DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Easter Sunday attacks: Travel ban on Gota; Colonel Ansar and Udalagama also on the list; Medical legal report states Sallay is suffering from mental distress | Pictorial: Flag hoisting of St. Anthony’s Shrine, Kochchikade Thinakaran: Easter Sunday bomb attacks; travel ban imposed on Gotabaya and two military officers | Suresh Sallay files petition; court orders CID to submit grounds | IMF financial assistance; “USD 695 million deposited in the treasury” – Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando states | Plan to recruit 3,000 student nurses into service |
Thinakkural: Easter Sunday attacks investigation; Will Gota get caught? Travel ban on him and two military officers | 12.5% additional tax imposed on Sri Lanka | “Attempt to show it as an attack carried out for Gota” – Sarath Weerasekara lashes out at CID Thamilan: Travel ban on Gota and two military officers! Fort Magistrate Court issues order during Easter Sunday attacks investigation | Pictorial: Flag hoisting of St. Anthony’s Shrine, Kochchikade |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: The Easter Sunday attack: Gota banned from leaving the country; two military intelligence officers also banned from overseas travel | 19 firearms found on the upper floor of a house in Dematagoda: drugs worth millions found; owner identified as Dematagoda Chaminda’s son; four individuals arrested Divaina: Secrets at the Dematagoda weapons warehouse revealed: 19 revolvers and pills worth tens of millions seized; a young couple has fled
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Dinamina: A fire at an elders’ home in Horana Millaniya: 72 present (when fire broke out); 59 rescued; 11 dead; five fire engines deployed Aruna: Nine dead in a fire at the “Senehase Kadella” elders’ home in Anguruwatota: 52 with burn injuries hospitalised: two missing |