The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is to question opposition Parliamentarians Dinesh Gunawardena and Wimal Weerawansa over the controversy surrounding the recovery of high-powered explosives from Chavakachcheri last week. The CID questioned former Minister G.L. Pieris on Saturday over the statement he made on the recovery of explosives.

The suicide jacket found by the Jaffna intelligence unit from a house at Chavakacheri had been manufactured in 2008, TID investigations reveal.

All services excepting electricity and water are being restructured with the cooperation of the private sector as a solution to the economic crisis and due to their failure to provide a quality service owing to their state monopoly, ‘Ravaya’ quotes state enterprise development deputy minister Eran Wickramaratne as saying.

Human rights activist Bhoomi Harendran asks that society be looked at with openness after coming out of the shells and restrictions.

The budgetary allocation for his national dialogue ministry is far inadequate to implement the national languages policy and to create national reconciliation, says Mano Ganeshan.