Veteran Journalist Ravi’s funeral today Source:Dailynews The funeral of veteran journalist Ravi Ladduwahetty will be held at 2.30 pm today (17) at Borella Cemetery new crematorium. His remains lie at Lotus Parlour of Jayaratne Funeral Directors, Borella. Ravi Ladduwahetty was a proud product of Trinity College, Kandy. He began his career in the media field as a staff journalist of Upali Newspapers ( Pvt) Ltd in 1995. He worked for ‘The Island’ Newspaper reporting news related to the President, Cabinet, Parliament, Business and Sports. He joined Lake House in 1998 and worked as a Staff journalist for the Daily News. In December 2003 he joined the Daily Mirror newspaper of the Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. He moved to Rivira Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd in 2006. Thereafter, he took up a new role as Corporate Communications Manager at Radiant Gems International PLC where he worked for more than three years before been ...

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Veteran singer Neela Wickramasinghe passes away BY RAVI LADDUWAHETTY Source:dailynews.lk Veteran Sri Lankan singer and musician Neela Wickramasinghe has passed away at the age of 71. She has passed away in the city of Milan, Italy. Wickramasinghe was recently appointed as the Consul General of Sri Lanka in Milan. Known for her popular hits such as ‘Master Sir’ as well as duets sung with T.M. jayaratne, she was also a former teacher in music and had also graduated in 1974 with a Sangeeth Visharada Degree after studying North Indian Classical Music. ...

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