Indian BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has taken to Twitter to acknowledge his phone call from newly sworn-in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Mr Swamy said he congratulated Mr Rajapaksa and that he will travel to Sri Lanka soon to raise the issues of Indian fishermen and suggest solutions to the remaining ethnic issues.
I was happy to receive call from Prime Minister Rajapaksha. I congratulated him and said I will come to Colombo soon&raise remaining issues of Sri Lankan Tamils and suggest solutions after consulting Sri Lankan Tamils. I also will raise the Indian fishermen issue with him.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) October 27, 2018
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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