Sri Lanka Navy detected 219 Kgs of heroin with a street value of over Rs 4.5 billion off the southern coast earlier this week in a fishing trawler. The trawler was escorted to the Colombo Port and inspected by Adviser to the President on National Security Sagala Ratnayake and Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera on Tuesday. (Video courtesy SL Navy).
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.
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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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