Five navy personnel arrested over the 2006 assassination of TNA MP Nadarajah Raviraj who were produced before the Colombo Magistrate's Courts were re-remanded until June 5 . Raviraj, who represented the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) from the Jaffna district, died in hospital after being shot by unidentified gunmen in Colombo on November 10, 2006. He was shot as he left his house in Colombo for work. One of his guards, Sgt. Lakshman Lokuwella, was also killed in the attack.
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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