Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa leaves today for India to take part in the second International Buddhist Festival for ‘Social and Cultural Relationship’.
The event is being held in Aurangabad in the State of Maharashtra. It is organised by the Dhammayuna Educational and Charitable Trust.
Last year, former Uva Provincial Council Minister Sashendra Rajapaksa attended the event.
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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