The world's second largest airplane AN 124 which touched down at the Mattala airport at 12:20 yesterday (Oct 17) left for Indonesia at 3:30 pm today.
The plane which was heading towards Indonesia after having commenced its journey from the Prince Sultan airport in Saudi Arabia stopped at the Mattala airport to refill its fuel tank.
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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