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Virakesari: Government’s budget to be with development targets. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to present the budget in parliament today (17th) | M.A. Sumanthiran appointed as the ITAK’s acting general secretary | Photograph: Discussions between former president Ranil Wickremesinghe and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the 8th Indian Ocean Conference Thinakaran: NPP government’s first budget today (17th): Debates to commence from tomorrow (18th) | Largest international smuggling incident in airport history: Woman arrested with drugs worth Rs. 360 million | Photograph: Final draft of the budget being presented to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake |
Thinakkural: Final draft of the budget submitted for president’s attention | A huge sum of money from United States Agency for International Development; several key figures are about to be trapped Thamilan: Final draft of the budget presented for president’s attention | A powerful India in the Indian Ocean! India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar takes pride in stating that India helped Sri Lanka during crisis | Passports of army personnel to be retrieved |
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Lankadeepa: Army officers’ passports to be surrendered: Mandatory submission for ranks below major to prevent criminal fugitives| Compass [NPP symbol] government’s first budget today: PAYE tax amended, no new taxes, public sector salary hike and new jobs Divaina: 700 acres lost to Ella Rock forest fire Ada: A foreign woman apprehended at the airport with 36 kilogrammes of hashish |
Mawbima: “This year, over the past one and a half months, there have been 13 shootings resulting in nine deaths, with seven linked to underworld gangs” – Police media spokesperson | NPP’s maiden budget today: Hint at public-private salary hike, greater focus on agriculture; speech at 10.30 am Dinamina: New government’s maiden budget today; president presents the Appropriation Bill; public sector salary hike; 26-day debate; votes on February 25 and March 21 Aruna: Army passports for majors and below kept in camp custody; 499 desertions in January alone Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |
TAMIL PRESS PRIORITIES Photo credits: Daily FT M.A. Sumanthiran appointed as the ITAK’s acting general secretary Virakesari, Thinakkural, Thamilan,...