11 February 2025 | Vol. 11, #24

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS

Virakesari: The main opposition party questions the Minister of Power about what he has done over the past eight weeks regarding the power interruptions | A branch of the Ramakrishna Mission opens in Kotagala | PUCSL approves CEB’s request for a one-and-a-half-hour scheduled power cut | President receives grand welcome in Dubai | Parliament to convene on Friday to announce Supreme Court decision | “Thayiddi Viharaya issue must be resolved; Democratic Tamil National Alliance will back it” – Selvam Adaikalanathan

Thinakaran: The President received a grand welcome in Dubai yesterday | Prime Minister Harini holds special meetings with IMF Executive Director | Sigiriya tops the list of the world’s most welcoming cities, according to Booking.com’s Cities for 2025 | New homes for families living in refugee camps after being affected by landslides | Four dead, including one woman, in fatal bus collision in Kurunegala; 33 Injured | Ella Odyssey special tourist train service began yesterday | Technical officer sentenced to 56 years’ RI for bribery

Thinakkural: US President Donald Trump claims USAID was funding to create conflict and government changes in Sri Lanka | “America’s conspiracies are being exposed, we had said it before” – Wimal Weerawansa | Phased power cuts implemented nationwide due to acute power crisis; each cut lasting 1.5 hours from 3:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Presidential visit to the United Arab Emirates

Thamilan: Ongoing power cuts: Essential business operations at risk of disruption | Special task force established to curb financial fraud | Democratic Tamil National Alliance supports demolition of Thayiddi Viharaya | Government states that Thayiddi Viharaya cannot be removed | Grand welcome for the President in Dubai | Lasantha murder case: Law enforcement agencies seek evidence, Attorney General’s Department revisits old files | Plantation Minister announces immediate housing for those living in camps

Lankadeepa: A power cut due to the Norochcholai crisis: one-and-a-half-hour power cuts | Four dead after colliding with a bus that was driving at high speed

Divaina: Four dead and 28 injured from the deadly bus accident in Thorayaya: people have taken videos with their phones while the injured were screaming for help from inside the bus; the bus that was driving at high speed collided with two buses that were stopped; “the injured were taken to hospital after forcefully stopping a lorry with a baton” – Residents of the area

Ada: Four dead after two private buses collided in the Badagamuwa, Thorayaya area: five injured, three in serious condition: a bus that was stopped to take in passengers was hit by another that came from behind; the driver that caused the accident had gotten off the bus and fled the scene soon after the collision

Mawbima: The Norochcholai power plant is inactive: a one-and-a-half-hour power cut is in effect until February 14 under several sectors | The Thorayaya crisis: four fall victim to the races (competition) of the bus drivers: four injured

Dinamina: The bus that met with an accident in Thorayaya, killing four, had been travelling at 90 km per hour; the two buses had been racing with each other; the driver had also been on the phone

Aruna: “Some people took selfies while the injured were screaming for help; Suwa Seriya refused to take the injured stating that they were bleeding; vehicles had to be forcefully stopped with a baton to transport the injured” – Residents of the area

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