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.
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.
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