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Although the Sports Ministry named volleyball the national sport, [2] [3] the most popular sport is Cricket. Rugby union is also popular. Other popular sports are water sports, badminton, athletics, football, basketball and tennis. Sri Lanka's schools and colleges regularly organize sports and athletics teams, competing on provincial and ...
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.
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The ministry was initially created in 1966 to help bring the varied sports initiatives together as part of the portfolio of the Ministry of Nationalised Services. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The first Minister was V. A. Sugathadasa , the first Secretary was Dr. H. S. R. Gunawardena and the first Director was Austin Rajakaruna.
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[47] [48] [49] The mainstream media in Sri Lanka censored news about the riots following orders from the Sri Lankan government. [50] Moderate Buddhist monk Watareka Vijitha, who had been critical of the BBS, was abducted and assaulted in the Bandaragama area on 19 June 2014. [51] [52] Vijitha had been forcibly circumcised. [53] [54]
Silumina (Sinhala: සිළුමිණ) is a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a government-owned corporation. The newspaper commenced publishing in March 30 1930, D. R. Wijewardena being its founder. [1] It currently has a circulation of 265,000. [2]
ITN channel – (Primarily broadcasts content in the Sinhala language) [13] News – (In Sinhala, Tamil and English) Teledramas – (Amaa, Ridee Siththam, Muthu Warusa, Tharu Piri Ahasak, Parana Towuma, Poori, Emy, Snehaye Dasi, Nethu Piyena Thura, Kopi Kade, Aluth Gedera, Sihina Tharaka, Rantharu, Bonda Meedum) Films – Classic Sinhala Films