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.
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 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 Sinhala - Chethana Ranasinghe Sirasa TV Tamil - Ifran Mohammad English - Maheena Bonsoe Channel Eye 2012 Sinhala - Omaya Kovilage Sirasa TV Tamil - Jeffery Jebadarshan MTV English - Ifthiya Abdul Independent Television Network 2013 Sinhala - Chaminda Gunaratne Jathika Rupavahini Tamil - J. Yogaraj Vasantham TV English - Dulanjali Kulasuriya Prime TV 2014 Sinhala - Uthpala Rathnayake Hiru TV Tamil - Jeffery Jebadarshan Shakthi TV English - Dulanjali Kulasuriya Prime TV 2015 Sinhala (male) - Wasantha Pradeep Masinhage Sirasa TV Sinhala (female) - Nishadi Bandaranayake Jathika Rupavahini Tamil - Ranjani Rajaratnam Shakthi TV English - Joel Awutskun MTV 2016 Sinhala (male) - Madhushan de Silva Swarnavahini Sinhala (female) - Pubudu Rathnayake Hiru TV Tamil - K. Punyamoorthi Vasantham TV English - Javed Bonso Channel Eye 2017 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 Sinhala (female) - Nishanthi Dilrukshi Independent Television Network Tamil - K. Sambhavi Nethra TV English - Bernadine Jayasinghe TV One 2019 Sinhala - Chanu Dissanayake Sirasa TV Independent Television Network Tamil - Chandrika Arumugam Vasantham TV English - Azra Amani Assan TV One 2020 Sinhala (male) - Buddhi Dhanuka Abeysinghe Hiru TV Sinhala (female) - Chavika Gunasekara Swarnavahini Tamil - Muniyandi Kaveetha Vasantham TV English - Jayamal Rathnayake TV One 2021 Sinhala (male) - Randika Sapuarachchi Sirasa TV Sinhala (female) - Uthpala Rathnayake Hiru TV Tamil - Radhika Vincent Nethra TV English - Tharusha Nadeera Kumarasinghe TV One 2024 Sinhala (male) - Najith Matharage ITN Sinhala (female) - Fathima Nazrin Swarnavahini Tamil - Kristina Ratnam Shakthi TV English - Theruni Ashcharya TV One
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