DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: All parties should decide together – Indian High Commissioner tells the opposition regarding the provincial council elections | Electricity Board employees stage protest blocking roads; major trade union action warned if no solution is given | International criminal law experts: Accountability can only be achieved through an international investigation Thinakaran: Easter Sunday Bombings: The case against Hemasiri Fernando and Pujith Jayasundara is to be reopened for investigation – High Court orders | Those who cannot properly fulfil their duties can resign! The government plans to modernise the railway service – Minister Bimal Rathnayake | Assets of the President, Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, and ministers are declared by the Bribery Commission |
Thinakkural: UN High Commissioner has accepted what the government said regarding the resolution on Sri Lanka; we have stated that there is no racism, religious extremism, or exclusionary systems in the country – Bimal Rathnayake | “If I possess excess assets, they can be seized” – Namal Rajapaksa | “Mahinda spent Rs. 50 million on house repairs” – Deputy Minister Dr. Susil Ranasinghe Thamilan: “Sri Lanka must face an international investigation for human rights violations” – insist international legal experts | Fundamental Tax Collection Policies Violated: Low-income earners bear a greater tax burden – Colombo University | “It is difficult to arrest me on corruption charges,” says Gammanpila |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: The rock at the Magampura port ‘reappears’: court orders to record statements from former minister Rohitha; has taken a sum of Rs. 20 million, but has not awarded the tender Divaina: Former Sabaragamuwa PC Minister Kumara Rahubadda remanded over misappropriation Mawbima: Rights of the differently-abled violated on the Northern railway: fix the platforms of 13 railway stations – Anuradhapura High Court orders minister of transport | A weapons storage found in a lawyer’s house in Ratnapura: revelation made due to the death of the lawyer |
Dinamina: Former Sabaragamuwa PC Minister Athula (Rahubadda) remanded over alleged misappropriation of Rs. 70 million for Embilipitiya roads, where not a single road was built; has also contested in the 2020 General Election under SLPP | “Go home if you can’t provide minimum facilities to the public” – Minister Bimal tells Railway officials Aruna: A weapons storage found in the house of a lawyer: investigations as to whether the firearms were given for crimes Anidda: 25% of the 2026 Budget has been allocated for the president: highest allocation of Rs. 648 billion for defence |
TAMIL PRESS PRIORITIES Photo credits: Tamil Guardian Accountability can only be achieved through an international investigation; international criminal law...