By bno – Mumbai Office Sri Lanka has decided to apply for the membership of the BRICS and the New Development Bank, the country’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said on October 14. Hertah said that he nor the country’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will be able to attend the BRICS summit to be held in Kazan, Russian Federation from October 23-24 due to the upcoming parliamentary elections which will be held on November 14. Sri Lanka will be represented at the summit by the secretary foreign affairs and will place on record the request for membership, the country’s Ministry of Forei…