President Maithripala Sirisena in his special Thai Pongal message highlighted the "strong bond between human beings and nature”.
In his message, the President also said that the Thai Pongal festival paves the way to protect and preserve the values of different religions, ethnicities and cultures.
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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