A group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarians have reportedly told Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that the recent actions of the leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF), Minister Wimal Weerawansa, have been detrimental to the policies of the government and have issued a warning that they will move to defeat the expenditure head of the Ministry of Industries if no action is taken against him, 'Anidda' reported.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A. Sumanthiran backed the call by Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith for an international investigation saying successive governments have failed to mete out justice to the victims of the terror attacks.

Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa, along with a group of SJB MPs, arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department this morning (11).

Police repression against Tamil mothers who have been protesting for years trying to find their missing family members continue unabated, Northern media reported.

In response to a query made by the Parliamentary Finance Committee on the benefits of reducing sugar tax to several large sugar importers, a report submitted by the Ministry of Finance states that it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce to pass on the benefit of tax reduction to consumers.