A Gazette notification has been issued by the Ministry of Finance announcing the closure of the liquidation of two State Departments.

As per the Gazette issued on Tuesday (June 13), the two government departments are the Internal Trade Department and the Department of Telecommunication.

The Internal Trade Department was established under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act (No. 01 of 1979) and which was repealed by the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003 with the establishment of the Consumer Affairs Authority.

The Department of Telecommunication was converted into a Corporation established by an incorporation order made under Section 02, State Industrial Corporation Act, No. 49 of 1957 and published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 596/11 of 6th February 1990. (NewsWire)