DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “Do not allow space for the LTTE symbol” – Foreign Minister requests Canadian High Commissioner | Protest surrounding the car Tilvin travelled in; more than a hundred Eelam supporters protest in London Thinakaran: “No one can act as if they have a separate region or kingdom; Archaeology Department is legal” – Ananda Wijepala | 16-day programme to prevent violence against women; Special numbers provided for complaints | “No discrimination is shown among schools in the distribution of resources; Shortcomings will be eliminated in the review” – Prime Minister replies to MP Imran’s question | “The claim that Ranil saved the country is a false fantasy; the government will never collapse” – Tilvin Silva |
Thinakkural: “Archaeological sites can be identified anywhere; Do not think there is a separate region or kingdom; Proper investigations will be held regarding the removal of signboards in the East” – Minister Ananda Wijepala | “The Archaeology Department is causing major ethnic clashes” – Srineshan MP | Harassment against female MPs inside Parliament? Thamilan: Tamil diaspora strongly protests against Tilvin Silva in London; Demonstrators chant slogans demanding to stop the genocide | Archaeology Department signboards removed: Suspects to be arrested soon! Minister Ananda Wijepala announces in parliament |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: 10 slammed with the death sentence over stoning a youth to death: three women also among the sentenced; two others released Divaina: 10 members of the same family sentenced to death for hacking daughter’s boyfriend over not ending the relationship: three women also among the sentenced | Who is the Hanuma that is trying to remove archaeological nameboards in Batticaloa and spark racism? Police start investigations Mawbima: 10, including the father who murdered the daughter’s boyfriend, given the death sentence: three women of the same family also among the sentenced | “The reliability of social media has been destroyed: pictures of the Nugegoda rally are also fake” — Tilvin Silva says in London
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Dinamina: 22,000 kg of drugs seized in 11 months: 26,573 arrested in 25 days in Ratama Ekata operation Aruna: 10 individuals sentenced to death in Embilipitiya over killing a young man by stoning him and chopping him with an axe: Sokari Lokka, Kiri Bappa and three women among the sentenced; a 43-page verdict Anidda: This paper is published only on Fridays |