5 May 2025 | Vol. 11, #74

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS

Virakesari:  “Cooperate to hold a peaceful election” – Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake requests all stakeholders | President Anura Kumara Dissanayake meets the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Thinakaran: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake meets the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | Special arrangements for people with disabilities to vote at the local government election | Foreign investors come forward to lease the Presidential Palace in Jaffna | Steps to bring back to the country those who incite people to commit crimes from overseas

Thinakkural: “The gazette issued on grabbing lands will affect the relationship with the North and East” – Sumanthiran writes to the president requesting its immediate withdrawal | “The government plans to bring the coastal areas of the North under its control” – Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam | 13,759 polling stations prepared for the local government election

Thamilan: “A loss of Rs. 3 billion over 10 years due to strikes” – Wasantha Athukorala | “The Sri Lankan government is planing to destroy the fishing vessels of the Tamil Nadu fisherfolk” – S. Ramadoss

Lankadeepa: 300 Buddhist artefacts auctioned in Hong Kong; found in an Indian stupa in 1896; worth 3.86 billion; includes gems from Lord Buddha’s urn; opposed by Buddhist organisations

Divaina: Dragged back to the country from Belarus, Loku Patty vomits the secrets of 10 murders; committed crimes in Sri Lanka, fled abroad and orchestrated crimes from overseas; a major drug dealer and underworld figure; the mastermind behind Club Wasantha’s murder on Kanjipani’s orders

Ada: LG polls tomorrow: 75,589 candidates contesting 8,287 council member seats | Loku Patty, who is accused of multiple murders and drug cases, including the killing of Club Wasantha, and hiding in Belarus, brought back to the country; in seven months, we have repatriated 11 such criminal suspects hiding overseas

Mawbima: Criminal gang leader Loku Patty caught in Belarus and brought back to the country; investigations by the Western Province (South) Crime Division | 225,000 government officials to go to polling stations today for election duties

Dinamina: The LG election tomorrow: Things will go wrong if you violate election regulations; the commissioner general of elections states that punishment will be given regardless of rank; 17,156,338 voters, 75,589 candidates, 65,000 police for security and 3,000 observers from PAFFREL

Aruna: “Club Wasantha was killed for threatening Kanjipani”, says Loku Patty, who was brought back to the country

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