Sri Lanka authorities have decided to stop all airlines flying in from a number of European and Scandinavian countries.
Travel originating from France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden and Austria to Sri Lanka will be banned from March 15 to 29. The ban will commence on all flights arriving after March 15 at 2359 hours and end on March 29 at 2400 hours local time. Earlier visitors were banned from Iran, South Korea and Italy. (SD)
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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