Chathura Alwis

Chathura Alwis
Chathura Alwis
චතුර අල්විස්
	Chathura Alwis in 2014
Born	Chathura de Alwis; Panadura, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Sri Sumangala College, Panadura ; Thurstan College, Colombo
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	2006-present
Spouse(s)	Dilushi de Alwis (m. 2017)

Chathura de Alwis (Sinhala: චතුර ද අල්විස්) (born: 15 May) popularly known as Chathura Alwis, is a Sri Lankan journalist.^[1]^[2]^[3] He attended 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]

In 2017, he married Dilushi de Alwis.^{[citation needed]}

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.
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[1] "මාධ්‍යවේදී, නිවේදක චතුර අල්විස්". සරසවිය. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

[2] "දොළොස් වැනි වරටත් මාලිනිය ස්ලිම් නීල්සන් අබිසෙස් ලබයි". සරසවිය. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

[3] "මම එක පුතෙක් නෙමෙයි පරපුරක්ම හැදුවා". සරසවිය. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

[4] "These photos of wall art in Sri Lanka were not taken at the same location". Fact Check. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

[5] "Derana wins top awards at SLIM People's Awards 2021". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

[6] 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.

[7] "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.

[8] tharindu. "Derana Chathura's issue takes a new twist". srilankamirror.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

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