In  Sri Lanka, parliament speaker Karu Jayasuriya will today chair a meeting seeking to break the deadlock with the President over a parliamentary select committee probe into the Easter attacks. <br />''<br />''The meeting may propose that the media be kept out when intelligence officials testify before the probe committee. <br />''<br />''President Maithripala Sirisena has taken objections to the proceedings and believes exposing the officers engaged in sensitive matters to the public, endangers national security. He refused to hold cabinet meeting last Tuesday in protest to the proceedings but is likely to chair cabinet today after a compromise solution is worked out.<br />''<br />''Earlier, several officials made sensational comments before the committee with Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundra testifying that the President asked him to take the blame for the lapses into Easter Sunday attacks and resign. <br />''<br />''Sri Lankan government has accepted that they received specific intelligence from India regarding the attacks but failed to take action. Public anger has been high as no security plan was put into effect to prevent the blasts that killed 258 people including 45 foreigners. <br />''<br />''<br />