Customs have been detaining hundreds of vehicles for a long time, as certain of its officials have launched investigations without any basis, customs director general Chulananda Perera alleges.

Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has given instructions that the new constitution be formulated in accordance with aspirations of the public, and that nothing should be included that has to be endorsed by referendum, minister Patali Champika Ranawaka informed chief prelates on October 10.

An organized group last night (10) pasted posters showing Velupillai Prabhakaran and the Eelam state, on the bus halt in front of Maradamadam Kovil in Jaffna, says the military.

The chairman of an authority coming under a key government ministry is getting paid a six figure salary by a leading minister who has many business interests, reports say.