11 August 2025 | Vol. 11, #139

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS

Virakesari: Complete hartal in Northern and Eastern provinces on 15th; ITAK’s General Secretary Sumanthiran calls for mobilisation to protest military presence | The president is to visit the US | Help identify 45 types of evidence; OMP Executive Director Thatparan appeals to the public

Thinakaran: Five people went into the army camp on a phone call; body of a person found in Mullaitivu; 3 soldiers arrested; court orders remand until the 19th | Army media spokesperson denies military involvement in Mullaitivu incident | President to deliver special address at UN General Assembly on September 24; Official visit to Japan | Daya Lankapura has been named as Chairperson of the RTI Commission of Sri Lanka | Photograph: Kandy Esala Perehara concludes; the Sannasa (Scroll of Memorandum) was handed over to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Thinakkural: Hartal on the 15th across the North and East against the continued military presence; Sumanthiran of the ITAK calls for it; strong condemnation of the military’s attack on civilians in the Muththiyankattu area | Britain, Canada to bring new resolution; Sri Lanka hopes UN will save it! | Will the pension be abolished? 500 former MPs raise the war flag against the government! Malaria kills one in Jaffna

Thamilan: Mannar is a battlefield! Continuous protests against the windmill (project); crowds of people gather day and night

Lankadeepa: Wilpattu National Park destroyed to extract ilmenite | Machinery worth Rs. 20 million discovered | 6 Chinese nationals found | Old colossal trees destroyed | Three reservoirs have been built as well | A few former ministers and MPs also involved | Seizure conducted in Walana

Divaina: ‘Walas Kataa’ hospitalised after breaking his leg following a failed attempt to flee the police by jumping off from the third floor | High-level investigations into the statement made by him on the distribution of arms from an army vehicle, wearing an army uniform

Ada: A sensitive ecosystem destroyed for ilmenite washing | Machinery worth more than Rs. 20 million seized | A group obstructs the search of the Walana Central Attack Force while encircling the location

Mawbima: Large-scale ilmenite mining operation in Aruwakkalu, which was carried out without permission, raided | Four large reservoirs built | Machinery worth over Rs. 20 million seized

Dinamina: Rathana Thera, Halloluwa, and Rajitha, who are wanted for arrest, in hiding

Aruna: The murder in Wattala revealed to be the work of ‘Walle Saranga’ | Eight of the nine suspects arrested | One suspect involved in the murder in exchange for a Rs. 1,000 reload | Another involved for a bottle of arrack

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