DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
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Virakesari: Six, including Ishara Sewwandi, arrested; caught in a special operation in Nepal; arrangements made to bring them to the country today | “We will continue to support Sri Lanka’s multi-sector development” – Chinese President Xi Jinping assures Prime Minister Harini Thinakaran: No change in electricity tariffs; existing rates to remain in effect for the upcoming quarter – Government announces | Health services at a high standard; many diseases eradicated – Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa at the WHO Regional Conference |
Thinakkural: Over Rs. 390.2 billion in illegally acquired assets by underworld gangs to be confiscated! This year alone, 354 pounds of gold, 72 vehicles, 36 houses, and 37 acres of land have been taken over by the state, according to the Police Media Spokesperson | Ishara Sewwandi, arrested in Nepal Thamilan: ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’ murder mastermind Sewwandi arrested! The group caught in Nepal; Jaffna resident also apprehended | ‘Bus Lalith’ arrested in Dubai |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Ishara Sewwandi fled the country on a boat from Jaffna: the passports were made using a dummy; has stayed in India for three weeks and fled to Nepal; has spent Rs. 7 million to flee the country; was caught in a flat in Kathmandu; six caught through Olugala’s mission | PUCSL halts the increasing of the electricity bill: “no changes for three months to come” – Chairperson states Divaina: Sewwandi re-emerges from Nepal: “I thought Olugala Sir would someday come and arrest me” – The mastermind behind Sanjeewa’s murder, who was caught with five others, states; ‘Gampaha Baba’ of Padme’s gang has tried to get out by bribing ASP Olugala for Rs. 5 million; Ishara has forged passports in the name of Thakshi from Chavakachcheri in an attempt to flee to Europe: ‘J.K. Bhai’ has taken [Sewwandi] to Nepal in a boat; a three-day mission in Nepal by ASP Olugala |
Mawbima: Ishara Sewwandi, who is linked to the murder of ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’, caught in Nepal with a “dummy-woman”; she has been staying in a flat on top of a mountain: all six arrested to be brought to Sri Lanka today? | Approval for increasing the electricity bill, denied Dinamina: Sewwandi, who was arrested with five others in Nepal, was smuggled out of the country by ‘Kehelbaddara Padme’: she has been in hiding for eight months; the whole gang to Sri Lanka today or tomorrow Aruna: Padme has given Rs. 6.5 million to Sewwandi to flee the country: she left by sea three days after Sanjeewa’s murder; another woman, similar to Sewwandi’s appearance, caught in Nepal Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |
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