DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: 12 killed in elders’ home fire accident; 6 undergoing treatment; Tragedy at the place they came to spend their retirement; Owner of the home remanded | Suresh Sallay must be produced before medical board: Attorney General’s side requests in court; Colombo Fort magistrate announces order will be delivered on the 10th Thinakaran: Village frozen in shock by the death wails of elderly people begging for their lives |
Thinakkural: Massive fire at elders’ home, 12 people charred to death; Three missing; 6 severely injured; Incident took place in Horana | Why has Azad Maulana, against whom an open warrant has been issued, not been arrested? How can investigations be initiated against Sallay based on his ‘Channel 4’ interview?; Questioned in court | Three killed, including student, after tree collapses and falls on auto Thamilan: Three killed, including school student, after tree collapses on auto; Incident in Nawalapitiya – entire area in grief | Fire at Horana elders’ home – 12 people tragically killed; Managing director arrested and remanded until June 11 |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: “The Easter Sunday attacks: Sallay, who tamed eight bombers, is an actor; he should be awarded an Oscar for deceiving a psychiatrist” – Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris Divaina: Tragedy at the Batagoda “Senehase Kedella”: people burned alive amidst wailing: director of elders’ home remanded until June 11; ‘A woman who was rescued and brought outside went back in saying her necklace fell; she also lost her life’; chains were allegedly used only on a few individuals behaving abnormally; did the fire break out due to an electricity leak? “Loku Aiya” was reportedly someone who had won the hearts of the residents; 12 deaths
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Dinamina: 300 unregistered elders’ homes across the country: legal action if not registered within specified time; only 148 out of 456 have been registered – National Secretariat for Elders | The Horana “Senehase Kedella” also unregistered; owner remanded until June 11; only five employees to look after 72 residents | Rs. 73 million illegal assets: Yoshitha Rajapaksa’s case postponed to July 9 Aruna: The elders’ home, where several burned in fire, is unregistered; however, Rs. 75,000 each had been taken for registration of elders; 71 residents had been accommodated in a space meant for 15 |