DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Talks with the US have failed; officials gave the wrong advice to the government” – MP Ravi Karunanayake alleges | Will the tariff imposed by the US be reduced? | Justice Preethi Padman Surasena sworn in as the new chief justice Thinakaran: “Commence the investigation against me immediately; the false allegations against me are due to the malice of those within the party” – MP Shritharan | Thinakaran receives the Best Newspaper of the Year award for 2025 |
Thinakkural: “Your comments as the UN high commissioner for human rights have caused those who testified to fear for their lives; ensure that the testimonies we have shared will not be shared with any authorities linked to the domestic mechanism in Sri Lanka” – The Association for the Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances in the Northern and Eastern Provinces demands | The police sent back Ponnambalam when he visited Chemmani [as a lawyer in civil attire] | Modern scanners to locate graves at Chemmani Thamilan: Financial irregularities worth over Rs. 5 billion; Manusha Nanayakkara to be arrested soon? | “Will you dare to ask [the Tamil people] not to migrate?” – Senior journalist Thanabalasingam asks Tamil politicians |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Bring in foreign funds for large-scale projects – a new condition for local contractors Divaina: The fundamental rights of former Gampaha SP Lakshman Cooray, who was arrested for Jeyaraj [Fernandopulle]’s murder, violated in Boossa; detaining someone based solely on suspicions is a violation of fundamental rights; the government, two TID officers and two police officers ordered to pay compensation Ada: Revealed at the COPA meeting: Sri Lanka has no accepted national policy for education; officials instructed to draft an education policy as soon as possible |
Mawbima: A white elephant worth 2.02 billion at the railway department; 1.95 billion for the communication system that links engines, control rooms and running sheds; 70 million for the maintainance of the system Dinamina: “40 countries granted free visa to Sri Lanka to develop the tourism industry” – Minister Vijitha Herath | 25,508 vehicle permits issued to public sector employees after the government suspended vehicle imports; “The importation of vehicles using permits has been temporarily suspended” – Minister Anil Jayantha Aruna: 10,000 members of the Civil Defence Force to be attached to the police for peacekeeping and internal duties Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |
TAMIL PRESS PRIORITIES Photo credits: Tamil Guardian The excavation of graves using GPR scanners Thinakkural, Virakesari, Thinakaran The...