DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Mahanayake theras agree to 22nd Amendment: cabinet spokesperson confirms clarification offered after letter | President meets Bar Association today | Referendum required or not? Supreme Court will decide, says government | Do not abet government’s strategy denying upcountry land rights: MP Mano Ganesan appeals to ADB | Indictment filed against former Minister Rajitha in Colombo High Court Thinakaran: Government decides to release 30,000 MT of rice to the market | Subsea power interconnection project: Minister Anura Karunathilaka holds talks in New Delhi | Arrangements made for return of undocumented refugees in India: cabinet approves provision of immigration clearance facilities | Cabinet approves agreement to secure USD 100 million World Bank funding for North and East development |
Thinakkural: Major shock yesterday at Chemmani mass grave: 15 skeletons exhumed, including those of 5 children! | Plot to extend president’s term of office through a referendum: Patali Champika Ranawaka | Multi-million rupee migration fraud uncovered in Jaffna | Mahanayake theras have not opposed the 22nd Amendment; express satisfaction instead: Minister Nalinda Jayatissa Thamilan: Indictment against Rajitha submitted to Colombo High Court | 22nd Amendment: Supreme Court will determine need for referendum, says cabinet spokesperson | Government must continue purchasing back paddy: rice mill owners highlight in meeting with president | President and lawyers meeting today |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Examinations Department faces hacker risk; no measures taken for data security – Audit report reveals | 13 witnesses and 25 court productions; lawsuit against Rajitha over sand extraction at Kirinda harbour Divaina: “Death penalty for drug suspects was merely a proposal which surfaced during discussions” – Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa
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Dinamina: Verdict in main Easter Sunday [attack] trial soon: prosecution’s examination of evidence ends after 245 days across five years; 24 defendants including Naufer Maulavi | Small and medium scale rice mill owners meet president | Krrish deal: Avant Garde chair questioned for three hours Aruna: University lecturers who went abroad for postgraduate studies default on Rs. 3.4 billion; steps being taken to recover funds spent by the government – Revealed at the Committee on Public Enterprises |