Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Friday suspended the release of land in Sampur, Trincomalee, as pledged by the government earlier this week.

The court suspended the gazette notification from President Maithripala Sirisena, ordering the release of land, held by the Board of Investment (BOI) which leased it to Sri Lanka Gateway Industries (SLGI).

SLGI petitioned against the release, complaining that it has incurred considerable amounts of money due to the various agreements it had entered.

Only last week the government announced it would be shifting a navy camp in Sampur and stopping Sri Lankan Board of Investment projects, in order to release land to resettle displaced villagers in the East.

Sri Lanka's police has warned it will take action against anyone found commemorating dead members of the LTTE.

Speaking to the DailyMirror, Deputy Inspector General for the North, GK Perera, said the police have been placed on high alert "to prevent glorification of dead terrorists".

The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) allocated Rs 40.3 million to support former militant cadres and families of political prisoners, announced a minister on Friday.

The NPC minister B Deniswaran, speaking at his office in Jaffna, said,

Former Norwegian peace facilitator Erik Solheim said he “would go before the International Criminal Court or any recognised International Tribunal to give evidence against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes.”

In an interview with Ceylon Today, Mr Solheim confirmed that he was “ready to share all what he knows with the credible national or International Tribunal on the final phase of the war events.”

Commenting on the upcoming release of the UN investigation into Sri Lanka (OISL), Mr Solheim said,

“Don’t expect it to be soft. It is important to condemn all war crimes in equal terms. Very clearly both the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE committed unacceptable atrocities.”

Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the International Young Men’s Buddhist Conference will be held in Jaffna on the 20^th of May to improve the relationship between the Buddhist and Hindu religions.

Speaking from Temple Trees, the conference will be held in Jaffna for the first time in its history, with at least 60 of the 300 delegates will be representing Buddhist Associations in South India, reports ITNnews.lk.