More than 50,000 electricity consumers have been affected due to power break downs caused by adverse weather conditions, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today.
The Minister told Parliament that as many as 14,000 electricity breakdowns have been reported in the last 24 hours.
He said CEB workers are currently in the process of restoring power supplies.
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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