US Ambassador Julie Chung joined volunteers on Saturday to clean the beach at Crow Island in Mattakkuliya in view of World Coastal Cleanup Day.
The Western Province Ministry of Local Government, the Environmental Police Unit of the Sri Lanka Police, the Western Province Waste Management Authority and the organisation Clean Ocean Force were among those whose volunteers were in attendance at the beach cleanup.
Officials said 700 kilograms of plastic bottles 2 metric tonnes of other garbage was removed during cleanup operations on that day alone.
Text and Pix by Reka Tharangani Fonseka
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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