30 July 2025 | Vol. 11, #132

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS

Virakesari: “The new constitution is just a mirage; a new constitution is necessary to resolve the ethnic issue“ – Former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | Priyantha Jayakody remanded till August 6 | Namal granted bail | Deshabandu files anticipatory bail application

Thinakaran: The defamation case filed by President Dissanayake seeking Rs. 10 billion: MP Tissa Kuttiarachchi who defamed the president expresses his unconditional regret | President’s official visit: Sri Lanka and Maldives sign agreements

Thinakkural: Swiss ambassador visits Chemmani mass grave site; 45 minutes of discussion with those involved in the excavation | Swiss ambassador inquires about Chemmani and Thaiyiddi | Seven skeletons were recovered yesterday; three exhumed | “Provide adequate
security for the president” – Ajith P. Perera of the SJB | Continuing delays in obtaining approval from the Ministry of Defence; Scan in collaboration with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Thamilan: PAFFREL urges govt. to hold provincial council elections | “Proper legislation is necessary for provincial council elections; cooperation of political parties is also needed” – Saman Sri Ratnayake | Lahiru Weerasekara arrested| Photograph: Hoisting of flag for Nallur Kovil annual festival

Lankadeepa: Did he kill his daughter and wife and die by suicide? | A mysterious document behind the death of the opposition leader of the Yatinuwara Pradeshiya Sabha | A gang has taken his vehicle away | A
high-ranking police officer’s name in the four-page letter written by the deceased

Divaina: The opposition leader of the Yatinuwara PS, who was burdened with debt, dead by suicide after sending his wife and elder daughter to the afterlife. The life of his younger daughter saved despite being given sleeping pills

Ada: The opposition leader of the Yatinuwara PS dead by suicide after killing his wife and daughter| Younger daughter escapes attempt to kill | A letter written by the deceased opposition leader mentions at length of threats made by a person named Wijesinghe | A group has been extorting money for some time by showing documents regarding a land transaction made when the opposition leader was the PS chairman | SSP Anuruddha Bandaranaike had been informed to
stop the extortion incident

Mawbima: A fundamental rights petition filed at the Supreme Court by the Young Journalists’ Association against the Sri Lankan government, including the president as a respondent, due to the absence of a chairperson for the Right to Information (RTI) Commission for six months

Dinamina: 1,900 illegally imported vehicles seized by Customs | Risk of losing Rs. 3 billion in taxes

Aruna: The Yatinuwara PS opposition leader has written a four-page letter before dying by suicide | Was stressed due to the daughter’s illness | Business was also under threat

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