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She was born on 24 September 1994 in Piliyandala, Colombo, Sri Lanka as the eldest child in a family. [7] Her father Kapila Susira Kumara is a male nurse at Apeksha Cancer Hospital , Maharagama . Her mother Indrani Arugamage was a housewife, who died in 2014 from a lung infection. [ 8 ]
LankaeNews.com was banned for several years under the Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa.Its office was set on fire in an arson attack in 2011 and its Editor Bennett Rupasinghe told BBC that he suspected the government’s hand in the crime as LankaeNews had written several articles critical of the Sri Lankan government. [1]
NewsFirst or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. [1] News 1st primarily broadcasts news, live on three TV channels (Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV 1, five radio channels (Sirasa FM, Yes FM, Shakthi FM, Y FM and Legends FM), three websites in Sinhala, English & Tamil languages, and social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter).
16 July – Sri Lankan-born award winning celebrity baker Tharshan Selvarajah becomes the first Sri Lankan to carry the Olympic Torch, carrying it out at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [85] 20 July – Puttalam District MP Ali Sabri Raheem is arrested by Kalpitiya police due to a controversy with a stock of undeclared gold and mobile phones in 2023. [86]
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.
TNL TV is an English and Sinhala-language television station in Sri Lanka, owned by Telshan Network. Launched in 1993, TNL TV was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Shan Wickremesinghe, the chairman of Telshan Network, is the brother of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Launched in 1994 as ETV (Extra Terrestrial Vision), it was one of Sri Lanka's first privately owned television channels. Its sister channel ETV 2 was launched in 1995 when ETV was re-branded ETV 1. The channel's owner Extra Terrestrial Vision (Private) Limited, who had been incorporated on 6 July 1992, changed its name to EAP Network (Private ...
Lankapuvath distributes news and images via the Internet, TV, SMS and mobile phones. This output is supplemented by additional services aimed at catering to news requests from a demanding public. [clarification needed] Lankapuvath operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week and mainly targets over 2 million Sri Lankans living overseas. [citation needed]