Former Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara has been infected with COVID-19 and admitted to a private hospital.
Meanwhile the number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Sri Lanka with over 800 cases being reported for five consecutive days.
The number of COV ID-19 cases reported from the outstations too has been on the rise. During the last 24 hours, 131 cases were reported from Kandy while 78 from Kurunegala, 37 from Matale, 29 from Galle, and 28 from Ratnapura.
212 cases in Colombo,132 in Gampaha and 62 in Kalutara were also among the total of 826 cases.
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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