The Journalism Awards for Excellence 2019 and 2020 were held on Tuesday at the Colombo Hilton Hotel.
The 21st and 22nd editions of the awards were held together this year as the events could not be held over the past two years owing to the COVID pandemic.
The awards were organised by the Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI).
Pix by Indika Handuwala
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
Leave Comments