Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the Cabinet of Ministers that he is making a proposal in the parliament on January 9 next year to meet the parliament as a Constitutional Council to decide on Constitutional Reforms.
Meanwhile a Ministerial Subcommittee was appointed at the last cabinet meeting to discuss about the constitutional reforms. In a meeting of that subcommittee it has been decided to appoint a committee to obtain public representations in both print and electronic media. In addition, a committee comprised of 24 intellectuals will be appointed to obtain verbal representations and it will obtain representations in various regions in the island as three member boards.
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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