Evaluation of appeals and objections obtained in respect to the “Aswesuma” welfare benefits scheme will be carried out by the respective District Secretarias soon, State Minister for Finance Shehan Semasinghe said.
“The Government would ensure that all deserving individuals who require assistance would be included in Aswesuma”, Minister Semasinghe said in a tweet.
Accordingly, the Welfare Benefits Board accepted appeals and objections pertinent to the new welfare benefits programme until July 10 and received 968,000 appeals and 17,500 objections in the period under review.
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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