President Maithripala Sirisena has issued orders to remove all cutouts and banners with his image publicly displayed island wide, the Presidential secretariat announced. The President, unlike his predecessor has ordered not to display hoardings carrying his image in the future. During his election campaign Sirisena pledged to use the campaign funds to provide relief to the kidney patients instead of spending on cutouts and bill boards of him. He opened and activated a fund with the money he received for cutouts and hoardings to provide medical relief to the kidney patients.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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