DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Support an international judicial process” – Six French MPs urge their government Thinakaran: “Sri Lanka will soon become a country where no one will want to take bribes; the law will be applied equally to all” – President Anura addresses the Sri Lankan community in the Maldives | Increase the wage of plantation workers to Rs. 2,000 |
Thinakkural: Were Eastern University vice-chancellor and journalist Ekneligoda killed and buried? No ’remains’ found in intensive excavation at Hindu cemetery in Thambiluvil | Injustice to Tamils for 80 years; pointed out in French parliament | U.S. President Trump’s 30% tariff takes effect today | Chemmani mass grave; scans at the site on Sunday and Monday Thamilan: “Efficient service is essential to ensure confidence in the judiciary” – Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena points out at the swearing-in ceremony | Revoking Presidents’ Entitlements Act! Draft bill gazetted | National government soon! Secret talks begin |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: “Piumi Hansamali and Thambugala have evaded taxes worth Rs. 420 million” – IRD commissioner general tells the court | Letters of warning from the Speaker to the 25 MPs who have not handed in their asset statements; letters given to 100 former MPs as well; cases to be filed if statements are not handed in by September 1 | Photograph: First surrogate birth at a government hospital reported in Ragama Divaina: Yesterday’s shooting reported from Kosgoda: Businessperson’s son murdered in Kosgoda in his bed while asleep; the order had come from overseas | Bill snipping the wings of former presidents gazetted: no benefits from the day the bill is passed Ada: Rights of presidents curbed; the gazette curbing benefits given to former presidents and widows, transportation allowances, houses and pensions, arrives |
Mawbima: IRD files indictments before the HC against Piumi Hansamali and Aura Chair Thambugala for evading tax worth Rs. 480 million | Bill that curbs the rights of former presidents including pensions, official residences and offices, gazetted Dinamina: Bill to curb presidential privileges gazetted: no benefits and privileges for widows hereafter | “The law will be implemented regardless of rank; will build a corruption-free nation” – President says, addressing the Sri Lankan community in the Maldives Aruna: Murderer has demanded Rs. 150 million: Kosgoda youth killed for refusing to pay ransom; Father informed of son’s death via phone an hour before the incident Anidda: Investigations against three former navy commanders for detaining and causing the disappearance of individuals in underground prisons: Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, Admiral Somathilaka Dissanayake and Admiral Jayanath Colombage [to be investigated into] |
TAMIL PRESS PRIORITIES Photo credits: Ada Derana Tamil Were Eastern University vice-chancellor and journalist Eknaligoda killed and buried? No...