Sri Lanka, May 17 -- Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told the heads of the United National Party (UNP) Communications Wing that they should focus on how to contribute to the speedy conclusion of the ongoing terrorist investigations, rather than releasing all investigation information to the media and the public to be in the orbit of popularity with the masses.

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said that the police had been tasked with disseminating information to the media about terrorist investigations so that the process of investigations carried out by the security forces are kept in check.

"I, as the Prime Minister, as well as other ministers, have avoided disseminating information on terrorist investigations to guard the ...