The proposal to Restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is to be submitted to Parliament next month after a study of the report submitted by an eight member committee, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said.
Minister Wijesekara said that the report by the Committee which was appointed in August has been received and is currently under study.
The report has been taken up of discussion with former Power and Energy Ministers and political party representatives in September.
The eight member committee which studied the restructuring process were : Dr RHS Samaratunge - Former Secratary, Finance Ministry, MMC Ferdinando - Former Secratary, Ministry of Power & Energy, Dr Susantha Perera, Former AGM, Ceylon Electricity Board, Thilan Wijesinghe - Former Chairman, Board Of Investment, Saliya Wickramasuriya - Chairman, Petroleum Development Authority & Director General, Port City Economic Commision, President’s Counsel Nihal Jayawardhane - Former Legal Consultant to the Public Enterprise Reforms Commission, Attorney at Law Harsha Fernando - Former Senior State Counsel at the AGs department and Chandana Wijesinghe - Director, Ministry of Power & Energy.
Meanwhile Trade Unions have already started opposing the restructuring programme of the CEB
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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