High Court judge Sampath Abeykoon was appointed as the President of the High Court Judges' Association for 2019/2020 during its Annual General Meeting today (Aug 10).
The AGM was held under the patronage of Association President S.U.B. Karalliyadda and Secretary Manjula Thilakaratne at the premises of the Colombo High Court.
A new executive board was appointed during the event. Among them were Shashi Mahendran - Vice President, Aditya Patabendige - Secretary, Sujeewa Nishshanka - Assistant Secretary, Mohamed Irshadeen - Treasurer, and Navaratna Marasinghe - Editor.
Meanwhile, a committee of 10 members too had been appointed during the AGM.
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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