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 funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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