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Sri Lanka s premium entertainment channel ÂTV Derana won the People s Television Channel of the Year Award for the 7th consecutive year at the SLIM-KANTAR People s Awards 2024.
China’s big stock-market declines aren’t enough to warrant putting money in the country, according to the chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s wealth-management business. Most Read from Bloomberg Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Appear on Presidential Ballots America Blew Almost $2 Trillion. Make It Stop. Wall Street’s DEI Retreat Has Officially Begun China […]
by Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) yesterday expressed displeasure at some comments made by CEB Media Spokesman during a live telecast called ‘Big Focus’ on the Derana Television Channel on Tuesday (February 20, 2024). CEBEU Joint Secretary Buddika Wijeyawardhna said: “We urged the General Manager of the CEB to clarify the […]
The 2024 Sumathi Awards ceremony, the 29th edition of one of the most popular television awards shows in Sri Lanka, is taking place in Colombo on Tuesday (Feb.20).
Bangladeshi cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan won a seat in the country's parliament on Sunday after a landslide victory in a general election boycotted by the opposition, an official said.The post Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan wins parliament seat appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
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Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has condemned a private TV station over a dress worn by a singer for a Christmas Day recording outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka church in Ragama. Issuing a statement, the Archdiocesan Social Communication and Cultural Centre said that it condemned the dress and the performance of singer Nathasha […]
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With Christmas less than a week away, we highlight what some of our popular figures have to say about Christmas 2023…yes, their Wishes for Christmas 2023. * Merlina Fernando (Singer): My Christmas wish this year is a little different to any other year as our people went through a lot throughout the past few years. […]
South Asian pop music sensation – Yohani, bagged top honors in the categories of “Most Popular Music Video” and “Most Viewed Music Video of 2021” at the TV Derana Music Video Awards held recently. The win comes on the back of the launch of Yohani’s debut album – “Kella,” which was released on all […]
Newly appointed Sports Minister Harin Fernando exploded during a live TV interview, and threatened to walk out after objecting to the manner in which the presenter posed his questions. Fernando, who is also the Minister of Tourism, accused the presenter of posing some of the questions like a thug. The Minister told the host he […]
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Indian cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi has died aged 77 after a prolonged illness. He was battling age-related illnesses and had undergone a few surgeries in recent years. Bedi, regarded as one of the world’s finest ever spin bowlers, captained India in 22 of his 67 Tests and took 266 wickets. He made his debut […]
Veteran actor Jackson Anthony passed away while continuing to receive treatment following an accident in July 2022. Anthony, who was 65-years-old passed away while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital today. The popular Sri Lankan actor sustained serious injuries after his vehicle crased into a wild elephant in Thalawa. Anthony is married to his […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy While the recent exit of Mullaitivu district judge T Saravanarajah from the country, alleging threat to his life, is still making news in capital Colombo and also elsewhere, in northern Jaffna, his Tamil political parties’ call for a human-chain flopped, like many such protests before it. In turn, this is going […]
by Rex Clementine The Asia Cup final last Sunday was a bitter pill to swallow. While 35,000 adoring fans turned up at RPS paying through the nose to witness a good game of cricket, most streets in the country were deserted as millions of ardent fans watched the proceedings on television with keenness hoping for […]
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by Rex Clementine In 1983, in New Delhi, some of cricket’s famous names such as S.K. Wankhede (India), M.A. Chidambaram (India), I.S. Bindra (India), Jagmohan Dalmiya (India), Gamini Dissanayake (Sri Lanka), Nuzki Mohammad (Sri Lanka), Abdul Rahman Bukhatir (UAE) and Air Marshal Nur Khan (Pakistan) came together to form the Asian Cricket Council. The Asian […]
Sri Lanka’s head of state intelligence service Suresh Sallay, who has been linked to the Easter Sunday attacks, has told a court that he and his family are under pressure. Sallay appeared before a district court on Monday in connection with a defamation suit filed by him against a Catholic priest over the 2019 Easter suicide […]
England slumped to their first defeat by Sri Lanka in T20 internationals as the visitors levelled the series with an eight-wicket win at Chelmsford. England collapsed to 104 all out off 18 overs with Sri Lanka’s superb spinners taking eight of the 10 wickets. Charlie Dean’s 34 was the only score of more than 20 […]
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by Rex Clementine At times you wonder whether the reason for our cricket to suffer setbacks is lack of talent or poor man management. Take the case of Pathum Nissanka. He scores a Test hundred on debut, that too overseas and has notched up five more half-centuries in nine Tests and then was sidelined fearing […]
(Excerpted from volume ii of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography) During one of my visits to Colombo I got a call to see the President at ‘Breamar’. Gamini Dissanayake had told him of my friendship with Parathasarathy and he wanted me to help him repair the damage done to their friendship due to the abuse heaped […]