The foundation laying ceremony for the Department of Registrations of Persons office in the Central Province was held in Nuwara Eliya today (Jul 15).
Construction is expected to be completed within a year, the Internal and Home Affairs Ministry noted in a statement adding that it would be constructed at a cost of Rs 154.4 million.
Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake laid the foundation stone for the building.
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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