The Department of Irrigation has requested the public not to bathe in lakes and waterways, when travelling to Anuradhapura for the Poson festival next week. Director of the Department’s Water Management Unit Janaki Meegasttene told local media that these water bodies had been filled to the maximum level.
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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