DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Government intensifies efforts to remove the attorney general; Main Opposition seeks international intervention | Pictorial: India’s 77th Republic Day at the Indian High Commission in Colombo Thinakaran: “Intensification of efforts to arrest criminals hiding abroad after committing major crimes and defying court orders” – Police Media Spokesperson F.U. Wootler | Opportunity to donate lands for the government’s housing scheme | National plan to renovate places of worship |
Thinakkural: “Conspiracy attempt to completely evict the remaining Tamil people through the Kivul Oya project; It will also permanently sever the land connectivity between the North and East” – Suresh Premachandran warns | Public organisations also support the opposition to the Kivul Oya project planned for Vavuniya North Thamilan: Did Shiranthi buy a house for Rs. 350 million? Complaint lodged with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption | Assault on a Rev. Brother; Police remand extended | Gold prices soar! One sovereign nears Rs. 400,000 |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: A housing issue: Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mohan Pieris to be called to the CIABOC soon | A mysterious vehicle on the Southern Expressway: a diary and certificate found within: another vehicle from Ratnapura registered under the same number Divaina: Patients’ ailments double due to trade union action launched by doctors: a strike from tomorrow onwards if there is no solution? – GMOA states Mawbima: Implement the verdict of the X-Press Pearl case – SC orders the AG | A connection between the murders of women in Kandy and Ankumbura: the homeless woman who was murdered in Kandy had been a police officer
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Dinamina: Shiranthi buys land in Colombo for Rs. 350 lakhs via Siriliya account | IMF allocates Rs. 4,980 crore for business development | Drugs worth Rs. 500 crore seized at sea; 296 kg found in two vessels in largest haul recently | Parliament Deputy Secretary-General Chaminda Kularatne suspended Aruna: This newspaper was unavailable at the time of publishing FrontPage Anidda: This paper is published only on Fridays |