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The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.
Sunday Observer. Sunday Observer is a weekly English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka, published on Sundays. The Sunday Observer and its sister newspapers the Daily News, Dinamina, Silumina and Thinakaran are published by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a government-owned corporation. The paper, which was established in the ...
The Rajapaksa family (Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics.It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, [1] when many members of the family occupied senior positions in the Sri Lankan state.
Occupation (s) Editor-in-Chief, Sunday Observer /. Former Chief Editor. Daily News (Sri Lanka) Dinesh Weerawansa (born 17 June 1966) is a Sri Lankan editor-in chief for the Sunday Observer. He returned as editor-in-chief of the Sunday Observer in December 2019 for his second term. He held the position previously for nine years from 2006 to 2015.
Originally incorporated as Dynavision Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, the station introduced Sri Lanka's first stereo broadcast station. [10] The company was repositioned as Art Television Broadcasting Company in July 2003. [11] Uoosoof Mohideen, who was the CNN representative for Sri Lanka, was the first CEO/Managing Director for Dynavision.
Sri Lanka's second state-owned TV station - Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) - was established by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No. 6 of 1982. [3] SLRC started broadcasting on 15 February 1982. [2] The Act required the SLRC maintain taste and decency and not to incite crime and disorder or cause religious or public offence.
He appeared on BBC TV's 'Top of the Pops' program with Sandra Edema singing his composition 'Feel Like A Clown.' "A crusader for creative and original song writing, using the Sri Lankan folk idiom, Nimal Mendis was successful in influencing many a young lyricist and music composer in acknowledging the wealth in Sri Lankan folk music and ...
They invited Gandhi to visit Ceylon in 1927. Gandhi travelled from India to Ceylon arriving in Colombo, the capital city on November 12, 1927. He accompanied by his wife Kasturba, C. Rajagopalachari, and the latter's daughter, Lakshmi. Also accompanying Mahatma Gandhi on his visit to Ceylon were his secretaries, Mahadev Desai and Pyarelal.