The cabinet of ministers have approved a proposal to continue the functions of the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital as a government teaching hospital.
The proposal was put forward by Minister of Health (Dr.) Rajitha Senaratne during Tuesday's cabinet meeting.
Accordingly, the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital would function as the Colombo East Teaching Hospital in parallel to the Colombo East Base Hospital commonly known as the Mulleriyawa Hospital.
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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