Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa resigned on Friday as Chairman,Sri Lanka Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC which owns the former Apollo hospital in Colombo, official sources said. State-owned Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation is the main shareholder of the hospital group. He had been the chairman of this company since August 2009. It was unclear whether Rajapaksa, the powerful brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, had also stepped down from the defence position. (Bandula)
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.
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