The 23rd edition of the annual Journalism Awards for Excellence programme culminating with the ‘Awards Night’ was held at Empire Ballroom of the Mount Lavinia Hotel today.
This year 34 journalists received the ‘Pen Trophy’ Award and 17 others received Certificates of Merit along with 05 Lifetime Achievement Awardees namely: Mr. Daya Lankapura, Mr. A. D. Ranjith Kumara, Mr. P. Manikavasagam, Mrs. Chitra Weerarathna and Mr. P. B. Elangasinha.
The programme was organized by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka in partnership with the Sri Lanka Press Institute and its affiliated unions, the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, Free Media Movement and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association.
Wijeya Newpapers Ltd received several awards .
The recipiatns of the Lifetime Achievement Awards:
D R WiJewardene award for earnining the recognition of peers and the public - D B S Jeyaraj ( Daily Mirror)
Award collected by Mr Susitha Fernando Associate Editor ( News ) of the Daily Mirror
Merit certificate for reporting under special circumstances.Nadeesha Atukorala - Lankadeepa
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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