DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Government acknowledges quality issues in imported coal; announces it will not be withdrawn from use | Construction of Jaffna International Cricket Stadium ordered to halt; CEA issues directive to Sri Lanka Cricket | Construction will not be halted; government firm on stadium project | Do not undermine Maithree’s achievements, women’s rights activists issue joint statement Thinakaran: Construction of the Jaffna International Sports Stadium will never be halted; work to proceed with the cooperation of ministries and institutions, with increased attention to environmental concerns | Ayodhya Nageshwarnath temple priest visits Jaffna | Annual feast of St. Anthony’s Church at Katchatheevu | Blocking of Namal’s speech a major setback to Rajapaksa politics |
Thinakkural: Alleged conspiracy to annex 3 Tamil villages in Batticaloa to Sinhalese areas; MP Shanakiyan slams “demographic engineering” | Sajith–Ranil alliance to contest jointly in the provincial council elections | Namal addressing [the Union] is a threat to security: Oxford Union Thamilan: What transpired in the coal import? Special committee appointed for investigation, announces Cabinet Spokesperson Nalinda Jayatissa | Electricity tariff revision; public consultation commences | Substandard coal poses a risk to the Lakvijaya Power Plant, warns Dr Vidura Ralapanawa | Debate on Sri Lanka in Norway scheduled for tomorrow |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Imposing the emergency law and curfew during the Aragalaya: No AG for Gotabaya Rajapaksa: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s stance informed through an affidavit | “An expert committee to investigate the substandard coal issue” – Minister Nalinda Jayatissa; a group of professors and lecturers of the Moratuwa and Jayewardenepura universities, also among them Divaina: Former IP who was being searched [wanted] in connection with the Weligama shooting, caught at the airport Mawbima: 12,301 houses in high-risk areas are unsuitable to be residences – National Building Research Organisation | The train [railway line] that was halted by Ditwah to be further delayed – Station Masters announce
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Dinamina: 500,000 accumulated driving licences printed: 400,000 posted – Department of Motor Traffic | The Weligama shooting: former OIC of the CCD arrested | The coal tender issue: committee appointed to study issue | Akuregoda murderers caught through an international technical operation Aruna: There is no ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka Fund’: revealed at the Committee on Public Finance Anidda: This paper is published only on Fridays |