Seven persons including the Secretary of the “United Lanka Podujana Party” (Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya) have been arrested for soliciting a bribe to offer party membership to presidential candidate, former PUCSL chairman Janaka Ratnayake.
They were arrested while soliciting a bribe of Rs 30 million from Mr. Ratnayake, the party’s presidential candidate.
Mr. Ratnayake had lodged the complaint.
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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