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The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), formerly Radio Ceylon, is the oldest radio station in Asia, and was founded as Colombo Radio in 1925. Edward Harper who was then the Chief Engineer at the Telegraph Department in 1921, was the first person who initiated experimental broadcasts in Ceylon. The first-ever broadcast on an experimental ...
Sashika Nisansala Jayasumana ( Sinhala: සශිකා නිසංසලා: born 28 September 1981), popularly as Sashika Nisansala, is one of the most honoured and award winning Sri Lankan singers and playback singers. She is often called as singer of the heart. [1] [2] [3] She won the SLIM Peoples Awards for the Most Popular Female Singer ...
Asu ( Sinhala: ආසූ, lit. 'Arrived') is a 2021 Sri Lankan Sinhala -language drama film produced, written and directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara. [1] The film stars Udari Warnakulasooriya, Shyam Fernando and Dinara Punchihewa in the main lead roles. [2] The film story was inspired based on the tragic death of Indira Jayasuriya who succumbed ...
Asha de Vos (Sinhala:ආශා ඩි වොස් (born 1979) is a Sri Lankan marine biologist, ocean educator and pioneer of blue whale research within the northern Indian Ocean. [1] She is known for her Blue Whale Project. She is a Senior TED Fellow [2] and was chosen for a BBC 100 Women award in 2018. [3] [4] She is a National Geographic ...
Radio Ceylon ( Sinhala: ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya, Tamil: இலங்கை வானொலி, ilankai vanoli) is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis by the colonial Telegraph ...
Kumaratunga's funeral, on 21 February 1988, attracted huge crowds and was the first funeral to be broadcast live on Sri Lankan television (by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation). It was held at Independence Square in Colombo as a state funeral , even though he represented the opposition to the UNP government.
News First or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. 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).
Mullivaikkal massacre. The Mullivaikkal massacre was the mass killing of tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils in 2009 during the closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, which ended in May 2009 in a tiny strip of land in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu. The Sri Lankan government had designated a no-fire zone in Mullivaikkal towards the end of the ...