Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who is currently on a tour of Finland met with the country's Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and agreed on a concrete pilot project in the field of wave energy in Sri Lanka.
At a meeting held at the residence of the Prime Minister of Finland in Helsinki, Finland yesterday, the Prime Ministers discussed their common commitment to strengthening ties between the two countries in the field of energy with a forward looking and a business- minded approach, a statement said.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe emphasised the important role of innovations in achieving national targets and international mitigation of climate change, enhancing energy efficiency and utilisation of clean and renewable energy technologies.
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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