Raigam Tele'es Best Television News Reader Award

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

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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

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  1. ^ "It's Tele'es time again!". Srilankanewslive.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2011 award winners". Sarasaviya.
  3. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2012 award winners". Sarasaviya.
  4. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2013 award winners". Sarasaviya.
  5. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2014 award winners". Sarasaviya.
  6. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2015 award winners". Sarasaviya.
  7. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2016 award winners". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2017 award winners". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  9. ^ "TV Derana wins top awards at Raigam Tele'es 2018". adaderana. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Raigam Tele'es 2019 award winners". Sarasaviya.
  11. ^ "News 1st and Sirasa TV sweep awards at Raigam Tele'es". newsfirst. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Media Excellence Awards". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Two years of delicious Raigam Teles". සරසවිය. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.