20 March 2025 | Vol. 11, #49

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS

Virakesari: Deshabandu [Tennakoon] remanded; Matara magistrate gives orders following his surrender; decision to be taken on bail today | “Legal action cannot be taken against Ranil [Wickremesinghe regarding Batalanda]” – Rajitha [Senaratne]

Thinakaran: Tennakoon, who surrendered, remanded | “Tamil political parties should unite! We are not contesting because we lack funds” – Anandasangaree | [Annual] graduation of the University of Jaffna commences

Thinakkural: Acceptance of nominations for 336 local government bodies ends at noon today; special security across the country | “Is there a ‘deal’ regarding Batalanda?” – S.M. Marikkar suspects | “Justice should be meted out for the killings of Tamils ​​from 1956 to the
final war in 2009; we and the international community have all the evidence; we also need justice for Batalanda; we need justice for the massacres and genocide in the North and East” – MP S. Shritharan insists

Thamilan: Deshabandu [Tennakoon] surrenders! Court orders to remand him till today | 1,009 liquor bottles at the residence of Deshabandu! Minister Ananda Wijepala announces that a gun was also recovered

Lankadeepa: A new gazette to release the vehicles held up at the harbour: 400 vehicles that were held up to be released; relief for Japanese vehicles; a reduction of prices in the market |Deshabandu remanded for a day; a separate cell given at the police station

Divaina: Deshabandu, who surrendered to the Matara court, remanded for a day

Ada: Deshabandu who was in hiding for 20 days remanded for one day

Mawbima: Supreme Court dismisses Mahinda’s petition against the reduction of his security | MP Archchuna’s speeches banned from being broadcast till May 8

Dinamina: Deshabandu remanded: Surrenders to the Matara court after 20 days in hiding

Aruna: Lecturer dies in car crash on the central expressway: wife and three children are in critical condition; had met with the accident while returning from a trip to Jaffna; the deceased is the head of the Kelaniya Psychology Department

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