DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Massive protest demanding a solution to the Mayilaththamadu issue: A blockade outside the Batticaloa District Secretariat despite police hurdles | “India should not be a party to this sinful act” – Udaya Gammanpila urges | “No plans to construct Hindu temples” – Minister Sunil Senevi clarifies | A decline in vehicle import expenditure: USD 188 million recorded in September, the Central Bank reports | “Sri Lanka has become an open prison under the new anti-terror powers” – MP Dayasiri Jayasekara Thinakaran: A heavy financial burden on the Treasury: 33 state-owned enterprises to be liquidated; Rs. 5 billion allocated for employee dues as the cabinet approves the president’s proposal | “The Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill: The government is ready for discussions” – Minister Bimal Rathnayake announces |”No shortage of essential goods during the festive season” – Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe assures | Photograph: Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya arrives in Antigua for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) |
Thinakkural: This newspaper was unavailable at the time of publishing FrontPage Thamilan: Agitation demanding the release of the Mayilaththamadu-Madhavanai grazing lands: Politicians and farmers gather in Batticaloa town | Fuel price hike | Hike in three-wheeler fares | HIV cases increase in the country | No bus fare hike despite the fuel price increase: The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: The 2017 Hambantota Port protest: 41, including Namal, indicted; warrants issued for five; the case transferred from the Magistrate’s Court to the High Court Divaina: The death of a suspect in police custody: Six officers, including a sergeant attached to the Kobeigane Police, remanded again; all investigations handed over to the Nikaweratiya Divisional Crimes Investigation Unit |
Dinamina: “I did not submit the cabinet paper, Ranil did; I was the one who lodged complaints and went to prison” – Keheliya makes a lengthy statement in court Aruna: The public queues up to obtain the TIN; “Do not panic, take your time to get the TIN” – The commissioner general of the Department of Inland Revenue |