DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Full cooperation for rebuilding” – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assures Vijitha Herath; Two-hour talks held in Katunayake | Withdraw the education reforms; Prime Minister Harini must resign immediately; Wimal Weerawansa begins satyagraha protest Thinakaran: President’s concept ‘A Place for Oneself, a Beautiful Life’: National Housing Project to begin in the North on the 16th | President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will launch the inauguration ceremony of the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ national programme today |
Thinakkural: “Immediately abandon the education reforms, remove Harini, and reshuffle the Cabinet” – Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera, Chair of the National Movement to Protect the Nation, in a letter to the President | ‘Go Home Harini’: Weerawansa begins satyagraha in front of the Ministry of Education Thamilan: ‘Harini Go Home!’ Satyagraha begins; Continuous protest in front of the Ministry of Education | Education reform controversy; If there is no immediate solution, protests will explode; Trade unions issue warning |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Three in Mundalama: four in Kilinochchi; seven die in two vehicular accidents: seven injured Divaina: Wimal Weerawansa and group engage in a continuous hunger strike, pressuring Minister of Education PM Harini Amarasuriya to resign | CID records statements from five doctors who treated Ranil Wickremesinghe at the National Hospital | Seven accident-related deaths in a day: Paranthan bus-car accident kills four Mawbima: Hand over the snipers that were caught in front of the CID with firearms to the Commando Regiment – Court orders the CID: the arrest was made on intelligence information | “A manpower of at least 10,000 people must be deployed to protect the public from the elephants” – Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala
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Dinamina: National Housing Programme 2026: 31,318 houses for low-income earners: launch ceremony to be held under the patronage of the president in Jaffna Aruna: Rs. 22.25 billion out of the Rs. 27.8 billion given to the Samurdhi, to pay salaries of the staff: 23,000 Samurdhi employees; 320,000 Samurdhi benefactors Anidda: This paper is published only on Fridays |