Chathura Alwis
Pada Chathura de Alwis (Sinhala: චතුර ද අල්විස්) (born: 15 May) popularly known as Chathura Alwis,aka padaya is a Sri Lankan journalist.[1][2][3] He attended to the Sri Sumangala College, Panadura for his primary education and Thurstan College, Colombo for further studies. In 2017, he won the "Most Popular Journalist on Social Media" award at the Mashable World Social Media Day Awards. He was also awarded the SLIM-Nielsen Peoples' Award for Best Television Presenter in 2018, 2019, and 2020.[4][5][6][7][8] .
Chathura Alwis | |
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| චතුර අල්විස් | |
 Chathura Alwis in 2014 | |
| Born | Chathura de Alwis |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | Sri Sumangala College, Panadura Thurstan College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Television | Lokaya Saha Lokayo, Derana Aruna, Talk with Chathura, Wada Pitiya |
In 2017, He married to Iraj Weeraratne. In 2021, he divorced Iraj Weeraratne.
In 2022 he married to ChamodhNe.
Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chathura Alwis | SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards Best television presenter | Won |
| 2019 | Chathura Alwis | SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards Best television presenter | Won |
| 2020 | Chathura Alwis | SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards Best television presenter | Won |
References
- "මාධ්යවේදී, නිවේදක චතුර අල්විස්". සරසවිය. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- "දොළොස් වැනි වරටත් මාලිනිය ස්ලිම් නීල්සන් අබිසෙස් ලබයි". සරසවිය. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- "මම එක පුතෙක් නෙමෙයි පරපුරක්ම හැදුවා". සරසවිය. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- "These photos of wall art in Sri Lanka were not taken at the same location". Fact Check. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- "Derana wins top awards at SLIM People's Awards 2021". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- Mani, Nelson (2021-01-09). "FACT CHECK: දෙරණ අරුණ වැඩසටන ඉදිරිපත් කල පසුබිමේ තිබෙන චිත්රය මේ වන විට විනාශ වී ඇත්ද?". Factcrescendo Sri Lanka | The Leading Fact Checking Website in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- "Derana TV Chathura's Double Standards Exposed: Citizens Enraged Over Racist Slurs Of Derana TV Anchor". Colombo Telegraph. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- tharindu. "Derana Chathura's issue takes a new twist". srilankamirror.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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