DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Make the agreements with India public” – The main opposition party, the SJB, urges | “We are also waiting for the president’s announcement; will Azad Maulana return to the country before April 21?” – Champika asks | Photograph: The Memon Association of Sri Lanka organised the Eid-ul-Fitr festival prayers at the Galle Face Green yesterday (March 31) Thinakaran: “Accountability alone cannot solve problems; we need to delve deeper into the causes of the ethnic conflict” – The National Peace Council | “Illegal assets to be owned by the government; the bill to be presented in parliament on April 8” – The president | Photograph: The Memon Association of Sri Lanka organised the Eid-ul-Fitr festival prayers at the Galle Face Green yesterday (March 31) |
Thinakkural: “The president will not talk about the 13A; the matter of provincial councils is a domestic matter; we do not need India to tell us [about it]” – Bimal Rathnayake | “Is the [revelation of] the mastermind [of the Easter Sunday attacks] an election bomb?” – Champika Ranawaka | “Easter Sunday attacks; who is the mastermind? The police under heavy pressure” – [Udaya Gammanpila] Thamilan: “There is no one here to defeat us!” – President Anura publicly announces; many more to be arrested soon | The prices of milk tea and food items that contain milk, increased | The investigations on the Presidential Fund frauds to the CID; Minister Ananda [Wijepala] advises to expedite statements | “I can control the underworld” – Fonseka believes |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Palm oil that was given to be destroyed, sold for Rs. 20 million: Investigations against eight high-ranking Customs officers and complaints about five | Information about the Club Wasantha murder revealed? A CID group to Russia to bring back Rotumba Amila | VAT to be imposed on eggs as well from today Divaina: The death toll increased, hundreds missing: “Can neither eat nor sleep, the ground keeps trembling every two to three hours” – The people of Myanmar state Ada: Orders issued for the immediate release of the lawyer who was remanded by the Puttalam High Court |
Mawbima: The lawyer from Puttalam who was remanded for contempt of court, released by the Court of Appeal | “The president has too much work: We need an energetic deputy minister of finance” – The vehicle importers request Dinamina: The Weligama W15 hotel incident: The CID questions Tiran [Alles] for six hours Aruna: The Court of Appeal issues orders for the release of the lawyer who was remanded by the court Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |
TAMIL PRESS PRIORITIES Photo credits: Ada Derana “I can control the underworld” – Fonseka believes Thinakkural, Thamilan, Virakesari Former...