The United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today morning. He was welcomed at the airport by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mangala Samaraweera.
This is Kerry's first trip to Sri Lanka and it is the first time a U.S Secretary of State visited Sri Lanka in a decade. Secretary Kerry today will meet President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan.
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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