New Secretaries to four Ministries were appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday, President Secretariat said.
Accordingly, Mr. H. M. Gamini Senevirathne was appointed as the news Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Employment while Mr. Jayantha Wijeyrathne was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Sports. The newly appointed Secretary to the Industry and Commerce is Mr. Neil Ranjith Ashoka while Mr. M. A. Sisira Kumara was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resource Management.
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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