The Meteorology Department announced that showery conditions may enhance across the island until tomorrow due to the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal.
Issuing a weather forecast the Met. Department noted that the depression is 950 km away from Trincomalee.
Met Department foecasts heavy rain fall above 150 mm to be expected at some places in Western, North-western, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara districts.
Fairly strong gusty winds can also be expected in the Western, Southern, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces.
The Department kindly requests the general public to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by lightning activity.
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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