DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: “There is no change in the cabinet; there is no intention to change PM Harini [from the post]” – Government [Cabinet spokesperson] | Do not visit [Sri Lanka] before September – Relatives of the disappeared in the North and East call on Volker Türk Thinakaran: Conflicts in the North and East: Allowances for housing for displaced people increased; decision taken at the cabinet meeting headed by the president | Australia cooperates to prevent illegal activities and promote trade | Speaker informs parliament that copy of petition [of Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill] submitted to court has been received | New COVID strain: Decisions will be made based on previous experiences |
Thinakkural: “Tamil people’s lands are being plundered cleverly: ‘Theft departments’ are involved in land grabbing in the Vanni; Tamil people are being evicted from villages, native settlements and farmlands; thousands of acres of land are being handed over by them for Sinhala settlements to change ethnic ratio” – MP T. Ravikaran strongly accuses | Photograph: Hoisting of flag at Kochchikade St. Anthony’s Shrine for annual feast Thamilan: FR petition by Krishanthi Kumaraswamy murder convicts dismissed; the SC [bench] refused leave to proceed | The name ‘Rajalunu’ is to be changed; Minister Sunil Handunnetti informs parliament | “National schools will not continue to operate under the control of the provinces; there is a deficiency in the work plan” – Prime Minister alleges |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Student jumps into lake following ragging; four Kuliyapitiya Technical College seniors, including one woman, arrested Divaina: “Mahaweli land distributed not to farmers, but in hundreds of acres to actors, cricketers and politicians”, says NPP MP Padmasiri Bandara Ada: Two petitions challenging Wickremesinghe’s issuance of bar permits during presidential election period taken up in court |
Mawbima: Indictments to be filed in substandard vaccine case; Keheliya to face three-judge bench next week; CIABOC launches parallel probe| Supreme Court deliberates on ‘bar permit’ petition against Ranil Dinamina: Distribution of Mahaweli land: Hundreds of acres to actors, cricketers and politicians; “We will start a probe”, says Deputy Minister Susil | Indictments expected next week in substandard vaccine case; bail granted to Keheliya’s son in Rs. 8 million fraud case Aruna: “19-year-old son of former minister was granted bar licences” – Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |