Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera takes time off from preparatory work on his first budget on November 9 to leave today for Washington DC to attend the autumn meeting of the World Bank.
He is the Governor representing Sri Lanka at this annual event which will begin on October 10 and continue till 14.
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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