The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrated the floriculture industries of Sri Lanka and the Netherlands with ‘Sri Lanka – the Netherlands: Old Friends – new trends’. The event held at the Trace Expert City saw a floral competition, exhibition, workshop, and presentation.
“Sri Lanka and the Netherlands are long term partners with the Embassy of Netherlands facilitating multiple projects to transfer knowledge and technical know-how on improving Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector,” Netherlands ambassador Joanne Doornewaard said at the event.
The florists were given one and half hours to create floral arrangements with a set of tiger lilies, chrysanthemums and orchids, a mixture of Dutch and Sri Lankan flowers.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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