Two suspects who surrendered to the CID over the investigations related to the case against former minister Johnston Fernando over the use of an unregistered vehicle have been granted bail.
The suspects were produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate Courts and were released on two surety bail of Rs 500,000 each.
Investigations are continuing over the unregistered vehicle which the former minister had used and later abandoned in the car park of a luxury hotel.
The former Minister has been remanded until October 30.
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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