DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Shritharan writes to president seeking permission to meet him to request start of discussions on the new constitution | Cabinet approves the Sabrimala pilgrimage as a government accepted pilgrimage | Windmill and mineral sand issue: Important meeting with President Anura to take place today Thinakaran: ”The protagonist of the Channel 4 documentary on the Easter attacks, Azad Maulana, will be brought back to the country soon” – Bimal Rathnayake says | Deeds to be provided for people who lived without land for 53 years | “Various schemes for the convenience of Sabarimala pilgrims; our government has achieved what previous governments failed to do” – Sundaralingam Pradeep |
Thinakkural: “Sri Lanka continues to deny military involvement in human rights violations; it is essential to deliver justice for the crimes” – UN [Human Rights] Commissioner Volker Türk | “There has been no progress in investigating allegations of abuses from the 1983-2009 period” – The US State Department expresses disapproval Thamilan: Extrajudicial killings by state agents! Disapproval expressed about Sri Lanka’s human rights violations; a statement by the US State Department | “Ensure accountability!” – UN [Human Rights] Commissioner Volker Türk expresses anger against those involved in human rights violations in Sri Lanka |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: A thousand containers of salt are stuck at the port: Salt brought in by 45 importers is not up to quality; 400 containers have expired; no certificates of conformity for 600 other containers Divaina: Rs.1.5 million demanded to keep a prison inmate in hospital: A former high-ranking official of the Prison Hospital remanded for taking bribes Ada: Former Prisons Medical Services deputy director remanded
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Mawbima: Deputy director of the National Institute of Mental Health in Angoda remanded for taking a bribe of Rs. 300,000 from an inmate | A murder committed over a chocolate in Peradeniya Dinamina: A bribe taken from drug trafficker, Army Asanka: Former Prison Hospital deputy director remanded: Rs. 1.5 million demanded to admit him to hospital instead of prison Aruna: Garbage from India washes onto Sri Lankan shores with monsoon winds: Plastic bottles and flower bunches also among the garbage Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |
TAMIL PRESS PRIORITIES Photo credits: Tamil Guardian The Chemmani mass grave case to be heard today Thinakkural, Virakesari The...