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DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: The military has a direct connection: Tamil MPs point out, in parliament, with regard to the increase in consumption of narcotics in the North | The CID seeks public assistance to arrest [Deshabandu] Tennakoon Thinakaran: Fertiliser supply without any shortage; the president instructs the officials to ensure supply | “A national policy on media to be introduced in June” – Nalinda Jayatissa | The president holds discussions with officials of the Ministry of Education to review the issues that have escalated in the education sector | Ven. Gnanasara Thera says that he will inform the president of the unrevealed truth on the Easter Sunday attacks |
Thinakkural: “Air-strikes took place on hospitals during the war” – Ranil acknowledges to Al-Jazeera | Increased consumption of narcotics: Military and the police are the reason for the deterioration; those who appeared as grease men and escaped, were hiding in army camps; the Kerala cannabis is brought under the navy; the Aava gang is being led by the police – MPs from the North and East representing Tamil parties publicly accuse in parliament Thamilan: MP Shritharan questions about the Tissa Maha Viharaya in parliament; government refuses to answer immediately | Mervyn Silva arrested on financial corruption; court orders to hold him in detention till 17th | “The plantation hospitals [in the Hill Country] will be made state-owned; a circular to be issued next week” – Nalinda Jayatissa |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Deshabandu missing | CID sweeps the whole country in search | Seeks public support | Calls for a telephone call log | Certain that he has not fled the country Divaina: Three including Mervyn remanded after being arrested by the CID for the sale of a government land with forged documents Ada: Inform the CID of any news of the former IGP Deshabandu | He is in hiding disobeying the law | No special treatment for being a former IGP | Anyone aiding the hiding will be dealt with according to the Penal Code says the police media spokesperson | Police requests suspension of Deshabandu’s privilege |
Mawbima: Three including Mervyn remanded until the 17th for forging documents for a land in Kiribathgoda Dinamina: Mervyn Silva remanded | Accused of illegally selling a government land in Kiribathgoda Aruna: Police seeks public assistance to locate the [former] IGP Anidda: Police seeks public assistance to locate the former IGP who is in hiding |
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TAMIL PRESS PRIORITIES |
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“Isn’t the Thaiyiddy Viharaya [construction] illegal?” – S. Shritharan questions; government seeks one week’s time to answer
Thamilan, Virakesari, Thinakkural
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) MP Sivagnanam Shritharan posed many questions to the Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Hiniduma Sunil Senevi on the Tissa Rajamaha Viharaya which is located at Thaiyiddy, Jaffna. He raised questions such as, “Is the minister aware that a temple named Tissa Rajamaha Viharaya has been constructed on public land? Is the minister aware that the owners of the approximately 20 acres of land on which the temple is constructed have been non-violently protesting for a very long time to have the temple removed and their lands handed over to them? Was the land already acquired by the government under the Land Acquisition Act No. 09 of 1950, as amended? If so, will the minister inform the number of the relevant gazette publication and for what purpose it was acquired? Is the minister aware that land acquired for one purpose cannot be used for another purpose? If the land on which the temple is located is not approved for the construction of the temple, will the minister accept that the construction of the temple within that land is against the law?” However, the minister, who was listening to everything quietly, requested that one week be given to answer these questions.
The military has a direct connection: Tamil MPs point out, in parliament, with regard to the increase in consumption of narcotics in the North
Virakesari, Thinakkural
Jathika Jana Balawegaya MP Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy claimed that steps are to be taken to curb illegal activities in the North. Responding to that, Tamil MPs representing the North and East, namely, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, Gnanamuththu Srineshan and Ramanathan Archchuna criticised the government and state authorities. It was highlighted that the military and the police are the reason for the deterioration in the North; those who appeared as grease men and subsequently escaped, were hiding in army camps; the Kerala cannabis is brought with the support of the navy; the Aava gang, which is a violent group, is being led by the police.
SINHALA PRESS PRIORITIES |
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Rajitha’s petition seeking preference vote recount fixed for consideration
Aruna, Mawbima, Ada, Anidda
The Supreme Court has fixed for consideration the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by former minister Rajitha Senaratne seeking an order to recount the preferential votes obtained by the New Democratic Front’s (NDF) candidates for the Kalutara District in the 2024 General Election and issue the revised results. The Election Commission and its members, including its chairperson, the Kalutara District returning officer, Member of Parliament Rohitha Abeygunawardena (elected from the NDF in the 2024 General Election) and the attorney general have been named as respondents in this petition. The petitioner claims that irregularities in the preferential vote counting process in the Kalutara District during the last general election prevented him from being elected to parliament. He points out that the vote difference between him and the elected member of parliament from the Kalutara District was only 119 votes and that this situation arose due to those irregularities.
Two million devotees expected for sacred tooth relic exposition in Kandy
Lankadeepa, Aruna, Dinamina, Ada At least two million devotees are expected to travel to Kandy to witness the special exposition of the sacred tooth relic, which is scheduled to be held from April 18 to 27. It was also revealed that although it is estimated that three devotees per second will be able to worship the tooth relic during the 10 days of the exposition, only about 600,000 people will be able to enter the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy during that time. It is also reportage of a suggestion to continue the exposition at night, which has not been granted approval yet by the chief prelates. |
Attack in Hambantota Divisional Secretariat
Lankadeepa, Divaina, Dinamina, Mawbima, Ada It was revealed that an attack in the Divisional Secretariat in Hambantota yesterday (6th) resulted in property damage of almost Rs. 200,000. The issue pertaining to the attack was related to a delay in issuing a copy of a birth certificate. A former army officer was remanded as the suspect in the attack, and was later confirmed to be mentally ill. |
COMMON PRIORITIES: SINHALA & TAMIL PRESS |
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Police seeks public assistance to locate former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon
Lankadeepa, Divaina, Dinamina, Mawbima, Aruna, Ada, Anidda, Thinakkural, Thinakaran, Thamilan, Virakesari
Police requests the public to inform of any whereabouts of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon who is evading arrest. Police Media Spokesperson SSP Buddhika Manathunga stated that several police teams have been deployed to arrest the former IGP who is in hiding, defying a court order, and that anyone found guilty of harbouring Tennakoon will be dealt with under Section 209 of the Penal Code. It was also stated that the police investigation considers Tennakoon as a usual suspect evading arrest after the court order and that the latest information shows that he has not left the country. The Matara Magistrate’s Court recently instructed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest Tennakoon and five other suspects who are linked to a shooting incident at the W15 Hotel in Weligama, Matara on December 31, 2023.
Former minister Mervyn Silva and two others remanded till the 17th over the illegal sale of a government land in Kiribathgoda with forged documents
Lankadeepa, Divaina, Dinamina, Aruna, Ada, Anidda, Thinakkural, Thinakaran, Thamilan, Virakesari
Former minister Mervyn Silva, who was arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has been remanded until March 17. Silva and two others were ordered to be remanded after being produced before the Mahara Magistrate’s Court yesterday (6th). The other two suspects have also been remanded till March 17. He was arrested for allegedly forging documents to sell state-owned land in Kiribathgoda to a private party.
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Common priorities: Additional stories
1. Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s interview with Al-Jazeera gets heated – Lankadeepa, Aruna | “Air-strikes took place on hospitals during the war” – Ranil acknowledges to Al-Jazeera – Thinakkural
2. 2,440 doctors have left the country, claims MP Kavinda Jayawardhana – Lankadeepa, Thamilan, Thinakkural
3. Couple sentenced to death for torturing and murdering adopted boy – Lankadeepa, Divaina, Dinamina, Aruna, Mawbima, Virakesari
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