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Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party [18] D. S. Goonesekera: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 28 May 1963: 25 March 1965: Minister of Labour and Social Services [18] M. H. Mohamed: United National Party: 25 March 1965: 29 May 1970: Dudley Senanayake: Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing [19] [20] M. P. de Zoysa: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 29 May 1970: 23 July ...
13 April – Day prior to Sinhalese and Tamil New Year Day; 14 April – Sinhalese and Tamil New Year Day; 18 April – Good Friday; 1 May – May Day; 12 May – Vesak Full Moon Poya Day; 13 May – Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day; 7 June – Id Ul-Alha; 10 June – Poson Full Moon Poya Day; 10 July – Esala Full Moon Poya Day
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Puthandu is the traditional Tamil new year. The calendar and day migrated from Indian Tamils to Sri Lanka and southeast Asia in the 1st millennium CE. Date: 31 December 2014, 16:21: Source: Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Sri Lanka: Author: Amila Tennakoon
Lankapuvath distributes news and images via the Internet, TV, SMS and mobile phones. This output is supplemented by additional services aimed at catering to news requests from a demanding public. [clarification needed] Lankapuvath operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week and mainly targets over 2 million Sri Lankans living overseas. [citation needed]
Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. Formerly known as Wijeya Publications Limited, WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena.
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited is a public limited liability company incorporated in Sri Lanka in 1926 by its founder D. R. Wijewardena. 75% of its shares were Nationalized under the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Special Provisions) Law No. 28 of 1973 and this stake is held by the Public Trustee of Sri Lanka on behalf of the ...