DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Transport fares must be increased immediately” – Associations demand following the fuel price hike; “No permission for fare increase” – The National Transport Commission Thinakaran: Adding strength to the national grid: Six battery energy storage systems imported; the ministry says USD 2.6 million can be saved through it | “No change in bus fares despite the increase in diesel prices” – The National Transport Commission |
Thinakkural: Fuel prices increased again: The cost of living to peak again? Risk of a major surge in the prices of essential goods and services, including transport | The price of diesel to increase up to Rs. 700! Fuel prices increased again Thamilan: A clash at a Chennai star-class hotel; a Sri Lankan woman killed by being run over by a car! Six arrested – another battling for life | The fuel price rises again
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Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: This newspaper was unavailable at the time of publishing FrontPage Divaina: “We are the ones who will burn” – The public says: Fuel prices rise for the eighth time in five months; Octane 95 by Rs. 25, Octane 92 by Rs. 24, Auto Diesel by Rs. 15, Super Diesel by Rs. 20, kerosene by Rs. 20; “This time, a 7% fare increase is needed” – Container Transport Owners Association; “Bus fares must be increased by 5%: A minimum fare of at least Rs. 32 is necessary” – President of the LPBOA Gemunu Wijeratne says; “No change in bus fares” – The National Transport Commission | Chief Incumbent of the Ruwanwelisaya Ven. Eethalawetunuwewe Gnanathilaka Thera appointed temporarily as the acting atamasthanadhipathi (head of the Atamasthana in Anuradhapura)
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Dinamina: Plans to create digital cities: Full technical assistance from the University of Moratuwa; another initiative of the Clean Sri Lanka programme Aruna: “The request to increase bus fares: No revision” – The National Transport Commission
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