DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Thieves flustered by arrests; no one should ask where the files are anymore,” announces President Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Pictorial: Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath met Mrs. Tourism World 2026 title winner Nimesha Premachandra Thinakaran: “Rule of law will be ensured and a corruption-free administration established; Sri Lankan air, land, and sea territories will not be allowed to be used against India; corrupt individuals dislike the law being applied equally to everyone; funds allocated to establish 23 branches of the Anti-Corruption Commission islandwide,” says the president | Appeal filed in the Saudi Supreme Court against Anojan’s death sentence |
Thinakkural: “They thought they could never be reached; there is no longer anyone beyond the reach of the law; we will also bring back those who fled abroad,” vows the president | “We will not allow anyone to threaten India; nor will we get entangled in conflicts between foreign nations,” says the president | Fears over US sanctions! No assistance will be provided to 19 Iranian ships | National Shura Council writes to the president urging Sri Lanka to provide assistance to 19 Iranian ships Thamilan: Attack at Riyadh Airport; 12 dead in Saudi Arabia, over 300 injured! Houthi rebels launch sudden attack | New legal regulations regarding monks within the next two weeks! Presidential Media Division announces |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Permission to leave prison in the robe? New regulations and legal directives to be presented to the sangha this week: resolution to be passed in two weeks Divaina: The Maha Sangha to Colombo, illuminating all of Kandy with saffron robes: Justice for the Robe – National Adhishtana Puja and Freedom March to Warakapola today; “we will not isolate Ven. Gnanasara Thera, who has been imprisoned for us” – Ven. Ulapane Sumangala Thera
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Dinamina: “Not even a single cent of public money will be stolen: this government cannot be toppled by conspiracies [plotted in] palaces; some are crying in press conferences saying they want to oust us” – President states at rallies in Nikaweratiya and Ibbagamuwa Aruna: Incarcerated monks to be taken outside [of prison] in robes on the recommendation of the Nikaya or Chapter; new regulations to be passed in two weeks |