A cabinet sub-committee headed by Foreign Minister Thilak Marapana is to be set-up to study and report to the cabinet on anti-terrorism laws which are being implemented overseas.
The Prime Minister had previously submitted a cabinet paper proposing to introduce new legislation which would assist in eradicating terrorism and even maintaining records of terrorists and tracking their movements.
Accordingly, the sub-committee will study the laws which are being practiced in other countries such as the UK. The proposal to establish the committee had been approved during yesterday’s cabinet meeting.
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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