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"Ada Derana" is TV Derana's news flagship brand and currently is the no 1 news provider in Sri Lanka. [8] Ada Derana news websites operated by Derana. Its content is available in English, Sinhala. and Tamil. It is ranked as one of the most popular local news websites by Alexa. [9] [10]
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [3] [4] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
Al Jazeera America United States: English 2013 - 2016, replaced by AJ+: Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr Egypt: Arabic 2011 - 2014 Al Jazeera Türk Qatar: Turkish 2014 - 2017 Argent Canada: French 2005 - 2016 Astro News Malaysia: Malay, English 2002 - 2007, replaced by Astro Awani: aTV 2 News & Business Channel Hong Kong: Chinese (Cantonese) 2007 ...
2022 Sri Lankan protests. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid mass protests over the government's handling of the economic crisis. Pro-government supporters storm a major protest site in Colombo, clashing with police and protesters. A total of 78 people are injured.
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
Al Jazeera English (AJE; Arabic: الجزيرة, romanized: al-jazīrah, lit. 'the island', pronounced [æl (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ]) is a 24-hour English-language news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partially funded by the government of Qatar.
The original Al Jazeera Satellite Channel (then called JSC or Jazeera Satellite Channel) was launched on 1 November 1996. [20] This was following the closure of the first BBC Arabic language television station, then a joint venture with Orbit Communications Company, owned by Saudi King Fahd's cousin, Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud.
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.