Director of the Castle Street Hospital for Women Dr. Ajith Danthanarayana announced this morning that a 37-year-old woman from Veeyangoda gave birth to sextuplets (six boys) on Sunday (October 15).
Dr. Danthanarayana said that the babies are now in good health although they are in the NICU.
He said that one newborn was transferred to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) due to the lack of accommodation of incubators in the NICU at Castle Street.
The newborns weighed between 400g - 600g, he said.
He further said that the mother of the newborns were in the ICU yesterday, and is now doing well in a regular ward.
The father of the newborns, Mr. Perera said that they had been trying to conceive for twelve years.
He further said that they were expecting quintuplets (five) but learned that there was another child during the delivery.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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