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5 January – Randimal Gamage, a frontline activist of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, is arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport. [1]8 January – The Maho-Omanthai stretch of the Northern Railway Line begins renovations at the Medawachchiya railway station.
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The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is now published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a government-owned corporation . The newspaper commenced publishing on 3 January 1918. [ 1 ]
NewsFirst or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. [1] News 1st primarily broadcasts news, live on three TV channels (Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV 1, five radio channels (Sirasa FM, Yes FM, Shakthi FM, Y FM and Legends FM), three websites in Sinhala, English & Tamil languages, and social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter).
Press freedom is a major concern in Sri Lanka. Both sides in the war make efforts to silence inconvenient reporters. Around 15 reporters received death threats from one faction or the other in 2004 [2] The assassinated reporter Aiyathurai Nadesan, correspondent in Batticaloa for several Tamil media stated just prior to his assassination in 2005:
Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited. It was founded in 2011 and is published from Colombo . Its sister newspaper is the Mawbima .
The Maldives first established a mission in Sri Lanka in July 1965, and today has a High Commission in Colombo. Nepal: 1 July 1957: Foreign relations of Nepal. Nepal and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1957. Nepal opened an honorary consulate general in Colombo in 1975 and established its embassy in 1995.