The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution forwarded by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to relocate the Deniyaya Base Hospital after constructing a new hospital with a capacity of 300 beds at an estimated cost of Rupees 6,000 million.

The Southern Provincial Department of Health has acquired a plot of land in Handford estate which is approximately 03 kilometres away from the town for this purpose.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 18 FEBRUARY 2026
Issued at 2.00 p.m. on 17 February 2026 by the Department of Meteorology

Showery condition is expected to enhance in the Northern, North-central, Central, Uva and Eastern provinces in next few days from today (17 February).

Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the early hours of the morning

Showers will occur at times in the Northern, North-central, Central, Uva and Eastern provinces and in Hambantota district. Heavy showers  about 100 mm are likely at some places in the Eastern, Uva and North-central provinces and in Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places elsewhere after 1.00 p.m.

The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershower

The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval for the resolution furnished by the Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment to instruct the Legal Draftsman to draft a bill to legally empower the implementation of ‘Praja Shakthi’ (Strength of the Community) poverty alleviation national movement