10 October 2025 | Vol. 11, #181

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS

Virakesari: Mastermind behind Easter Sunday attack identified – Heated debate in Parliament over remarks made by the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security during the Committee on High Posts (meeting) | Winning the Geneva vote is a challenge – Minister Vijitha explains that the government did not request a vote to avoid unnecessary expense | Was India behind the Easter Sunday attack? Ravi Seneviratne never made such a statement, clarifies Minister Vijitha in Parliament

Thinakaran: Progress in talks with Sri Lankan representatives; IMF approves fifth tranche of financial assistance| An end to the culture of politics that divides communities – Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya | Indian fishermen arrested | Navaratri celebration held in Parliament (Pictorial)

Thinakkural: Geneva is neither our god nor our demon – Voting is meaningless. The goal is to gain everyone’s support to resolve our own people’s issues, says Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath, clarifying Sri Lanka’s stance on the UN resolution | Government betrayed the country in Geneva – MP Dilith Jayaweera’s outrage | Why didn’t Sri Lanka gain the support of 43 countries in Geneva? – Question raised by Sajith Premadasa | Government complicit in the illegal acts of the military – laments MP Gajendrakumar

Thamilan: Provincial elections next year – Government firm on decision, announced in Parliament by Minister Vijitha | Tissa Vihara dispute to be resolved soon says Minister Bimal | Easter Sunday attack: India allegedly behind it – controversy in Parliament over remarks attributed to Ravi Seneviratne | Easter Sunday attack: Government clarifies remarks attributed to Ravi Seneviratne alleging India’s involvement

Lankadeepa: IMF lays down conditions for the upcoming budget: no sixth tranche if conditions are not adhered to; CEB has to be restructured in four parts; increasing electricity bill is a must; government expenditure to be watched; a payment system for the price of fuel; “Sri Lanka has shown more economic growth than expected” – IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Papageorgiou    

Divaina: ‘Backhoe Saman’s’ wife’s transactions worth Rs. 90 million revealed: court also requests report on allegation of abetting heroin trafficking 

Mawbima: Transactions worth Rs. 100 million made via ‘Backhoe Saman’s’ wife’s, sister’s and father’s accounts: revelations made in court | Strict rules on bus conductors who do not issue tickets: law making bus tickets compulsory is being implemented; no leniency

Dinamina: “IMF agrees to fifth tranche” – IMF Mission Chief Papageorgiou says

Aruna: This newspaper was unavailable at the time of publishing FrontPage

Anidda: The IGP has not been given the power to transfer OICs: opposition makes allegations about the transfer of 32 OICs