Cabinet has decided to consider converting all local councils into Municipal Councils by giving them more powers, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardena said.
Minister Gunawardena addressing the weekly Cabinet news conference said that several cabinet members requested for the change and accordingly a study will be carried out..
President Ranil Wickremesinghe too had pointed out in several countries the municipal councils were strong institutions, he said.
Meanwhile the Cabinet also approved to convert the Ampara and Mannar Urban Councils into Municipal councils.
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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