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On 10 February 2025, the Ceylon Electricity Board announced that power cuts would be imposed on a 90-minute schedule across various parts of Sri Lanka on a selected basis on 10 and 11 February 2025 as a precautionary and proactive measure to combat derailments after the monkey induced power outage saga and also to manage electricity demand ...
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).
The Sunday Leader was founded in 1994 by brothers Lasantha Wickrematunge and Lal Wickrematunge with the first edition being published on 19 June 1994. [4] The newspaper was associated with silent partner and leading politician and presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake who was assassinated on 24 October 1994.
Eastern Sri Lanka massacres: 16 October 1995: Villages in Eastern Sri Lanka: 120: LTTE [264] Padaviya massacre 21 October 1995: Padaviya, Anuradhapura: 19: LTTE [264] Boatta massacre Botalla, Polonnaruwa: 36: LTTE [264] Central Bank bombing: 31 January 1996: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo: 91: LTTE [105] Kumarapuram massacre / Trincomalee ...
15 June – Rumesh Tharanga wins the Gold medal in the Javelin Throw event at the Asian Throwing Championships with a new Sri Lanka record of 85.45m. [77] 21 June – The Sri Lanka women's cricket team wins the ODI series against West Indies 3-0, for the first time in 16 years. [78]
Divaina (Sinhala: දිවයින) is a Sinhala language daily newspaper published by the Upali Newspapers in Sri Lanka. A sister newspaper of The Island, Divaina was established in 1981. [1] Its Sunday edition is the Sunday Divaina. The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 156,000 and its Sunday edition, 340,000 per issue. [2]
April 27 – Sri Lanka – Polgahawela level crossing accident. A bus was hit by train, killing 41. May 15 – Vietnam – A bus fell 150 m (490 ft) down ravine after colliding with a motorcycle in Tam Đường, killing 19. [41] May 22 – Philippines – A bus slammed into a roadside boulder in Tuba, Benguet, killing 27. [42]
The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is now published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a government-owned corporation . The newspaper commenced publishing on 3 January 1918. [ 1 ]