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DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
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Virakesari: The Liberal Party again wins the [general] election in Canada; Mark Carney prepares to become the PM | Two Eelam Tamils (Sri Lankan origin) elected to the Canadian parliament; Gary Anandasangaree and Juanita Nathan won Thinakaran: The Batalanda Commission report presented to parliament after 25 years handed |
Thinakkural: “Don’t anger Trump by rejecting the FBI report on the Easter Sunday attacks! This will lead to an incident like what happened to the Ukrainian president, and tariff hike” – Ranil Wickremesinghe warns | Why was high security provided for PM Harini in the rally at Dematagoda? Thamilan: “Don’t tease Trump!; there will be consequences if the FBI report is rejected” – Ranil Wickremesinghe | “Election results will completely change” – Dilith predicts | Liberal Party wins fourth term; Mark Carney to become Canadian PM |
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Lankadeepa: 21,000 government employees have taken leave, out of which 13,000 are seeking to go abroad | Increasing the electricity tariffs: PUCSL kicks the CEB proposal away; the president also objects Divaina: The death that occurred at a party in Malamulla was over a drug dispute; an order from Kudu Salindu; the life of the target of the murderers’ saved | The Royal Park murderer is still walking free: Maithripala released from the case after paying compensation worth Rs. 3 million for granting presidential pardon; orders issued with the support of Interpol to apprehend Jude Shramantha who fled the country; “He is not even in Singapore” – AG Ada: “Ministers who gave orders to officials will be questioned in the future, based on the evidence provided by officials who have been arrested over corruption” – Nalinda Jayatissa |
Mawbima: No insulin to administer to patients in critical condition in government hospitals; prevent your sugar levels from increasing these days – Doctors warn diabetic patients | The 38th shooting of the year takes away the life of the 27th victim; youth shot and killed at a party in Panadura Dinamina: Take immediate steps: Batalanda Commission report handed over to the AG – Presidential Secretariat states Aruna: No number plates for vehicles: Payments not made to printing company Anidda: This paper is published on Fridays only |
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The Liberal Party again wins the [general] election in Canada; Mark Carney prepares to become the PM | Two Sri Lankan origin Tamils won
Thinakkural, Thinakaran, Thamilan, Virakesari
The Liberal Party has won the general election for a fourth successive term in Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney is to lead the government.
Thinakkural, Virakesari, Thinakaran: In the Canadian parliamentary election, two Canadian Sri Lankan Tamils, namely Gary Anandasangaree and Juanita Nathan, have won.
Thinakaran reports that out of six Tamil candidates three have won the election, which includes Anita Anand along with Gary and Juanita – all of them representing the Liberal Party.
“Don’t anger Trump by rejecting the FBI report on the Easter Sunday attacks! This will lead to an incident like what happened to the Ukrainian president, and tariff hike” – Ranil Wickremesinghe warns
Thamilan, Thinakkural Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned the government that if the FBI report on the Easter Sunday attacks is rejected, it will anger President of the United States of America Donald Trump, and consequently Sri Lanka could face a tariff hike as a result. He added that the FBI investigations have identified Zahran Hashim as the mastermind of |
Teachers’ association questions as to why 400 candidates got salary
Thinakkural, Thamilan The Sri Lanka Teachers’ Union has stated that more than 400 education sector employees who are contesting in the upcoming local government elections have received their April salaries, which is a violation of the Election Act and the Establishment Code. President of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Union Priyantha Fernando stated that more than 400 employees in the Education Department, including principals, teachers, teacher consultants and members of non-academic staff, are contesting in the local government elections, pointing out that under the election law any staff grade officer contesting in the elections should resign from their post and obtain no-pay leave. |
“Sri Lanka rejected the proposed bridge with India to connect via land” – Minister of foreign affairs
Thinakkural
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath clarified that Sri Lanka did not agree to the proposed bridge connecting Sri Lanka to India or the extension of the highway to Trincomalee. He stressed that no defence agreement was signed with India but instead a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence assistance was signed.
SINHALA PRESS PRIORITIES |
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“The cabinet media briefing will only be open to those with a government media ID” – Nalinda Jayatissa
Divaina, Aruna
A tense situation arose at the post-cabinet media briefing held at the Government Information Department yesterday (29th). This heated situation arose after a journalist stated that other journalists were being deprived of the opportunity to ask questions due to the continuous questioning by some journalists. Cabinet Media Spokesperson and Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa then informed all journalists that in future cabinet media briefings will only be held for journalists holding identification cards from the Government Information Department.
The committee on Deshabandu commences work
Lankadeepa, Ada The Committee of Inquiry (CoI) appointed to inquire and report its findings on Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon in respect of acts of abuse of power met for the third time at the parliamentary premises. During the meeting, the acting IGP confirmed that a team to assist ongoing investigations, based on the request made by the CoI, has been appointed. Accordingly, with the support of the appointed police investigation team, the CoI that convened decided to commence its investigations. The names of the four members appointed to the police investigation team including an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have been submitted to the CoI to investigate and report its findings on IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon in connection with acts of gross abuse of power. |
Two higher-ups in the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council remanded over a Rs. 70 million financial fraud of state funds
Divaina, Ada, Aruna A former ministry secretary of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council and a former assistant planning director of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Road Passenger Transport Authority have been remanded until May 8 in connection with an incident involving the embezzlement of over Rs. 70 million of state funds. These two suspects were produced before the court yesterday (29th) on suspicion of embezzling Rs. 76 million, which was given to the Embilipitiya Pradeshiya Sabha from Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council funds. |
“We are a party that has shown that we work even in the absence of power” – Premadasa
Dinamina
Leader of the Opposition and SJB Sajith Premadasa stated that local government institutions that win in the upcoming local government elections will be maintained under the financial allocations of the SJB. The opposition leader made the statement while participating in a public meeting held recently (27th) at the Arangala Cultural Centre in Naula to ensure the victory of the candidates contesting for the Matale and Laggala seats in the local government elections. He stressed further that the SJB has always managed to work for the people even though it has not held power.
COMMON PRIORITIES: SINHALA & TAMIL PRESS |
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Batalanda report handed over to the AG
Lankadeepa, Divaina, Ada, Aruna, Virakesari, Thinakaran, Thamilan
The president’s office announced that the Batalanda Commission report was officially handed over to the Attorney General (AG). The Batalanda Commission report was tabled in parliament on March 14 by Leader of the House Minister Bimal Rathnayake. Rathnayake informed parliament that the report would be forwarded to the AG for advice on necessary action. He further stated that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will be appointing a special committee to study and make recommendations on the report.
“The president only got to know about Ranil being called to the CIABOC through Ranil’s social media” – Jayatissa
Mawbima, Aruna, Virakesari, Thinakaran, Thinakkural, Thamilan
Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa yesterday (29th) strictly rejected claims that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was privately informed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) about a summons issued to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Jayatissa, responding to queries posed at the weekly post-cabinet media briefing, addressed concerns raised by Wickremesinghe himself during a media interaction on Monday (28th) in which Wickremesinghe questioned how President Dissanayake was allegedly aware of the Bribery Commission’s summons prior to it becoming public. Clarifying the timeline, the cabinet spokesperson pointed out that it was Wickremesinghe who had publicly disclosed on April 11 via social media that he had been summoned to appear at the Bribery Commission on April 17. Accordingly, Jayatissa added that the president had learnt of the summons through Wickremesinghe’s social media post.
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Common priorities: Additional stories
1. The Royal Park murder: The Rs. 1 million compensation to be paid by Maithripala Sirisena has been paid – Lankadeepa, Divaina, Ada, Dinamina, Aruna, Thinakkural
2. All promotional activities for the LG election to be halted at 12 midnight on May 3 – Election Commission – Mawbima, Dinamina, Virakesari, Thinakaran, Thinakkural, Thamilan
3. President to visit Vietnam on May 3: Several agreements also to be signed with Vietnam during the visit – Ada, Dinamina, Virakesari, Thinakaran, Thamilan
4. “The NPP has violated the Galle Face agreement” – Wickremesinghe – Mawbima, Dinamina, Aruna, Virakesari
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