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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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