Boon for Nightingales
*US $ 40m state of the art
training institute
*Push for foreign employment
prospects
A
state-of-the-art, internationally
accredited nurses’ training
institute is to be constructed in
Sri Lanka shortly, at a cost of US $
40 million. The facility, a first in
the country will include a nurses’
training college, a 100 bed
hospital, hi- tech laboratories
among others and will focus on
training nurses for overseas
employment.
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President attends Sambuddhatva
Jayanthi inaugural ceremony in
Thailand
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa attended the
inaugural ceremony of the
Sambuddhatva Jayanthi celebrations
in Thailand held under the
sponsorship of the government of
Thailand as the Guest of Honour
yesterday. President Rajapaksa also
presented a special memento to Ven
Prof Dhammakosjan Thera,
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Sri Lanka’s tallest tower in the
making
Sri Lanka will
have a new skyline when construction
on the country’s tallest tower
begins in August. The 64 floor
condominium will be constructed by
Indocean Developers (Pvt) Ltd. For
the first time in Sri Lanka, it
would have a roof top, 150-metre
infinity swimming pool, observation
deck, restaurants and a sky park.
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Two bodies in gutted house
Two female
bodies, partly burnt, were recovered
from a gutted house in Warapitiya,
Kahawatta, Police said. Police Media
Unit reported that the bodies of the
two women, aged over 50, could not
be identified due to the burn
injuries.
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
