The police fired tear gas and water cannons towards university students protesting near the University Grants Commission (UGC) at Ward Place.
Students of the Higher National Diploma in Engineering (HNDE) staged the protest and some of them had attempted to enter the UGC premises, local media reported.
A tense situation arose as the students blocked traffic along Ward Place and demanded attention to some of their concerns. The police later arrested more than students.
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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