A large number of police officers will retire this year creating about 16,000 vacancies, Inspector General of Police Chandana Wickremaratne said.
The IGP has revealed this at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Public Security held in Parliament recently.
He has also said that 4000 police officers are not at a standard level of health for a long period of time.
Chairman of the Committee Minister Tiran Alles has advised the police department to prepare necessary proposals to terminate the service of police officers who have not fulfilled required medical standards.
The Committee has also discussed incidents of police officers using narcotics.
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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