DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: A Mahinda interrogated for two hours; Commission announces he will be summoned again if necessary | “Judges embarrassed by President’s statement” – Professor G.L. Peiris announces on behalf of the Joint Opposition Thinakaran: “Do not be afraid to perform your duties” – President Anura | Mullivaikkal Remembrance begins | “Water tariff revision after review” – Minister Susil Ranasinghe |
Thinakkural: “The Rajapaksa team should not even dream of returning to power” – Bimal Rathnayake | Statement recorded for over two hours; The investigation that shook the Rajapaksas! A large number of supporters, politicians, and lawyers gathered at the CIABOC Office premises | Former Minister Piyankara interrogated for 4 hours Thamilan: Ditwah relief by the end of 2026! President vows to build a country where everyone is subject to the law | Kapila bail issue; Intermediary arrested |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: The lock cannot be opened: Kapila’s phone to be sent to the US; telephone records of the household employees also summoned Divaina: Two murders in the South: The deceased in Ambalantota decapitated and his head placed on a statue; a father of two shot in Dangedara | “If verdicts are fair, I should be released. I have provided all the information that I know” – Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says after providing a two-hour statement to the CIABOC
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Dinamina: The Airbus transaction: The CIABOC questions Mahinda for two hours | “It does not matter how majestically one reigns or what ‘hand’ [influence] they possess; no one is above the law. Obtaining a statement [for an investigation] is not a catastrophe” – The president says in Matale Aruna: ‘Podi’ decapitated on the very day of his birthday, and his head placed in the hands of Ratnavali Devi [a statue]: The deceased is a suspect of a triple murder in Ambalantota |