The number of Local government body officials will be reduced to 4000 from 8000 in view of changing the current political structure according to President Ranil Wikramasinghe 
As the majority of the general public have rejected the current political system there' s need to create the political change they are demanding the President has stressed .
Police officers attached to Colombo central Police division had arrested six persons who had attended a rally held in Galle face green in Colombo this evening (09) to commemorate the protesters who had died during the popular uprising occurred three months back .
However Police officers had failed to explain the reason which caused these arrests .The protesters who had gathered at Galle face green this evening to commemorate those who had died during the Galle face protest were removed by the Police and afterwards the protesters had gathered at Galle Face park .
Police officers were then taken in to custody the six protesters it has been revealed .
A 15 Year old boy has drowned whilst bathing in sea area of Galle face in Colombo today(08) according to the Colombo Fort Police .
The victim had been drifted away due to the rough sea waves when he was bathing with another three boys and he has died after being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital by the Police life saving guards who had saved him.The deceased was a resident of Colombo-12 it has been reported.
To oppose the increased Electricity tariffs all the temples in the island as well as churches belonging to the Colombo Archbishop will switch off the lights and kept in darkness from 6 p.m to 10 p.m tomorrow eve (09) according to the religious clergy .
Not only the general public the religious places too are suffering due to the increased electricity tariffs Rev.father Cyril Gamini has stated during a press briefing held in Colombo today .
A new mechanism has been prepared to reduce the increased Electricity
tariffs of Religious places by 50 percent according to the Public
Utilities Commission . 
This new Mechanism will be implemented by removing the religious places from Religious places category and re-negated them to the common services category, the President of the utilities commission Janaka Ratnayake has stated .
Accordingly the Electricity tariffs increased in last August which caused the increasing of Electricity bills in religious places by 550 percent will be reduced by 50 percent he has stressed.The Electricity will be supplied to the religious places by Rs.32 per a unit from Rs.75 per unit under the new mechanism he has further said .,
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