The United National Party (UNP) has appointed a committee comprising senior cabinet ministers Thalatha Athukorala, Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Kabir Hashim to hold disciplinary inquiry on Vijayakala Maheswaran who resigned from his State Ministerial post yesterday.
The move came amid the uproar created over her controversial comments at a function in Jaffna earlier in the week where she stated that a return of the LTTE was necessary if Tamil people were to live freely.
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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