Cabinet approval has been obtained to construct a nine-storeyed building at the Elpitiya Base Hospital at a cost of Rs 6.1 billion.
The building would see the construction of a new Intensive Care Unit, hospital wards, an accident ward, a Radiology Department office, and also a laboratory.
In addition, Rs 6.2 billion is to be spent on constructing a 10-storeyed building at the Balapitiya Base Hospital, the cabinet paper submitted by the Health Ministry stated.
This building would comprise an Out-Patient Department (OPD), Accident Ward, Operation Theatres, Laboratories and, will provide other related services.
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
The Customs Department said it will be publish the names of institutions and individuals who violate customs laws and commit tax fraud by uploading the information on its official website www.customs.gov.lk.
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A board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the death of a student at the University of Sabaragamuwa, reportedly linked to a ragging incident.
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