The cabinet had approved establishing an authority to regulate gambling.
During the cabinet meeting held on Monday it was decided to establish the Gambling regulation authority as an independent establishment with a broad and complete subject arena to standardize gambling institutions, minimize social damage, promote tourism and ensure economic growth.
The legal draftsman had informed that the concurrence of the current cabinet ministers is sought to continue the process of drafting bills, as a result the cabinet had approved the proposal made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake as in his capacity as the Minister of Finance. Plan Implementation and Economic Development to grant the policy approval of the cabinet for formulating the said draft bill with immediate effect.
Police say that the gunman who shot and killed alleged organised criminal Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias ’’Ganemulla Sanjeewa’’ inside the Hulftsdorp court complex this morning was disguised as a lawyer.
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has called the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya to carry out a probe on the leak of an important document sent to CID.
The suspect involved in the shooting incident in the Hulftsdorp Magistrate court complex today morning has been arrested in Palaviya, Police said.
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