Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge is to play a role in the reconciliation process in the country by heading a newly set up Presidential Task Force on Reconciliation.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has summoned five former ministers and an MP with regard to its ongoing investigations.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake says that billions of rupees that have been illegally deposited in three countries – Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland — have been found.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the government did not agree with death toll figures related to the civil war published in a recent UN report.

The proposed constitutional reforms of the government will be ready this week.