Six hundred and fifty people were tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday (17) increasing the total COVID cases from Divulapitiya, Peliyagoda and Prison clusters to 31,720.
Due to several coronavirus cases, Nafeerwatte in Wellawatte was declared isolated with immediate effect by the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19.
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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