One person has been injured following a shootout between STF personnel and two poachers at the Udawalawe National park this morning (Oct 31).
Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that one poacher was injured and admitted to tthe Karapaitiya Teaching hospital.
Meanwhile, the T56 assault rifle that was in the possession of the poachers has been seized by the STF.
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
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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