More than 500 acres of land at the Nonpareil forest reserve in Balangoda is reported to have been destroyed due to a fire which entered its third day today (Jul 30).
Meanwhile, the Navy undertook measures to deploy a Bell 212 helicopter to assist in fire fighting efforts this morning, Navy Spokesman Group Captain Gihan Senaviratne said.
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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