The Raigam Tele'es Best Television News Reader Award is presented annually in Sri Lanka by the Kingdom of Raigam associated with many commercial brands for the best Sri Lankan television news reader of the year in television screen.[1]
The award was first given in 2005. Following is a list of the winners of this prestigious title since then.
Award list in each year
edit| Year | News Reader | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sinhala - | |
| Tamil - | ||
| English | ||
| 2005 | Sinhala - | |
| Tamil - | ||
| English | ||
| 2006 | Sinhala - | |
| Tamil - | ||
| English | ||
| 2007 | Sinhala - | |
| Tamil - | ||
| English | ||
| 2008 | Sinhala - | |
| Tamil - | ||
| English | ||
| 2009 | Sinhala - | |
| Tamil - | ||
| English | ||
| 2010 | Sinhala - | |
| Tamil - | ||
| English | ||
| 2011[2] | Sinhala - Chethana Ranasinghe | Sirasa TV |
| Tamil - Ifran Mohammad | ||
| English - Maheena Bonsoe | Channel Eye | |
| 2012[3] | Sinhala - Omaya Kovilage | Sirasa TV |
| Tamil - Jeffery Jebadarshan | MTV | |
| English - Ifthiya Abdul | Independent Television Network | |
| 2013[4] | Sinhala - Chaminda Gunaratne | Jathika Rupavahini |
| Tamil - J. Yogaraj | Vasantham TV | |
| English - Dulanjali Kulasuriya | Prime TV | |
| 2014[5] | Sinhala - Uthpala Rathnayake | Hiru TV |
| Tamil - Jeffery Jebadarshan | Shakthi TV | |
| English - Dulanjali Kulasuriya | Prime TV | |
| 2015[6] | Sinhala (male) - Wasantha Pradeep Masinhage | Sirasa TV |
| Sinhala (female) - Nishadi Bandaranayake | Jathika Rupavahini | |
| Tamil - Ranjani Rajaratnam | Shakthi TV | |
| English - Joel Awutskun | MTV | |
| 2016[7] | Sinhala (male) - Madhushan de Silva | Swarnavahini |
| Sinhala (female) - Pubudu Rathnayake | Hiru TV | |
| Tamil - K. Punyamoorthi | Vasantham TV | |
| English - Javed Bonso | Channel Eye | |
| 2017[8] | Sinhala (male) - Nadeeka Karunanayake | Swarnavahini |
| Sinhala (female) - Sunethra Kumari | Jathika Rupavahini | |
| Tamil - Radhika Winson | Nethra TV | |
| English - Thilina Udayaratne | Channel Eye | |
| 2018 | Sinhala (male) - Kalindu Karunaratne | TV Derana[9] |
| Sinhala (female) - Nishanthi Dilrukshi | Independent Television Network | |
| Tamil - K. Sambhavi | Nethra TV[10] | |
| English - Bernadine Jayasinghe | TV One[11] | |
| 2019 [12] | Sinhala - Chanu Dissanayake Sahana Tharuka |
Sirasa TV Independent Television Network |
| Tamil - Chandrika Arumugam | Vasantham TV | |
| English - Azra Amani Assan | TV One | |
| 2020[13] | Sinhala (male) - Buddhi Dhanuka Abeysinghe | Hiru TV |
| Sinhala (female) - Chavika Gunasekara | Swarnavahini | |
| Tamil - Muniyandi Kaveetha | Vasantham TV | |
| English - Jayamal Rathnayake | TV One | |
| 2021[13] | Sinhala (male) - Randika Sapuarachchi | Sirasa TV |
| Sinhala (female) - Uthpala Rathnayake | Hiru TV | |
| Tamil - Radhika Vincent | Nethra TV | |
| English - Tharusha Nadeera Kumarasinghe | TV One |
References
edit- ^ "It's Tele'es time again!". Srilankanewslive.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2011 award winners". Sarasaviya.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2012 award winners". Sarasaviya.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2013 award winners". Sarasaviya.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2014 award winners". Sarasaviya.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2015 award winners". Sarasaviya.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2016 award winners". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2017 award winners". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "TV Derana wins top awards at Raigam Tele'es 2018". adaderana. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2019 award winners". Sarasaviya.
- ^ "News 1st and Sirasa TV sweep awards at Raigam Tele'es". newsfirst. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Media Excellence Awards". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Two years of delicious Raigam Teles". සරසවිය. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.