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More waste containers to be shipped back to UK
Twenty containers of waste which had arrived from the UK and were lying inside the Colombo Port will be shipped back to UK on Friday, the Customs Department said.
Another 65 Containers are scheduled to be shipped on November 4, the Customs added.
The Consumer Protection Unit of Sri Lanka Customs detected 112 containers of waste imported from the United Kingdom and those were lying at Colombo Port Premises.
Further Investigations revealed that another 130 containers were already imported into Sri Lanka under the Hub Regulations.
A Customs inquiry was held and an Interim order to ship back all the containers to the United Kingdom was issued.
Subsequently a court case with regard to those garbage containers were filed before Court of Appeal by the Centre for Environmental Justice and the Court of Appeal ordered to ship back all the waste containers to the UK.
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Northern Province’s Palali-Achchuveli road reopens after 30 years
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Housemaid gets off with pilot’s baggage at BIA
A housemaid who stole a pilot’s baggage at the Bandaranaike International Airport was arrested within three hours after the robbery today, Police said.
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Immigration Dept. to launch online passport appointment system
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