DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Cab vehicle crashes into people waiting in a Dansal queue; 6 killed in tragic accident; seven critically injured | “Supply will be affected if prices are not increased” – Minister Anura Karunathilaka announces regarding fuel price hike Thinakaran: Vehicle accident at Meegoda Dansala; Six killed, 7 injured | “QR procedures will be monitored using modern digital technology; The objective is to control fuel expenditure” – Minister Anura Karunathilaka |
Thinakkural: Vehicle accident at Meegoda Dansala; Six killed, 7, including a child, injured | 24 people killed in motor vehicle accidents within two days! | Work from Home soon? Thamilan: An accident at [Vesak] Dansala; Six killed after being hit by a jeep! Seven seriously injured: Arrested drunk driver remanded | Tamil youth shot dead in France |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Death crashes into Roti Dansala: Cab driver who claimed six lives has no licence; seven hospitalised; vehicle documents also expired; had also been under the influence of liquor; 10 charges, including murder charges; driver remanded Divaina: The tragedy that left a dansal queue drenched in blood: grave crime committed by a drunk driver who sent six lives into the embrace of death and hospitalised seven more; may the songs of lament heard from Meegoda never be heard again; hits two individuals along the way as well; case against the driver under murder charges; “a sudden crashing sound came and those who fell to the ground screamed in pain” – Person who survived while being in the dansala queue states; two brothers and four members of the same family among those deceased; sinful driver remanded until June 16; orders to arrest the owner of the cab as well
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Dinamina: The tragedy that brought Meegoda to tears; driver who ran over six people at a Vesak dansala had no licence for the vehicle; murder charges filed against the driver; seven individuals hospitalised in critical condition; legal action initiated against the owner who fled the vehicle; the vehicle was intercepted in Godagama following police pursuit Aruna: This newspaper was unavailable at the time of publishing FrontPage |