The Indian Government have selected Sivakumar Nadesan, Managing Director of Express Newspapers, for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA), 2023.
The prestigious award will be conferred by the President of India, Droupadi Murmu at the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention in Indore from 8th - 10th January 2023 .
Mr. Nadesan is the second Sri Lankan to secure the honour.
Mr. Nadesan was selected by a Jury-cum-Awards Committee, with Vice-President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar as the Chairman and External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar as the Vice-Chair for the prestigious honour.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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The Supreme Court today ordered the owning and operating companies of the X-Press Pearl Vessel to pay US $ one billion as compensation for the environmental and economic damage it caused, after the ship sank off the Colombo Port in 2021.
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