Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times led with the availability of unit trust investments as Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) was offering 3.3 billion units in Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) and two billion units in Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020.

The Star headlined Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's call for open tenders in his effort to curb corruption.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia highlighted Najib's announcement that 100 million units of trusts would be allocated to urban poor and hardcore poor groups

Berita Harian also headlined PNB's offering of 3.33 billion units of ASM trust funds.

Tamil newspapers

Makkal Osai headlined that 1,000 civilians died in the recent attacks by Sri Lankan army against the Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE).

Malaysia Nanban led with the Indian government's denial over its involvement in aiding the Sri Lankan army in the war against LTTE.

Tamil Nesan front-paged Pakatan Rakyat's election pledge to protect Hindu temples was only a political sweet talk. This was in response to the construction of a public toilet opposite the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Klang.

Editorial

Commenting on Sultan Azlan Shah's royal address, New Straits Times highlighted the fact that the royalties do have roles beyond politics.

Utusan Malaysia reinforced the roles played by royalties following actions by certain political figures against the royalties in recent times.

Berita Harian called for stringent measures to be taken to avoid insults hurled against the royalties.

Malaysia Nanban highlighted that Malaysia would only have 60,000 engineers by 2020 when the need was for two million of them.

Tamil Nesan questioned the necessity to change the air time of the current Tamil news bulletin from 7.30 pm to 6.00pm.