DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Suresh Sallay facilitated the Easter Sunday Attacks, reveals Minister Ananda Wijepala; Pillayan reportedly discloses vital information | MP Shanakiyan expresses doubts about Sarah Jasmine | The debate on the no-confidence motion today | The doctors’ 48-hour strike brings health services to a standstill again | The joint opposition fully supports the no-confidence motion | Opposition MPs announce legal action against the minister [Kumara Jayakody] over substandard coal | Minister Nalinda announces that no negotiations would be held with the government medical officials Thinakaran: “No room for negotiations with the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), which is engaging in an unfair strike” – Minister Nalinda Jayatissa | Modernisation of the Fort Railway Station launched by the PM | “Be neutral in Friday sermons” – Instructions from the Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs |
Thinakkural: “The plot for the Easter Sunday Attacks had been active since 2017; vital information revealed by Pillayan; Zahran was deliberately protected by diverting blame to the LTTE” – Minister Ananda Wijepala | Muslims targeted since 2012; Suresh Sallay arrested with concrete evidence | Trump issues new warning: “The next attack must be powerful” – The US president escalates rhetoric despite fragile two-week ceasefire | Tamil parties agree to propose a common solution; a decision reached at the Tamil Lawyers’ Forum meeting | The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed despite ceasefire; ships wait in uncertainty Thamilan: The Easter Sunday Attacks: Sallay remained silent despite prior knowledge; Minister Wijepala levels explosive allegations | Further extension of the state of emergency | The doctors’ protest will continue due to the government’s decision | “A group attempting to divert the investigation on the Easter Sunday Attacks” – MP Shanakiyan expresses suspicion |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: An IMF revelation: Substandard coal is also a reason for the increase in the electricity bill; two conditions for loan approval; foreign reserves have exceeded Rs. 7 billion; the IMF also turns its attention to the NDB scam Divaina: Lebanon engulfed in flames with the wrath of Israel, violating the two-week ceasefire: A series of attacks within 10 minutes killing 250; a day of mourning in Lebanon; Hezbollah launches rocket attacks in response; a two-day holiday in Pakistan for the Islamabad discussions; an Al Jazeera journalist killed in the Israeli attacks
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Dinamina: The Israeli military destroys Lebanon during the ceasefire: 100 locations attacked in 10 minutes: 254 killed; the Strait of Hormuz closed Aruna: Student meals in crisis if the government’s Rs. 110 is not increased; “Cannot provide meals unless the amount is increased” – The Sri Lanka Food Processors Association Anidda: The president protecting the energy minister despite objections from within the NPP and external [groups] |