Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's appointment as a Consultant for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for South Asia has been suspended by the world body due to complaints over violations of human rights and press focus.

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) is to consider supporting the controversial report of the Experts Committee 'A' which made sweeping recommendations on devolution to the All Party Representatives Committee last week as a "starting point" for a joint UNP-Government constitutional reforms proposal to end the northern insurgency.

Eastern University Vice Chancellor Sivasubramanaim Ravindranath was abducted on Friday by unidentified persons after he attended the annual scientific sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science (SLAAS) in Colombo, Police said.

LTTE plans to move its ideologue Anton Balasingham's body to Alexandra Palace in North London for some of the Tamil diaspora to pay their last respects might have run into unanticipated problems.