DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Inclusion of minorities in the Archaeological Committee; the gazette notification will be issued in a couple of days” – Cabinet Spokesperson announces | Pictorial: Acting Auditor General G.H.D. Dharmapala handed over the Auditor General’s Annual Report for 2024 to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne Thinakaran: “It is the government’s responsibility to boost foreign exchange earnings; Plan to strengthen national income; Parties representing the upcountry (Malaiyagam) did nothing” – Nalinda Jayatissa | “Vehicles are to improve government efficiency; Will not be given to MPs” – Nalinda Jayatissa | New Delhi car bomb explosion; Investigation in many angles | Sri Lanka expresses condolences to those who died in the Indian bomb blast |
Thinakkural: “Government involved in a planned act of genocide; 250 crore rupees in the budget for land grabbing in the North; ‘Kivul Oya’ reservoir project by seizing the ancestral tanks, paddy fields, and villages of Tamils in Vavuniya North” – MP Ravikaran alleges | Suicides happened due to microfinance institutions in the North and East | Easter Sunday Attack; Ban on the arrest of Army officer again Thamilan: Advice for Provincial Council Election; Re-examine the Delimitation Report! Elections Commissioner General insists | BYD vehicles release; Customs agrees |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Rs. 270 million earned in 21 months: indictments served on Keheliya Rambukwella’s son: orders given to record fingerprints as well Divaina: 355 kg of ‘ice’ and heroin found in the possession of ‘Avishka Putha’ that was apprehended in the Maldives: The boat, the crew of five and the haul of drugs will be brought to Sri Lanka on orders of the AG of Maldives – Police | India shaken by the suicide bomb attack in New Delhi! 13 dead and 20 injured; bomber suspected to be a doctor; four doctors were arrested by intelligence units before the attack | 12 dead in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan yesterday afternoon Mawbima: Atmospheres in several areas of the country affected by air pollution: Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Mannar, Puttalam and Batticaloa affected heavily | Keheliya’s son Ramith Rambukwella served with indictment after failing to explain how he gained assets worth Rs. 270 million, including two luxury houses in Colombo, a luxury jeep and four bank accounts
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Dinamina: “No new vehicles for all 225 MPs: none for those who have already received vehicles; new vehicles to be taken for state service; Mahindananda has sold his permit for Rs. 25 million; Saman Rathnapriya has taken a permit for his seven-day MP term” – Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa Aruna: This newspaper was unavailable at the time of publishing FrontPage Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |