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The State Literary Award is a set of annual literary prizes by the Government of Sri Lanka under several categories. The awards cover fiction, poetry, translations, songs and cover designs. Works from Sinhala, Tamil and English language are reviewed. [1]
Galle Literary Festival is an international literary festival held annually in the beautiful south coastal fort town of Galle, Sri Lanka. [1] In recent years the profile of the festival has increased substantially, with attendance by many internationally acclaimed and well-known authors and speakers.
Minister of Regional Infrastructure Development S. B. Nawinne and Film Poetry and Veteran Film Director Sumitra Peries were the chief guests at the awards night. It was jointly organized by the State Television Arts Advisory Council, Arts Council of Sri Lanka, Department of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Regional Development ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe failed on Monday to secure the backing of the biggest political party in parliament for his re-election bid, posing a major challenge ...
The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on 14 November, called by new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to bolster legislative support for his policies, could set the tone for addressing the ...
As a filmmaker, Manuwarna directed his maiden short film Gindara Poddak which won the award for the Best Short Film in 2006 Guerilla Film Festival, Sri Lanka. [3] Then he directed two short films: Water Lily , Playing Cards and Cleansing , where first two dramas received the award for ‘Best Short Film’ at the Agenda Short Film Festival in ...
About 17 million of Sri Lanka's 22 million people are eligible to vote in the first election since protests against the economic hardships in 2022 forced then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 16th Parliament. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] 16,263,885 people were eligible to vote in the election, 31.95% of whom were young voters.