N.K. Illangakoon, who retires tomorrow (11) after five years as the IGP, opened a police station at his hometown, Kanathiriyanwala at Pinnawala in Imbulpe today.