DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Tuan Suresh Sallay is the main mastermind” – Attorney General informs court; Information leaked regarding Mahinda, Basil, and Namal meeting Pillayan at Batticaloa prison; Military Intelligence funds used to bail out Azad Maulana and others; Information also surfaces regarding murders of journalists including Sivaram and Nadesan | Pictorial: The event to hand over the new building at the Batticaloa Municipal Council Public Library for public use took place yesterday. The images show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the building Thinakaran: This newspaper was unavailable at the time of publishing FrontPage |
Thinakkural: “One and a half years have passed since this government came to power, but the distance to speak about peace is very far away” – MP Shritharan expresses concern | “Vijay must forget the reclamation of Kachchatheevu” – Jaffna District Fisherfolk Co-operative Society Federation Thamilan: Talks inside prison with Pillayan! Secret meetings held by the Rajapaksas after the Easter Sunday attacks; Azad Maulana’s statement reported to the Fort Magistrate’s Court | Commotion in parliament over a privilege issue; Speaker takes action to remove MP Chamara from the House |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: The Easter Sunday attack was a political “game”: The mastermind is Sallay: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, and Namal Rajapaksa have met Pillayan in prison after the incident – Attorney General informs court based on statement by Azad Maulana | 20 underworld figures deported from Dubai: arrested for aiding Iranian nationals; Konda Ranji and Parevi Suda among the group Divaina: Prices of commodities spiral out of control: Prices of imported goods soar; adverse impacts on the manufacturing process; companies increase milk powder prices; impossible to stop price hikes until the dollar stabilises – Economic experts state | Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, and Namal Rajapaksa have visited Pillayan in prison after the Easter Sunday attack: Promised Pillayan bail within a week of Gotabaya Rajapaksa becoming president – Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris informs court
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Dinamina: After the Easter Sunday attacks: “Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, and Namal Rajapaksa have met Pillayan at the Batticaloa prison; promise also made to grant bail within a week of Gotabaya Rajapaksa coming to power” – Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris reveals before court Aruna: Remove price controls and increase essential commodity prices – Essential Food Importers request |