The first flight carrying 162 passengers landed at the Mattala Airport yesterday (6) morning.
Flights will be operated once a week on Saturdays from Almaty International airport to Mattala. The flight will depart from Almaty at 5.00 am and arrive at Mattala at 10.50 am. The return flight will be on the same day.
Lanka Sportreizen, of which Mr. Thilak Weerasinghe was the founder Chairman had been in negotiation with the airline to select Sri Lanka as a destination,
(Pix by Rahul Samantha Hettiaarachchi)
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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.
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