Sri Lanka is planning a package of measures to help the tourist industry bounce back quickly and contain the terror threat, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said following attacks by Pan-Islamic nationalists. Sri Lanka will give import duty waivers to bring in scanners and security related equipment while taking action to shut down an Islamic terror cell, Samaraweera told Bloomberg television. He said the tourism industry has asked for support including duty waivers to import security equipment. - Economynext

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