The Ministry of Social Affairs says it will pay LD650m ($520m) in overdue child and family benefits, starting from next week.

Sri Lanka has banned its nationals from working in Libya due to security reasons, and says it will repatriate those already in the country.

The Ministry of Labour and Retraining says it plans to organise training courses for 24,000 job-seekers throughout the country, with a focus on English-language and IT skills.

Some 40 Egyptian and Syrian nationals were put back on planes at Tripoli International Airport for holding forged travel documents.

A statement says that rumours about public-sector wage cuts this year are not true. 

Libya’s ambassador to Egypt, Mohammed Fayiz Jibril, claims thousands of Egyptians have entered the country on fake visas.

The Benghazi Local Council says 19 March will be a local public holiday to mark the third anniversary of a decisive moment in the 2011 conflict.

Two Bangladeshi nationals working for a Libyan cleaning company were reported to have been caught in crossfire in Benghazi on 21 February.

The government says that Thursday 20 February will be a public holiday to “allow citizens to vote in the constituent assembly elections.”

Two Italian workers kidnapped near Derna last month have been released, said Italy's foreign ministry.

The government says that Sunday 2 February will be an official public holiday after the national football team won the African Nations Championship (CHAN).

The civil registry office in Sirte says it is facing long queues for people requesting ID numbers, after government bodies in the city began using the new system.

Two employees of Rome-based contractor General World went missing near the north-east Libyan town on 17 January.

The government says that Monday 13 January will be an official public holiday to mark the occasion of the Prophet's birthday.

Mohamed Sualem says that the ongoing oil crisis may mean the government cannot pay public-sector wages, echoing similar warnings made by other government officials in recent weeks.