Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to appoint another committee to probe the Easter Sunday attacks, sources said.
Mr Wickremesinghe who is also the leader of the United National Party (UNP), had made these remarks when he met with senior party members today (Sept 6) at Temple Trees.
Mr. Wickremesinghe's decision comes in the wake of Colombo Archbishop His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith's repeated calls for an independent and transparent inquiry into the attacks.
(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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