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"Ada Derana" is TV Derana's news flagship brand and currently is the no 1 news provider in Sri Lanka. [8] Ada Derana news websites operated by Derana. Its content is available in English, Sinhala. and Tamil. It is ranked as one of the most popular local news websites by Alexa. [9] [10]
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.
Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year (Sinhala: අද දෙරණ වසරේ ශ්රී ලාංකිකයා) is an annual award presented to Sri Lankans who have raised Sri Lanka's profile in the international arena through their careers and lifted the name Sri Lanka globally.
Ada Derana 24 Sri Lanka: TV Derana: Sinhala, English: News First ... as the general news channels, replaced from generalist channels YLE24
Sinhala: 31 March 2021: 14: 9: A Plus Kids TV: Private: Ru Sala Media Networks Pvt Ltd: Sinhala: 3 July 2017: 48: Ada Derana 24 [j] Private: Derana Macro Entertainment under Dilith Jayaweera: Sinhala/English: 20 July 2014: 14: 2508 14: ART Television [k] Private: IWS Holdings: English: 1996: 13: 017: Channel C: Private: Wide Angle Productions ...
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
The 12th episode of Ada Derana's State of the Nation, which aired that day, alleged that the protests were funded by terrorist organizations and hackers. [210] Ada Derana TV host Mahieash Jonny resigned the following day and Derana stated that his opinions did not represent the network's beliefs. [211]
Sri Lanka had no television services available until 1979. The creation of a national television service was planned several times as far back as 1965 (Ceylon at the time), when then-Minister of State J. R. Jayawardene suggested its creation, but was rejected by Dudley Senanayake's government, whose media advisors led by Neville Jayaweera called television "a gift of a rhinoceros".