Health and other officials will Tuesday discuss plans how to handle persons arriving from South Korea and Italy in view of the outbreak of the Coronavirus (Corvid 19) in the two countries and the large presence of Lankans in those nations.
A Health Ministry official said that one of the issues to be discussed will be whether those returning should undergo through a quarantine process before allowing to get into the country.
He said that they will take into consideration that large number of Sri Lankans travel between the two countries in view of persons working in the two countries.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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