Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) to construct a cricket ground in Padukka.
According to the MoU, state telecommunication service provider SLT will do the initial preparation work of the ground while SLC will build cricketing facilities, the local cricketing body said.
Among the facilities would be the setting-up of five centre pitches, player dressing rooms, side wickets for training, effective and efficient drainage systems and other necessary facilities.
The ground which would be constructed on a 36 acre land belonging to the SLT Campus would be overseen by a Management Committee formed by SLC and SLT.
Provincial and first class matches, and also matches with visiting emerging international teams are expected to be played at this venue.
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.
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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