23 June 2025 | Vol. 11, #106

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS

Virakesari: The “Unextinguishable Lamp” protest commences in Chemmani today; Shritharan states that it will make the situation clear to Volker | Iran condemns the US attack on its nuclear facilities as a heinous act that violates international agreements and sovereignty

Thinakaran: 300 top-performing students of the A/L exam from the Northern Province each receive Rs. 100,000 from the President’s Fund | A focus on digital teaching as a solution to the shortage of teachers  | 15,000 vehicles affected by the lack of number plates

Thinakkural: “Was the Mullaitivu fisher murdered? Cannot shed blood in our seas anymore; deaths cannot be acceptable; the government should prevent an ethnic conflict” – Jaffna fisherfolk demand | “Our war starts now” –  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Radioactive leak: A nuclear tragedy due to US strikes?     

Thamilan: The US strikes Iran’s nuclear sites; war tensions in the Middle East; Tehran pledges retaliatory action 

Lankadeepa: Two electricity projects halted due to interventions by the CPC? Investors also show no interest | Fuel prices increased: Iran closes the Hormuz shipping lane; interruptions to fuel exports from the Middle East

Divaina: Iran must establish peace right now, if not, future attacks could become more serious” – Trump | “We will end this criminal American behaviour” – Iran 

Ada: Three dead and 32 injured from the Dunhinda bus accident: The pilgrim who drove the bus causing three deaths, remanded; the police say that the permanent driver who has been hospitalised will also be arrested; the bus toppled after its speed could not be controlled; the governor of the Uva Province and the mayor of Badulla intervene to aid with the last rights of the dead and to provide food and shelter for the relatives of those who died

Mawbima: The US strikes three Iranian nuclear strongholds: “The US and Israel have made us cross our red line” – The Iranian foreign minister; “Trump, who came to deliver peace, started a war” – Russia; “Commit to peace” – The pope requests 

Dinamina: “Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s Siriliya account is a fake: Rs. 800 million received; the mandate document, missing” – Deputy Minister Watagala states in parliament

Aruna: Red alert from Iran to the US after attacks on three nuclear facilities: “Retaliation will escalate future attacks” – Trump | “The US violated international conventions” – Iran; The Iranian foreign minister to meet Putin

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