DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “The government is attempting to establish a single-party system: Great fear regarding the future” – Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekara | Public approval of the government drops to 50%: The Economic Confidence Index returns to negative territory, a Verité Research study reveals | “Withdraw the decision to increase the retirement age” – Rauff Hakeem urges | “The government will perform its duty with determination” – Tilvin Silva points out | The Kalmunai Hospital staff attire issue: The health minister assures Rishad Bathiudeen of appropriate action Thinakaran: Severe drought: Reservoirs drying up; agriculture severely affected in several regions, including the North and East | A special scheme to locate persons missing during insurgencies: Old documents from 1971 and 1988–1989 to be examined | Photograph: “Fidel Castro: The light of a century-old revolution”: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva attends special commemorative event and photo exhibition |The 22nd Amendment Bill to be submitted to parliament tomorrow; opposition parties prepare to go to court |
Thinakkural: An industrialist extends strong support to the Tamil media sector: The Tamil Journalists’ Union pays rich tribute to donor Murees | Are the country’s people losing confidence? Government popularity drops to 50%: Shocking findings in Verité Research survey | “Chemmani becoming Asia’s largest mass grave; must draw international attention to it” – MP S. Shritharan | “Power will not last until death” – Ven. Seelarathana Thera warns President Anura | “Referendum only if determined by the Supreme Court” – Minister Nalinda Jayatissa Thamilan: The Kumarapuram massacre: Retrial ordered! The Court of Appeal issues landmark ruling | School textbooks sold to scrap paper shop: Five remanded by the court | “Continuous attempts being made to erect Buddha statues in Tamil regions” – Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam points out to the government | The target missed in Mount Lavinia shooting: A friend of the intended target a tragic victim of gunfire |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Will fuel prices be increased? Decision in the coming two weeks: A revision if no relief; the minister prepared to request the government | Confirmed with the 50% surcharge: Vehicle prices up; “Surcharge will remain until the end of the war” – A prediction from vehicle importers Divaina: Investigations into Shiran Basik’s multi-billion rupee assets and crimes: 20 hotels along the coastal belt; assets worth Rs.10 billion in Sri Lanka alone; mastermind behind the scenes in drug trafficking and crimes; jewellery shops in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates | The humanity of Angulana that saved the lives of 11 sailors: “Such accidents would not occur if buoys were deployed to mark the location of the sunken old ship” – Allegations from local residents; praise from all sides for the fishers and local residents who risked their lives; the police also act without delay
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Dinamina: “Will not remain in the police if afraid of threats: All drug traffickers who fled overseas will be brought back” – The IGP | 5,083 mobile phones found from 22 prisons: A stock of SIMs, batteries, and chargers also among them Aruna: 10% of bus drivers and conductors are addicted to drugs: Revealed by tests conducted in four provinces |