The ongoing probe on the import of contaminated fuel by the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) from the Singapore-based Emirates National Oil Company, is baring some startling details, the Sunday Times learns.

A Government directive on the import of reconditioned or used cars has sparked a crisis among importers with some 800 vehicles being stuck at the port for the past two months. The directive stipulates that only cars less than two years old could be imported while many dealers had opened Letters of Credit for the import of vehicles which were five years old.