US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz met with Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake today (Jul 12), the Ministry of Plantation Industries said in a press release.
During the discussion, financial assistance for a five-year project in Sri Lanka involving an electronic land registration system and infrastructure development projects were among those discussed.
In addition, projects such as road constructions in the Central and Uva Provinces and also a mechanism to curb traffic congestion in the country were also discussed, the Plantation Industries Ministry said.
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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