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News 99 - 11.01.2023
CSR Project- Distributing stationery packs for pre-school and school children in Thirukkovil.

A philanthropic CSR project to distribute stationery packs to children in Thirukkovil was organised by Raigam and was apportioned among the children of Thandiyady Vigneswara Maha Vidyala Thirukkovil and Sunrise preschool Thirukkovil. Raigam group Chairman, Dr.Ravi Liyanage, Chairman of University Grant Commission, Senior Professor Samapath Amarathunga along with some senior officers of Raigam Group participated for this benefaction. The children were contented with the gifts they received. The event was adjourned with an assembly with the inhabitants.

News 98 - 31.12.2022
CSR Project- Distributing stationery packs for pre-school and school children in Trincomalee.

A CSR project was organised in distributing stationery packs for pre-school and school children in Trincomalee in accordance with Kiyan Nikila’s birthday, the son of the Director Mr.Malinda Karunarathne and Directress Ms.Kumaranee Liyanage. The packs were distributed among the children of Nawatcholai primary school, Valarum mottukal pre-school, Arivuththulir pre-school and Sai pre-school at the Raigam Eastern Saltern premises along with the presence of the school principal and the teachers from the school and pre-schools. Raigam group Chairman, Dr.Ravi Liyanage, Directors, Dr.Geetha Liyanage, Mr.Malinda Karunarathne, Ms.Kumaranee Liyanage, Mr.Bawantha Liyanage and Ms.Tharushinee Liyanage participated for the benefaction. Delighted faces were glimpsed among the children and their parents.

News 97 - 29.11.2022
Press Conference of Raigam Tele'es 2022

The Raigam Tele’es Secretariat proudly declares the 19th encounter of Raigam Tele’es to appreciate the tele-creations telecast during the calendar year 2022.
Event Out-Line

• 1. Press Conference to declare the festival and opening of applications - 29th Nov. 2022
• 2. Closing date for acceptance of applications – 15th January 2023
• 3. Nomination Evening - 24th February 2023, - Waters-Edge, Sri Jayawardhanepura.
• 4. Awards Ceremony - 25th March 2023, - Shangri La, Colombo

Head Table of the Press Conference

• Dr. Ravi Liyanage – Chairman, Raigam Group of Companies
• Mr. Kishan Theodore – Managing Director, Raigam Group of Companies
• Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe – Senior Director, Raigam Group of Companies
• Mr. Buddhadasa Galappatti – Chairman, Panel of Judges
• Mr. Tharaka Ranwala – Snr. DGM - Digitalization, Deposit Mobilization & Marketing, Sampath Bank
• Mr. Chandika Vitharena – CEO, Mobitel

Raigam Tele’es - The Nation’s Tele Award

Application and Selection Process

Panel of Judges

• Mr. Buddadasa Galappatty – Chairman
• Prof. Rohini Paranawithana
• Mr. Ravindra Guruge
• Dr. Hansamala Ritigahapola
• Mr. Jayanath Gunawardhena
• Mr. Aruna Gunarathna
• Mr. Ranga Dassanayake
• Mr. Saman Wickremarachchi
• Mr. Chaminda Welagedara
• Mr. B. H. Abdul Hameed

Seven Categories

Rewards and Benefits

Entries for 2022

• 1. Tele-dramas – Local tele-dramas that had telecast the last episode in 2022.
• 2. Other creations – The first telecast should be in 2022. Repeat telecasts are not eligible. Series such as reality programmes need to complete the respective season.
• 3. Any production telecast over cable TV or any other paid channel or any dubbed production (other than for best dubbing program) are not eligible for awards.
• 4. News Readers and Program Presenters may send their application through their TV channel or independently.
• 5. Award winners under News Reader and Programme Presenter are not eligible to re-apply for the same award in the three immediate succeeding years.

Track Record of Raigam Tele'es

• 18 consecutive years
• Highest number of awards
• First Nomination Evening dedicated to nominees
• First award ceremony to reward and insure its nominees
• Only tele award ceremony that offers a monetary reward for winners.
• First award ceremony with access to dedicated app for voting and updates
• Telecast on most number of channels
• YouTube trending - among top 5 on list for the last 3 years.
• Identifying the most viewed TV programmes (apart from the most popular category) based on statistical research conducted.

• Rohana Kumara - 0707 061508
• Lahiru Perera - 0707061602
• Tele : 011 4886777 / 4886888 Fax: 0112753341-2
• E-mail: creations@raigam.lk / raigamcreations@gmail.com

News 96 - 22.10.2022
Opening ceremony of the Head office building at Walukaramaya road,Colombo 03.

The opening ceremony of the new Raigam Head office at Walukarama road, was enticingly held on 22nd of October 2022. A pirith chanting ceremony was organized for the evening. The Chairman/CEO, Dr.Ravi Liyanage, Managing Director, Mr.Kishan Theodore, Senior Director, Mr.Ganaka Amarasinghe along with the invited guests and the Raigam employees attended the Pirith chanting. . The new building is comprised of 5 floors. Within a short time span, the building rose to its feet by adding glamour to the surrounding as well. The building is well built with the latest building technologies. This marked the completion of another successful project by Raigam group.

News 95 - 20.09.2022
RWS enters Agro-processing Industry with “Nenaposha”

It is the policy of the Raigam Group to keep on re-investing its hard-earned retained earnings on beneficial new ventures to expand the scope of the business and value creation through diversification and integration. This policy has been a pillar of success for the present position of the Group established as a national level business entity in Sri Lanka.
The Raigam Wayamba Group launched its agriculture based new venture, Raigam Wayamba Cereals (Pvt) Ltd (RWC) in the financial year 2021/2022, which will engage in promoting cultivation of selected agricultural crops and value addition through agro-processing. This will be a great achievement of the group through which it will join hands with the most important sector of our country, agriculture.
Under this project the RWC has established a state of the art warehouse complex and an agro-processing centre at Wellawa in the Kurunegala District.
The RWC happily announces the launch of the inaugural product under the brand “Nenaposha”. Nenaposha is manufactured according to well-balanced formulae using Corn, Soy Bean, Green Gram and Rice; all are sourced from local farmlands. These grains are cleaned, pre-cooked, extruded and machine packed in the process adhering to highest quality and hygiene standards. In addition to the authentic nutritional contents of our grains, the nutritional value of Nenaposha is enhanced by adding the vital Vitamins A, B1, B12, C and D3 together with Calcium Carbonate and Ferric Pyrophosphate. Raigam -Nenaposha does not include any artificial substance such as flavours or preservatives.
Nenaposha which is presented in the form of breakfast cereal (powdered), can be consumed by making “aggala”, “vade”, “rotti’’ or “pittu” according to the choice of the consumer or converting to a smooth paste with milk (like breakfast cereal).
Accordingly the “Raigam Wayamba Group” will expand its business dimension, changing its sole product line - the value added salt to a diversified product arena. No doubt that this will be an interesting information to the share market and the investors of the parent company, Raigam Wayamba Salterns PLC.

News 94 - 20.09.2022
Raigam Wayamba Salters Records Highest Growth and New Dimensions in Business in 2021/2022

Sri Lanka’s economy which was under-performing for the past 2 years due to COVID pandemic situation was experiencing the impacts of the foreign exchange crisis in the latter part of the financial year 2021/2022. Despite the fact that the financial year 2021/2022 was filled with many challenges, prudent management practices implemented and followed by the Raigam Wayamba Group resulted in its ever-highest growth in 2021/2022.
The group turnover increased from Rs. 959.6 million to Rs. 1,147 million recording a growth rate of 19.5% Y to Y. At the same time the Profit after Tax grew from Rs. 149.7 million to Rs. 215.6 million at an annual growth rate of 44%. A s a result of these successful financial performances the Earning Per share (EPS) for the year stood at Rs. 0.76 compared to Rs. 0.53 in the corresponding year. This has made a significant impact on the value of the shareholders’ investment increasing the Net Asset Value Per Share from Rs. 5.06 to Rs. 5.74.
As the industry does not depend on imported components other than packaging materials, the impact on foreign exchange issue was insignificant. The main inputs, sea water and solar energy are available at no cost. As a result of that the group was capable to report a value addition of Rs. 669.2 million for the year of which the contribution to the government tax revenue was Rs. 129.3 million.
Considering the satisfactory financial performance and the expectations of shareholders the Board of Directors of the company has proposed a dividend of Rs. 0.15 per share for the financial year 2021/2022. The dividend per share has increased by 50% compared to previous year and RWS is one of the few companies that have proposed an incremental dividend in the current difficult business environment.
Directors are delighted with the ability of the company to increase the value of shareholders’ investment with the remarkable financial performance reported and more importantly the group’s ability to operate strongly contributing to the national economy at this crucial moment.

News 93 - 26.03.2022
Raigam Tele’es Twin celebration- 2020/2021

The Raigam Tele’es proudly presented the Twin celebration of the years 2020 & 2021 at Shangrila Hotel, Colombo on 26th March 2022. Celebrating the 17th consecutive ceremony, 108 awards were presented including the newly introduced category “Janagatha Awards”. The event was graced by the nominees and pioneers of the television industry along with well-known academics in the country. The senior veteran artists Dr. Ravindra Randeniya and Mrs. Sriyani Amarasena were the chief guests of the night.
The night was full of intrigue and glamour with the flamboyant performances on stage. The event was choreographed by Mr. Chandana Wickramasinghe. While Mrs. Suvineetha Weerasinghe was appreciated with lifetime achievement - Prathibha Prabha award, veteran sports commentator Mr. Premasara Epasinghe and veteran teledrama director Dr. K. B. Herath were appreciated with Pranama Awards. The Tribute acts performed for deceased legends Sunil Perera and Lakshman Wijesekera were emphasized.
Successively for the second time too, Shalani Tharaka was crowned as ‘’The Most Popular Actress’’ and Kusal Maduranga was awarded as ‘’The Most Popular Actor’’. ‘’The Best Teledrama Channel’’ for the years 2020 and 2021 was awarded to ITN and ‘’The Channel of the Year’’ award was also achieved by ITN. ‘’The Best Media Excellence Channel’’ for 2020 was awarded to Rupawahiniya and ‘’The Best Media Excellence Channel’’ for 2021 was achieved by Sirasa TV and Derana TV.
The event marked the end with a pleasant night gathering along with a cocktail function.

News 92 - 25.02.2022
Nomination Evening- “Dewasaraka Rasa” The 17’ Raigam Tele’es 2020-2021.

The 17th Raigam Tele’es Nomination was held on the 25th of February 2022 at Waters Edge Hotel Colombo. The Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Senior Professor Sampath Amarathunga attended the ceremony as the Chief Guest. As the pioneer of introducing Nomination evening to Sri Lankan Award Ceremonies this time too Raigam published and appreciated all the nominees in advance. Raigam Tele’es 17th encounter is a combined event for the years 2020 & 2021 and 216 nominees were announced at the event covering all aspects of television performance. Further, all nominees were gifted with Allianz hospitalization and life insurance covers worth Rs.100,000 and Rs.1,000,000 respectively for one year. Apart from that, all the nominees were presented with a credential certifying their talents. The introduction on the newly initiated award category – the most penetrated award (Janagatha Sammana), was done by famous intellect Prof. Lakshman Dissanayake. The selection process is to be carried out by a statistic methodology; reaching the mass for right judgment.
Further, the event comprised many colourful performances which added glamour to the event. The event was followed by a cocktail function.

News 91 - 03.02.2022
Ministry of Agriculture granted Rs.100 million for Raigam, to modernize the agricultural sector of Sri Lanka.

Raigam has recently received Rs.100 million grant approved from the Ministry of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment, through the Agriculture Sector Modernization Project (ASMP) to establish a state-of-the-art food manufacturing complex in Dambulla. The grant mainly focus on modernizing the agriculture sector and value addition. The project expects to further diversify the existing business, by entering in to the edible oil industry and expanding the existing rice noodle production capacity. In a later stage, the company also expects to manage its central distribution system from this location.
This project is also an important milestone for the company in terms of backward integration, where the main raw materials for the operations are expected to be directly purchased from the local community through a try back agreement mechanism.
Raigam was the first business entity which introduced a rice noodle using rice for the first time in Sri Lanka known as ‘’Deweni Batha’’, which is not only famous in Sri Lanka but also in other countries as well.
1st installment of the grant was handed over to Dr. Ravi Liyanage , the Chairman/CEO of Raigam, by the Project Director of ASMP, Mr. Rohana Gamage on 3rd Feb 2022.

News 90- 01.09.2021
Commencing a new factory in Wellawa

The Raigam group of companies have marked another successful venture in commencing a state of the art rice milling plant in Wellawa, Kurunegala. Occupying an area of 4 and half acres, the warehouse complex has the ability to stockpile up to 3 million kilograms of paddy.
The mill has the capacity to process 15,000 kilograms of paddy per day. The main objective of the establishment is to produce rice for its rice noodles operation. Paddy is expected to be purchased directly from farmers which in turn will lift the burden of mediate traders’ involvement for both the farmer and the final user.
Raigam was the first business entity which introduced a rice noodle using rice for the first time in Sri Lanka known as ‘’Deweni Batha’’, which is not only famous in Sri Lanka but also in other countries as well.
Also, another strategic move resulting from the new establishment is launching of a breakfast cereal product. Raigam plans to introduce cereal blend made from locally harvested grains such as soya, corn & mung beans. This product is planned to be introduced to the market in the 2nd quarter of the year.

News 89- 15.01.2022
The Raigam Sales Conference- 2021/2022

The Raigam Sales conference for the year 2021 and 2022 was successfully held at the Uwenra Sanasa Hotel, Nuwara-eliya on 15th of January 2022. The Chairman, Managing Director and the Senior Director along with the officers and the employees of the Sales staff participated for this event. The agenda comprised many alluring events. Among them, the inspirational guest speech delivered by Mr.Nirosha Gamage was emphasized. He is known to be a specialist in Personality Development Training. Also, the Executive Director introduced the Survey mechanism for selecting the Raigam Tele’es most viewed TV programs. The proceedings continued with the presentations from all the sales channels.
In the evening, an award ceremony was organized to appreciate the sales representatives for their achievements in the respective years along with a dinner function.
The Sales Conference came to an end with some fun activities arranged for the sales staff at the Cinsita grounds.

News 88- 21.12.2021
Press Conference of Raigam Tele’es 2020-2021(Combined event)

The Raigam Tele’es Secretariat proudly declares the 17th encounter of Raigam Tele’es which will be held combining the postponed event for 2020 with the event due for 2021. The press conference to announce the combined event and opening of applications for the year 2021, was held on 21st December 2021 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The press conference was graced by,

• Dr. Ravi Liyanage - Chairman - Raigam Group of Companies,
• Mr. Kishan Theodore - Managing Director - Raigam Group of Companies,
• Mr. Buddhadasa Galappatti - Chairman, Panel of Judges
• Mr. Tharaka Ranwala - Snr. DGM - Group Marketing, Deposit Mobilization
  & Digitalization – Sampath Bank
• Mr. Shiang Wong - Head of Products - Mobitel Pvt Ltd

1. 15th January 2022 - Closing date for submission of entries - 2021
2. 25th February 2022 - Nomination Evening at Hotel Kingsbury, Colombo.
   Nominees of the year 2020 & year 2021 will be declared and felicitated at this event
3. 26th March 2022 - Grand Awards Ceremony at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo.
   Winners for the year 2020 & 2021 will be awarded at the ceremony

• Mr. Buddadasa Galappatty – Chairman and Head of Sub Committee for Teledrama
• Prof. Ajantha Hapuarachchi – Head of Sub Committee for Media Category
• Prof. Ariyarathna Kaluarachchci
• Mr. Jayanath Gunawardhena
• Ms. Hansamala Ritigahapola
• Mr. Ravindra Guruge
• Mr. Gunasiri Silva
• Mr. Aruna Gunarathna
• Mr. Ranga Dassanayake
• Mr. B. H. Abdul Hameed

• 1. Tele-dramas – Local tele-dramas that had telecast the last episode in 2021.
• 2. Other creations – Should have been telecast during 2021.
• 3. Any production telecast over cable TV or any other paid channel or any dubbed production (other than for best dubbing program) are not eligible for awards.
• 4. News Readers and Program Presenters may send their application through their TV channel or independently.
• 5. Award winners under News Reader and Programme Presenter are not eligible to re-apply for the same award in the three immediate succeeding years.

• 17 consecutive years
• Highest number of awards
• First Nomination Evening dedicated to nominees
• First award ceremony to reward and insure its nominees
• Only tele award ceremony that offers a monetary reward for winners.
• First award ceremony with access to dedicated app for voting and updates
• Telecast on most number of channels
• YouTube trending - among top 5 on list for the last 3 years.

• Rohana Kumara - 0707 061508
• Lahiru Perera - 0707061602
• Tele : 011 4886777 / 4886888 Fax: 0112753341-2
• E-mail: raigamcreations@gmail.com / creations@raigam.lk

• Event Partner - Sampath Bank
• Nomination Evening – Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd
• Insurance Cover for All - Alliance Insurance
• Technical Partner - Imagine Entertainment

News 87- 18.12.2021
“Raigam Punchi Siththara 2021” Art Competition and Prize Giving for the best result students of year 2020 O/L Examination.

The event was organized by the Raigam staff welfare society and the prize giving was held on 18th December 2021 at the Raigam Open Auditorium. All the competitors were children of Raigam staff members and winners were selected under 4 categories based on age groups. Furthermore, students who passed Ordinary Level exam with best results were also admired at the event. Dr.Ravi Liyanage, Chairman of Raigam Group of Companies participated the event as the Chief Guest. The Art Competition was judged by a well renowned panel of judges, headed by Mr.Buddhadasa Galapaththi.

All the beautiful and artistic drawings of the competitors were exhibited and the Judges selected the winners under 4 age categories. The winners were given a gift voucher along with a certificate and also a token of appreciation with a certificate of participation was given to all the competitors.

The children of the staff members who had passed the G.C.E O/L Examination 2020, with flying colours were appreciated with gift vouchers by Dr.Ravi Liyanage.

The winning drawings will decorate the cover page of the Raigam magazine.

News 86- 20.10.2021
Raigam Wayamba Salterns records highest ever volume-driven financial performance despite the pandemic issues.

With all the adverse effects of the pandemic situation, Raigam Wayamba Salterns was able to record its highest ever financial performance for 2020/2021 financial year. As per the submitted interim financial results of the group, the Group’s turnover rose by a record of 26.8% Year-on-Year to Rs.959.68 million in 2020/2021 FY. The Group posted a prodigious 72.9% Year-on-Year growth in Turnover, reaching Rs.273.6 million in the first quarter of 2021/2022 FY.

More information can be taken from the Daily FT article published on October 26th, 2021. Following is the link for the article published online,

https://www.ft.lk/business/Raigam-Wayamba-Salterns-records-highest-ever-volume-driven-financial-performance-despite-pandemic-woes/34-724900

News 85- 15.07.2021
Launching the New range of Muthuwarusa soya range

The new range of the Muthuwarusa soya was officially introduced to the market by Raigam, known to be the best soya manufacturer. The new range consist of 7 mouthwatering flavors,

• Muthuwarusa Dhadayam Rasa(මුතුවරුසා දඩයම් රස)
• Muthuwarusa Dhello Rasa(මුතුවරුසා දැල්ලෝ රස)
• Muthuwarusa Kukulmas Rasa(මුතුවරුසා කුකුල්මස් රස)
• Muthuwarusa Curry Rasa(මුතුවරුසා කරි රස)
• Muthuwarusa Issan Rasa(මුතුවරුසා ඉස්සන් රස)
• Muthuwarusa Polos Ambula(මුතුවරුසා පොලොස් ඇබූල)
• Muthuwarusa Muhudu Malu Rasa(මුතුවරුසා මුහුදූ මාළු රස)

News 84- 01.06.2021
Launching the new Aarya Plus ADL range to the market

For the first time in Sri Lanka, As a 100% Local Company, Dream Life Science Pvt Ltd (A subsidiary of Raigam) officially launched "Aarya Plus ADL" sanitary napkins on 1st of June 2021 covering cotton feel & Drytex products with wings and with non- wings too.

Modern ADL core technology successfully addresses the common problem faced by the day-to-day working women. The main problems are the less comfort and the low absorption rate that disturb the day-to-day women’s activities. “Aarya Plus ADL” will reduce these barriers, provoking women to be self-assured, active and mentally strong. ADL with natural active infused, benefits the product with rapid absorption plus anti-bacterial protection superior to existing brands available in the market. It doubles the absorption rate compared to a normal sanitary napkin and locks away from the surfaces resulting dry feel with greater comfort. Visit the nearest retail outlet and purchase our New Aarya plus Sanitary napkin range, Experience "The Aarya Plus ADL" technology.

"As a day to day working woman, I face many difficulties during my work when I am on my period. But with Aarya Plus ADL thanks to the napkin rapid absorption and superior comfort, I can continue with my day stress and worry free."
NIRUSHI THEODORE
Brand Exec.- Aarya

News 83- 23.04.2021
The meet-up of the judge panel of the 17th Raigam Tele'es 2020

The judge panel meet-up was held on 23rd of April 27, 2021, at the Auditorium of the Kingdom of Raigam, with the participation of the Group Chairman-Dr.Ravi Liyanage, Managing Director- Mr.Kishan Theodore, Senior Director- Mr.Ganaka Amarasinghe and Director Finance- Mr.Nevinda Jayasooriya along with the panel members.
The Panel of Judges consists of ten members and most of them have past experience in similar capacity. This time the Chairman of the panel is Mr. Buddadasa Galapattie, who is a well-known personality in the field of media, literacy and arts. Other members are Mr. Ravindra Guruge, Prof. Ariyarathne Kaluarchchi, renowned cinematographer Mr. Jayanth Gunawardhena, renowned film critic Mr. Gunasiri Silva, Senior Lecturer Hansamala Ritigahapola, Music Director Ranga Dasanayake, Prof. Ajantha Hapuarachchi, well–known Journalist Aruna Gunarathne. Further a well-known media personality Mr. Abdul Hameed will perform as the special advisor in the Tamil medium.
The Chairman, Dr.Ravi Liyanage handed over the appointment letters to all the Panel members present on that day.

News 82- 22.03.2021
Press Conference – 17th Raigam Tele'es

The Raigam Tele’es Secretariat proudly declares the 17th encounter of Raigam Tele’es, which will evaluate the tele-creations telecast over the TV channels in Sri Lanka during the year 2020. The grand award ceremony will be staged on 03rd July 2021 at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapakshe Auditorium, Colombo.
The "Nomination Evening" for the declaration and felicitation of nominees recommended for awards will take place on 04th June 2021 at Shangri-la Hotel, Colombo. The following participants were at the press conference head table,

• Dr.Ravi Liyanage- Chairman/CEO – The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr.Kishan Theodore- Managing Director- The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr.Ganaka Amarasinghe- Senior Director- The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr.Buddhadasa Galappatthi- Chairman- Panel of Judges

The Jury

• 1. Tele-dramas – Local tele-dramas that had telecast the last episode in 2020.
• 2. Other creations – Should have been telecast during 2020.
• 3. Any production telecast over cable TV or any other paid channel or any dubbed production (other than for best dubbing program) are not eligible for awards.
• 4. News Readers and Program Presenters may send their application through their TV channel or independently.
• 5. Award winners under News Reader and Programme Presenter are not eligible to re-apply for the same award in the three immediate succeeding years.

Rewards and Benefits

Entries for the Ceremony

• Rohana Kumara - 0707 061508
• Lahiru Perera - 0707061602
• Tele : 011 4886777 / 4886888 Fax: 0112753341-2
• E-mail: creations@raigam.lk

News 81- 19.09.2020
Nidahase 16' - Raigam Tele'es 2019

The 16th Raigam Tele’es Award Ceremony, the extravagant annual event of the Sri Lankan television industry was held on 19th September 2020, at Shangri-La-Hotel. The ceremony was heavenly enriched and held a grand outlook. Hon. Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhane was the Chief Guest and the famous scholar and film Director, Prof. Sunil Ariyarathne participated as the Guest of Honour.

The night was enthralling with many elegant entertainment acts. Among those two acts were performed as a tribute to two prominent figures, Prof. Carlo Fonseka and Dr. Jayalath Manorathna respectively. At the ceremony 58 number of awards were presented. Among them 20 awards were presented under the category of "Excellence in Tele-drama" and 19 awards were under the category of "Excellence in Television Media Programs" Furthermore, Jury Awards, Popular awards and Pranama awards were presented too.

Re-writing the history after 24 years, Shalani Tharaka won two paramount titles "The Best Actress" and "The most popular actress of the year" at the 16th Raigam Tele’es. Raween Kanishka was crowned as "The most popular Actor of the year". The awards for "The best Tele drama channel" and "The channel of the year" was awarded to Jathika Rupavahiniya and "The best media Excellence Channel" award was achieved by Sirasa TV.

News 80- 28.02.2020
Nomination Evening- Nidahase 16' Raigam Tele'es 2019

The 16th Raigam Tele’es Nomination Evening was alluringly held on 28th February 2020 at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo, with the presence of the famous Musician Dr. Sanath Nandasiri as the Chief Guest. Nominations for 20 awards under the category of "Excellence in Tele-drama" and 19 awards under the category of "Excellence in Television Media Programs" were announced at the Nominations Evening. Recipients of awards under the categories such as Jury Awards, Popular Awards, Awards of appreciation and awards for channels to be announced at the final event.

The General Public will get the chance to use SMS and Raigam Tele’es app to select their choice of the most popular Actor, Actress and Teledrama.

News 79- 17.12.2019
Press Conference – 16th Raigam Tele'es - 2019

Press conference on sixteenth encounter of Raigam Tele’es held on 17th December 2019 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The Nominations Evening to announce nominees for awards will be held on 28th February 2020 at Kingsbury Colombo. The sixteenth encounter of Raigam Tele’es -, which is also the biggest annual event of the television industry in Sri Lanka will be held on the 21st of March 2020 at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre.

Following participants were at the press conference head table;

• Mr. Kishan Thedore - Managing Director - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Nalin Perera - Chief Executive Officer - Mobitel
• Mr. Pujitha Rajapaksa - Senior Manager Marketing – Sampath Bank
• Dr. Ravi Liyanage - Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe - Senior Director - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Buddadasa Galappatty - Chairman Panel of Judges

The theme “නිදහසේ 16” symbolises the independence of Raigam Teles, experienced over the past 16 years.

Entries are now accepted for the festival.

Raigam Tele’es proudly announce that this is the only tele/film awarding ceremony in the region held within the 1st quarter immediately after the end of year under review. No doubt that both artists and television viewers will welcome this move to evaluate the TV programme while they are still live in good memories of them, despite the challenges in evaluating and organizing the event in such a short span of time.

Continuation of an award ceremony at the highest level for sixteen consecutive years, overcoming many challenges is a very special victory for us and we are pleased to see that today the Raigam Tele’es has become a very special event of all stakeholders of the industry. We share that happiness and the strength we have thus gained with the media and the general public and we gladly and proudly accept the challenge of organizing the “Awards Ceremony of the Nation” to encompass the whole of the tele-media.

The Jury

The Panel of Judges consists of ten members and most of them have past experience in similar capacity. This time the Chairman of the panel is Mr. Buddadasa Galapattie, who is a well-known personality in the field of media, literacy and arts. Other members are Mr. Ravindra Guruge, Prof. Ariyarathne Kaluarchchi, renowned cinematographer Mr. Jayanth Gunawardhena, Mrs. Jayantha Rukmani Siriwardhena, Senior Lecturer Hansamala Ritigahapola, Music Director Ranga Dasanayake, Prof. Ajantha Hapuarachchi, Well–Known Journalist Aruna Gunarathne. Further a well-known personality in the field of Tamil media will perform duties as special advisor in the Tamil medium.

Awards will be presented under four main categories as:

• Tele-drama Excellence Awards
• Television Media Excellence Awards
• Awards of Appreciation
• Most Popular Awards
• Appreciation TV Channels

In order to facilitate easy voting an updating viewer with latest news, a mobile app has been launched for Raigam Tele’es. This can be downloaded from Google play store.

• SMS voting will be opened from 28th Feb. to 20th March 2020. 25 participants from SMS-voting will be selected to receive one invitation each to witness Raigam Tele’es 2019. The winners who will receive a message from the Raigam Tele’es Secretariat through the telephone number used to send the SMS will enable to receive printed invitations by forwarding the message at the gate.
• Telephone Nos. for SMS Poll will be published soon.

Creations eligible for evaluation for awards at the Raigam Tele’es 2019 are as follows.

• 1. Tele-dramas – Local tele-dramas that had telecast the last episode in 2019.
• 2. Other creations – Should have been telecast during 2019.
• 3. Any production telecast over cable TV or any other paid channel or any dubbed production (other than for best dubbing program) are not eligible for awards.
• 4. News Readers and Program Presenters may send their application through their TV channel or independently.
• 5. Award winners under News Reader and Programme Presenter are not eligible to re-apply for the same award in the three immediate succeeding years.

Entries for the Ceremony

Entries for Raigam Tele’es 2019 are now accepted by the Raigam Tele’es Secretariat and will be closed on 15th of January 2019. Those who are expecting to apply for the awards are kindly requested to contact Raigam Tele’es Secretariat on the hot-line mentioned below or on 0707 061976/ 0707 061508/0707061606 immediately.

Applications together with tele creations stored on CD or DVD using VOB or Mpeg formats can be handed over to the following address.

Raigam Tele’es Counter
Lapro Technologies
No. 25, Ground Floor
Lucky Plaza
Colombo 03
Hot-line 0771 061 606

Partnerships

Mobitel, one of the leading communication service provider in Sri Lanka sponsors the Nominations Evening. In addition to that Mobitel is the mobile communication partner of the entire festival.

Allianz Insurance Lanka Limited has joined hands with Raigam Telees granting an annual life insurance coverage of Rs. 1,000,000/- and a hospitalization insurance cover of Rs.100,000/- for all the artists honoured at the event including nominees, as did in the last year. This is the first experience in Sri Lanka with such a generous insurance cover granted for all the nominees in a film or tele festival.

Imagine Entertainment the leading technical facilitator for mega events in Sri Lanka has joined hands with Raigam Tele’es as the technical partner.

Swetha Chandanadeelepaya will be the beauty partner of the event. Stone & String, Salon Naturals and Raymond Bride & Groom are the co-sponsors of the festival.

News 78- 18.09.2019
Press Conference – Raigam SoMe Awards 2019

The Kingdom of Raigam, a well-known FMCG group in Sri Lanka has initiated to hold an award ceremony to appreciate the talents in Social Media and creativity in Video Productions. The ceremony will be named as "RAIGAM SoMe AWARDS 2019", –The Nation’s Social Media Excellence. Media Conference held on 18th September 2019 at Sri Lanka Foundation on inauguration of Raigam SoMe Awards 2019

Present for the Media Conference seated from left to right Mr. Kishan Thedore -Managing Director - The Kingdom of Raigam , Dr. Tudor Weerasinghe-Chairman – Judge Panel ,Dr. Ravi Liyanage - Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam , Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe - Senior Director - The Kingdom of Raigam , Mr. Prasanna Jayanetti- Senior Manager – Siyatha TV and FM

• Entries are now open and applications can be downloaded from following FB page and web sites: raigam.lk, raigamtelees.lk, raigamtelees Facebook. Closing date will be 06th November 2019.
• Two application collection centres have formed at:
  • FOX Furniture Showroom - Horana Road, Kottawa. (oppersite Keells)
  • FOX Furniture Showroom – NO. 273/1, Orabipasha Road, Colombo 10

News 77- 18.09.2019
Swetha Chandanadeelepaya re-launch

Dream Life Science (Pvt) Ltd; a subsidiary of The Kingdom of Raigam is proudly re-launched the “SWETHA CHANDANADEELEPAYA- SAFFRON herbal cosmetic range. The press conference and product re-launched held on 18th September 2019 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 07.

Press Conference Head Table ( From Left to Right) • Rohan Edirisinghe - Asst. General Manager, Ganaka Amarasinghe- Senior Director, Ureni Noshika -Brand Ambassador-Swetha Chandanadeelepaya , Dr. Ravindranath Liyanag - Chairman/CEO, Kishan Rohana Theodor - Managing Director

News 76- 01.03.2019
Crystal Jubilee of Raigam Tele'es 2018

One of our dignified occasions; 15th Raigam Tele'es Award Ceremony was held on 23rd March 2018 at the Nelum Pokuna theatre. The ceremony moved on at a steady pace well into midnight with our Queen of Sinhalese Cinema - Malini Fonseka as the chief guest and Prof. Carlo Fonseka as the guest speaker. There were many lovely and mesmerizing performances on stage which made the audience really live and fascinated.

Covering a vast area, 20 awards under the category of "Excellence in Tele-drama", and 19 awards under the category of "Excellence in Television Media Programmes" were presented at the night. Altogether 58 awards were presented including Jury Awards, Popular Awards, Pranama Awards and Awards for Channels, appreciating the outstanding contribution towards better television industry.

News 76- 01.03.2019
Nomination Evening - Crystal Jubilee of Raigam Tele'es 2018

15th Raigam Tele'es Nomination Evening was gracefully held on 1st March 2019 at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo, with the presence of Professor Sunil Ariyarathna, Professor Ajantha Hapuarachchi and veteran actor Ravindra Randeniya as the Chief Guests. Nominations for 20 awards under the category of “Excellence in Tele-drama”, and 19 awards under the category of “Excellence in Television Media Programmes” were announced at the nominations evening. Recipients of awards under other categories such as Jury Awards, Popular Awards, Awards of Appreciation and Awards for Channels to be announced at the final event.
This time too, the general public will get the chance to use SMS and Raigam Tele’es app to select their choice of the most popular Actor, Actress, and Tele-drama. SMS voting will be opened from 1st March to 22nd March 2019.
RT (Space) Name of the Actor / Actress / Tele-drama
Dialog 8484
Mobitel 2244
The app can get downloaded from

News 75- 05.12.2018
National Business Excellence Awards 2018 - Manufacturing-Food & Beverage Sector.

It is with great pleasure we announce that the Raigam Wayamba Salterns PLC walked away as the Gold Winner at the National Business Excellence Awards 2018, proving its excellence in Manufacturing-Food & Beverage Sector. Award ceremony was held on Wednesday, 5^th December 2018 at the Colombo Hilton Hotel.

News 74- 04.12.2018
Press Conference – 15^th Raigam Tele'es - 2018

Press conference on fifteenth encounter of Raigam Tele’es held on 4th December 2018 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The Nominations Evening to announce nominees for awards will be held on 1st March 2019 at Kingsbury Colombo. The fifteenth encounter of Raigam Tele’es -, which is also the biggest annual event of the television industry in Sri Lanka will be held on the 23rd of March 2019 at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre.
Following participants were at the press conference head table;

• Dr. Ravi Liyanage - Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe - Managing Director - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Kishan Thedore - Deputy Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Buddadasa Galappatty - Chairman - Judge Panel
• Mr. Pujitha Rajapaksa - Senior Manager – Marketing –Sampath Bank

• Tele-drama Excellence Awards
• Television Media Excellence Awards
• Most Popular Awards
• Awards of Appreciation

• 1. Tele-dramas – Local tele-dramas that had telecast the last episode in 2018.
• 2. Other creations – Should have been telecast during 2018.
• 3. Any production telecast over cable TV or any other paid channel or any dubbed production (other than for best dubbing program) are not eligible for awards.
• 4. News Readers and Program Presenters may send their application through their TV channel or independently.
• 5. Award winners under News Reader and Programme Presenter are not eligible to re-apply for the same award in the three immediate succeeding years.

Raigam Tele’es Counter

Partnerships

News 73- 03.11.2018
The Annual Sales Convention of Raigam Group

The Annual Sales Convention of Raigam Group was held on 3rd November 2018, at the Rivinka Greenside Hotel. Awards and gifts of appreciation for special achievers were presented by the board of Directors of the company.

Our heartiest congratulations to all Sales Staff for their outstanding performance!

Keep up the Good work!

News 72- 09.27.2018

News 71- 09.04.2018
ටෙලි සම්මානයේ සැබෑ මුහුණ.. - රයිගම් ටෙලීස් පසුවිපරම් විද්වත් සංවාදය.

News 70- 24.03.2018
14^th Raigam Tele'es - 2017

One of our dignified occasions; 14^th Raigam Tele'es Award Ceremony was held on 24th March 2018 at the Nelum Pokuna theatre. The ceremony moved on at a steady pace well into midnight with our veteran actress Irangani Serasinghe as the chief guest and Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne as the guest speaker. There were many lovely and mesmerizing performances on stage which made the audience really live and fascinated.

Covering a vast area, 18 awards under the category of "Excellence in Tele-drama", and 19 awards under the category of “Excellence in Television Media Programmes” were presented at the night. Altogether 57 awards were presented including Jury Awards, Popular Awards, Pranama Awards and Awards for Channels, appreciating the outstanding contribution towards better television industry.

News 69- 09.03.2018
Nomination Evening -14th Raigam Tele'es – 2017

Raigam Tele'es Nomination Evening was gracefully held on 9th March 2018 at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo, with the presence Queen of Sinhalese cinema - Malini Fonseka and veteran actor Ravindra Randeniya as the Chief Guests. Nominations for 18 awards under the category of “Excellence in Tele-drama”, and 19 awards under the category of “Excellence in Television Media Programmes” were announced at the nominations evening. Recipients of awards under other categories; Jury Awards, Popular Awards, Awards of Appreciation and Awards for Channels will be announced at the final event.

Raigam pioneered the use of SMS to select the winners of popular awards. This time too, the general public will get the chance to use SMS to select their choice of the most popular Actor, Actress, and Tele-drama. SMS voting will be opened from 9th to 23rd March 2018. Telephone Nos. for SMS Poll are: 0772 522 522 & 0702 722 722.

First ever Sri Lankan mobile app was launched at the nomination evening and opportunity has been allowed for thousands of television viewers to vote their most preferred tele-drama, actor and the actress. Further they can receive updates and important details regarding the award ceremony through this app.

The app can get downloaded from


Janashakthi Insurance has joined hands with Raigam Tele'es granting an annual life and hospitalization insurance cover for all the artists honoured at the event including nominees.

Sampath Bank is the Primary Partner of Raigam Tele'es 2017. In addition to the strength provided by Sampath Bank as the partner of the event, contributes exclusively to grant cash prizes to the winners.

Imagine Entertainment the leading technical facilitator for mega events in Sri Lanka has joined hands with Raigam Tele’es as the technical partner.

Dialog Enterprise, one of the leading communication service provider in Sri Lanka sponsors this graceful Nominations Evening.

News 68- 19.12.2017
Raigam launches revolutionary "Deveni Batha – Bundi Full" instant rice noodle - celebrating the fifth anniversary of "Raigam Deveni Batha"

After five years of launching Raigam Deveni Batha - a 100% rice based noodle, we are ready for the next encounter of the revolutionary Deveni Batha - the Bundi Full instant rice noodle. The research and development effort of Raigam Group was able to overcome the hurdles technologically and this is a delicious and complete meal which can be prepared in few minutes. We assure that the Bundi full noodle contains only the rice flour and water, besides it does not contain any chemical ingredients to maintain taste, shape and the flexibility of noodle. Very importantly it does not contain Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG) or any artificial coulouring as used in other similar products in the market and it is evident with the ingredients disclosed in the back panel of the wrappers of similar products available in the market. Further, as the Bundi Full is made of 100% rice, that contains the ingredient named “Squalene” which controls the cholesterol level in the body.

This unique product come to your hand as a 100 g single portion pack, contains separate sachets with seasoning, natural flavours, minced soya and dehydrated vegetable. Raigam Deveni Batha – Bundi Full is presented in six different varieties to match the taste buds of any age group; namely - Chicken, Hot Masala Chicken, Devilled Chicken, Chicken Kottu, Sea Food and Curry. It is a product made out of rice grown on our own soil. This quick and easy prep meal will fulfill the nutrition requirements of our future generation and will fit in to their busy life schedules. Rice being our main source of nourishment for eras, this will be the perfect food substitute for our body as well as mind.

One of the main reasons for diabetes, a major health hazard we Sri Lankans are facing today is due mainly to the consumption of wheat flour. Deveni Batha – Bundi Full now offers an opportunity to continue one’s consumption pattern and enjoy their favorite noodles preparation by eating rice-flour food products in place of wheat flour. It will contribute immensely to up lift the food habits of future generations as well we all are eventually strengthening the agriculture industry of the country.

News 67- 13.12.2017
National Business Excellence Awards - Manufacturing-Food & Beverage Sector.

It is with great pleasure we announce that the Raigam Wayamba Salterns PLC walked away as the winner at the National Business Excellence Awards 2017, proving its excellence in Manufacturing-Food & Beverage Sector. Award ceremony was held on Wednesday, 13th December 2017 at the Colombo Hilton Hotel.

News 66- 29.11.2017
Press Conference – 14^th Raigam Tele'es - 2017

Press conference on Fourteenth encounter of Raigam Tele’es held on 29th November 2017 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. Nominations Evening of the Raigam Tele’es to be held on the 9th March 2018 at the at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. The Award Ceremony “Raigam Tele’es 2017” is scheduled to be held on the 24th of March 2018 at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre.
Following participants were at the press conference head table;

• Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe - Managing Director - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Ms. Nadi B. Dharmasiri - Head of Marketing – Sampath Bank
• Dr. Ravi Liyanage - Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Jayasumana Dissanayake - Chairman - Judge Panel
• Mr. Kishan Thedore - Deputy Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam

• Tele-drama Excellence Awards
• Television Media Excellence Awards
• Most Popular Awards
• Awards of Appreciation

• 1. Tele-dramas – Local tele-dramas that had telecast the last episode in 2017.
• 2. Other creations – Should have been telecast during 2017.
• 3. Any production telecast over cable TV or any other paid channel or any dubbed production (other than for best dubbing program) are not eligible for awards.
• 4. News Readers and Program Presenters may send their application through their TV channel or independently.
• 5. Award winners under News Reader and Programme Presenter are not eligible to re-apply for the same award in the three immediate succeeding years.

News 65- 05.07.2017

News 64- 26.06.2017
13^th Raigam Tele'es - 2016

It was a special, star-studded night at the 13th Raigam Telee Award Ceremony which was full of music, lights and glamour at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre. The ceremony moved on at steady pace well into midnight with President Maithripala Sirisena, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and spectacle of distinguished personnel on board. There were many lovely and mesmerizing performances on stage which made the audience really live and interested.

There were many areas covering Tele drama and Media section of Tele industry were appreciated in the glamorous function. 57 awards in all, under five different categories were presented to outstanding contributors to the TV industry.

News 63- 22.06.2017
^{Raigam Tele’es – Re scheduled for 24th June 2017}

The 13th Raigam Telees Award Ceremony which was postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions prevailed in the country, has been rescheduled for 24th June 2017.

News 62- 20.05.2017
^{Nomination Evening -13th Raigam Tele'es – 2016}

Raigam Tele'es Nomination Evening was gracefully held on 19th May 2017 at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo, with the presence of Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka (Minister of Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs) as the Chief Guest. The names of nominated artists for various awards at the Raigam Tele'es were declared announced.

Raigam Tele’es introduced this declaration of nominees before the event as the first time in Sri Lanka two years before. Further all the nominee were awarded a million worth life insurance cover plus a health Cover worth of fifty thousand rupees, with the earnest sponsorship by Janashakthi Insurance PLC. This too was first time in the world that all nominees awarded life insurance cover.

This graceful event was entirely sponsored by Dialog Enterprises.

Dr. Ravi Liyanage (Chairman/CEO), Mr. Kishan Theodore (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe (Managing Director), Mr. Nevinda Jayasuriya (Director Finance), Professionals, Senior Artists and Media Personnel graced the occasion.

News 61- 08.02.2017
^{Press Conference -13th Raigam Tele'es – 2016}

Press Conference regarding the thirteenth encounter of Raigam Tele’es - the tele-awards ceremony of the nation, which is also the biggest annual event of the television industry in Sri Lanka, was held on the 7th February 2017 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute

^{PARTICIPANTS WERE}

• Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe –  Managing Director - The Kingdom of Raigam  

• Mr. Tharaka Ranwala –  Senior Deputy General Manager Consumer Banking - Sampath Bank PLC  

• Dr. Ravi Liyanage –  Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam  

• Prof. Patrick Rthnayake –  Chairman - Judge Panel  

• Mr. Kishan Thedore –  Deputy Chairman - The Kingdom of Raigam  

The Judge Panel consists of seven members and most of them have past experience in similar capacity. This time the Chairman of the panel is Professor Patrick Rathnayake. Other members are Prof. Ariyarathne Kaluarchchi (Deputy Chairman), Renown Film Critique & Journalist Gunasiri Silva, Senior Lecturer Hansamala Ritigahapola, Music Director Ranga Dasanayake, Well–Known Journalist Aruna Gunarathne. Dr. Arunthathi Sriranganathan will perform duties as special advisor in the Tamil medium. Nominations Evening of the Raigam Tele’es will be held on the 19th May 2017 at the at the Kingsbury, Colombo and Raigam Tele’es 2016 is scheduled to be held on the 3rd June 2017 at Nelum Pokuna Theatre.

News 60- 04.02.2017
^{Toastmaster Club (3rd February 2017)}

Raigam Toastmaster Speech craft award ceremony was held at Raigam Marketing Services (Pvt)Ltd premises on 3rd Of February 2017. Twenty four Toastmaster members were elected successfully after the completion of ten Speech Craft model meetings conducted by IPM Toastmaster Club. Mr.Kishan Teodore , Deputy Chairman of Raigam and Ms. Showmijah Sivathasan, president of IPM Toastmaster club were the guests of honor and handed over the certificates to the members.

News 59- 30.01.2017
^{Annual Sales Conference (28th & 29th January 2017)}

The annual sales staff outing which was scheduled to have on 28th & 29th January 2017 at Nuwara Eliya was attended by more than 300 staff members for a fun filled weekend. Annual sales conference also held at 28th January at Nuwara Eliya. In the sales conference, we proudly introduced three new products to the market; Ravan Hair dye Shampoo, Deveni Batha Basmathi Noodle and Mr.Chicken Meat Soya. with a great pleasure we announce that, the actor Mr.Budika Rambukwalla has joined hands with Raigam Mr.Chicken Soya as the brand ambassador.

News 58- 26.12.2016
^{Congratulations!!}

      Our Assistant General Manager - Raigam Wayamba Salterns, Mr.Ananda Dharmasiri’s daughter became the Island 1st in Mathematics stream, 2016 A/L examination.

All of us at the Kingdom of Raigam would like to wish her best of luck in future.

News 57- 02.01.2016
^{New Production Facility Opened at Palpola}

The Natural Choice (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary Company of Raigam Group, opened it’s first factory at Palpola on 2nd January 2017.

The opening ceremony was graced by Dr. Ravi Liyanage, the Chairman/CEO, Mr. Kishan Theodore - Deputy Chairman, Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe - Managing Director, and Mr. Nevinda Jayasuriya - Director Finance and amidst a ceremonial gathering.

News 56- 26.12.2016
^{“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”       -Mahathma Gandhi-}

      Underlining this reality of human life, Raigam Marketing Services (Pvt) Ltd completed another outstanding project, there by marking yet another significant milestone in the Company’s history. The project is the handing over of the renovated and completed ward no.7 of Horana Base Hospital.

News 55- 06.12.2016
^{Inaugural Ceremony of Fox Showroom at Homagama}

The Natural Choice (Private) Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of the Kingdom of Raigam, ceremonially opened a first FOX Furniture Showroom at No. 110, Station road, Homagama on 5th December 2016.

This opening is a landmark of Raigam history to cater customer’s new experience with modern high quality furniture. The opening ceremony was graced by Dr. Ravi Liyanage, the Chairman / C.E.O, Mr. Kishan Theodore - Deputy Chairman, Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe - Managing Director, and Mr. Nevinda Jayasuriya - Director Finance and amidst a ceremonial gathering.

News 54- 28.11.2016
^{Web Sites Launched}

The Company is pleased to announce the launch of our new website that aims to create a user-friendly browsing experience for our trusted and valued customers and business partners.

Two new websites and sales force automation system were launched occasionally at Raigam Cooperate office with the participation of the Director Board headed by Dr. Ravi Liyanage, the Chairman/C.E.O, Mr. Kishan Theodore, Deputy Chairman, Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe, Managing Director, and Mr. Nevinda Jayasuriya, Director Finance.

In addition to aesthetically designing our website, we have also refined the product category and menu structure for an enhanced user experience in accessing information relating to our products.

The websites are,

The Natural Choice (Private) Limited  ⊳ www.foxlife.lk

Dream Life Science (Private) Limited  ⊳ www.dls.lk

News 53- 28.11.2016
^{New Office for IT Department}

The New central IT office was declared opened on 27th October by Dr. Ravi Liyanage, the Chairman / C.E.O, with the participation of other Board of Directors of Raigam Group, Mr. Kishan Theodore - Deputy Chairman, Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe - Managing Director, and Mr. Nevinda Jayasuriya - Director Finance. The function was too attended by the staff members of Raigam Group of Companies.

The Chairman stated that the new office will facilitate the IT staff to carry out their duties in an appropriate environment to deliver the objective of developing company’s new IT requirement in time to come.

News 52- 18.10.2016
^{Press Conference of " Ravan Kohomba and Ravan Aththora "}

Dream Life Science (Pvt.) Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of the Kingdom of Raigam, proudly announces the introduction of Ayurvedic hair dye powder product based on Kohomba and Aththora, blending with the goodness of 11 local Ayurvedic herbs for the first time in the world under the names of Ravan Kohomba and Ravan Aththora. These two are the only hair dye powders that are approved by the Ayurvedic Department of Sri Lanka and also with SLS certification.

It is with great pleasure we announce that veteran cinema actor Mr. Ravindra Randeniya has join hands together with Dream Life Science (Pvt.) Ltd as the Brand Ambassador which further endorses the quality of our product offering.

Press release on the product launch of “Ravan Kohomba and Ravan Aththora“ was held on 18th October 2016 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

Participants at the Press Conference –

• Mr. Nevinda Jayasuriya –  Chief Executive Officer, Dream Life Science Pvt Ltd  

• Mr. Ravindra Randeniya –  The Brand Ambassador  

• Dr. Ravi Liyanage –  Chairman / Chief Executive Officer, The Kingdom of Raigam  

• Mr. Kishan Rohana Theodore –  Deputy Chairman, The Kingdom of Raigam  

• Mr. Chaminda Edirisinghe –  Chief Operating Officer, Dream Life Science Pvt Ltd  

News 51- 29.07.2016
^{DEVANI BATHA}

We proudly introduced our rice noodles; DEWENI BATHA to the market after long term research and development procedure. Four more varieties were waiting to be introduced to the market in Sri Lankan TRADITIONAL RICE and now we have successfully achieved the target of launching them too. They are Suwadal, Kuruluthuda, Pachchaperumal and Madathawalu.

News 50- 03.06.2016
12^th Raigam Tele'es - 2015

One of our dignified occasions; Raigam Tele'es Awarding Ceremony was held on 3rd of June 2016 at Nelum Pokuna theatre for the 12th time. The ceremony was headed by His Excellency the President Maithreepala Sirisena and many distinguished guests including Ministers, Parliamentarians, Senior Government Officers, Media representatives and Artists.

There were many areas covering Teledarama and Media section of Tele industry were appreciated in the glamorous function.

News 49- 13.05.2016
12^th Raigam Tele'es - 2015

Raigam Tele'es Nomination Evening was held on 13th May 2016 at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo from 6.00 pm onwards. The names of artists who have been nominated for various awards at the Raigam Tele'es were announced and each nominee was awarded a certificate to confirm their nomination.

Together with a generous contribution from Janashakthi Insurance PLC, each nominee was also awarded life insurance cover worth LKR 1,000,000 and Hospitalization Cover worth LKR 50,000 valid for one year. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka (Cabinet Minister of Media and Chief Government Whip)

Dr. Ravi Liyanage (Chairman/CEO,Raigam), Kishan Theodore (Deputy Chairman,Raigam) Ganaka Amarasinghe (Managing Director,Raigam), Nominees, Artists and Media Personnel graced the occasion. The event was fully sponsored by Dialog Enterprises. The ceremony was followed by Cocktails and a buffer dinner.

News 48- 02.04.2016
1^stof April 2016, Sathosa new branch opening at Dehiaththakandiya

Our new product, IS2 was introduced to Sathosa new branch at Dehiaththakandiya on 1st of April . 1000 Devani Batha cups were distributed among people free of charge on that day. Raffle draws were conducted for the customers of our products and our products were distributed as gifts.

News 47- 12.06.2015
12^thRaigam Tele'es - 2014

The night of the 12th of June 2015 saw the curtain come down on the 11th Raigam Tele’es. Nelum Pokuna Theatre came vibrantly alive to host for the first time The Raigam Tele’es in all its glory. Most importantly and noteworthy was that it was also the first time an Incumbent President of Sri Lanka participated at an awards ceremony. As usual, many Ministers, Members of Parliament, Senior Government Officials, Media Representatives and Artists were present.

News 46- 27.01.2015 

11^th Raigam Tele'es - 2014

The Nominations Evening of the forthcoming Raigam Tele’es will be held on the 26^th of May 2015 at the Kingsbury, Colombo 01 from 6 PM onwards. Press Conference regarding the Raigam Tele’es 2014 was held on the 27^th January 2015 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

Raigam Tele’es 2014 is scheduled to be held on the 12^th of June 2015..

PARTICIPANTS WERE

1). Mr. Buddhadasa Galappaththi –   Chairman, Judge Panel, Raigam Tele’es

2). Mr. Nanda Fernando -                Senior Deputy General Manager, Sampath Bank

3). Dr. Ravi Liyanage –                    Chairman, Kingdom of Raigam

4). Mr. Kishan Theodore –               Deputy Chairman, Kingdom of Raigam

5). Mr. Ganaka Amarasighhe -        Managing Director, Kingdom of Raigam

 The occasion saw the felicitation of Dr. Ajantha Hapuaarachchi who was bowing out of the judge panel after rendering ten years of dedicated service as a member of Raigam Tele’es Judge Panel.

Mr. M.D.Mahindapala and Ms. Enoka Sathyangani received their letters of appointment to the Raigam Tele’es Judge Panel from the Chairman/CEO of The Kingdom of Raigam.

Professor Patrick Ratnayake stepped down from the Chairmanship of the Raigam Tele’es Judge Panel and his place was taken by Mr. Buddhadasa Galappaththi.

Due to the tremendous interest generated by the Raigam Tele’es, most of the reputed journalists and people connected with the Tele-Industry were present for the news conference which was followed by cocktails and dinner.

News 45- 06.06.2014
10^th Raigam Tele'es - 2013

The night of 6th June 2014 saw the curtains come down on the 10th Raigam Tele'es which as usual was held with much pomp and pageantry.

Chief Guest of the Evening was the Former Prime Minister and Senior Minister for Good Governance and Infra-structure Facilities Hon. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake.

Senior Minister Hon. P. Dayarathne and many government ministers including Hon. T.B.Ekanayake, Bandula Gunawardene, Mahinda Amaraweera and Anura Priyadharshana Yapa were present. Sabaragamuwa Governor W.J.M. Lokubandara, Chief Minister of the North Western Province Dayasiri Jayasekera and MPs.Vidura Wickramanayake, Uditha Lokubandara also participated. Mr. Lalith Weerathunga, Secretary to the President made the formal address of the Evening.

News 44- 27.05.2014
10^th Raigam Tele'es Nominations Ceremony

For the first time in the history of Sri Lankan Tele-drama Industry, a Nominations Ceremony was held ahead of the 10^th consecutive Raigam Tele'es scheduled to be held on the 6th of June 2014 at the BMICH.

Here the names of artists who have been nominated for various awards at the Raigam Tele'es were announce and each nominee was awarded a certificate to confirm their nomination.

Chief Guest for the occasion was the Hon. Minister for Cultural Affairs T.B.Ekanayake.

Messers Aravinda Perera, Managing Director of Sampath Bank, Dr. Ravi Liyanage, Chairman/CEO, Raigam, Kishan Theodore, Deputy Chairman, Raigam, Ganaka Amarasinghe, Managing Director, Raigam, Nominees, Artists and Media Personnel graced the occasion which was held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo.

Cocktails and dinner followed the ceremony.

News 43- 11.02.2014
10^th RAIGAM TELE'ES – 2013

A press conference on the forth-coming 10th consecutive Raigam Tele'es 2013 was held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on 11^th February 2014.

Present for the occasion were,

• Prof. Patrick Ratnayake – Chairman – Judge Panel
• Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe – Managing Director – The Kingdom of Raigam.
• Dr. Ravi Liyanage – Chairman/CEO – Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Tharaka Ranwala – DGM – Marketing & Business Development – Sampath Bank
• Mr. Kishan Theodore – Deputy Chairman – The Kingdom of Raigam

News 42- 06.27.2013
Birthday of Raigam Founder, Chairman/CEO Dr. Ravi Liyanage

June 3rd is an auspicious day for all members of the Raigam Family; it is the birthday of its Founder, Chairman/CEO Dr. Ravi Liyanage. A simple ceremony was held at the Company’s Factory Head Quarters in Kiriwattuduwa. To mark the occasion a Sandalwood sapling was planted in the frontage of the Main office.

News 41- 05.27.2013
Press Conference of "Swetha Chandanadilepaya"

Dream Life Science (Pvt.) Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of the Kingdom of Raigam has proudly introduced to the market, their new Ayurvedic Product “Swetha Chandanadilepaya”, containing the goodness of natural Ayurveda Herbal extracts.“Swetha Chandanadilepaya” provides every skincare need of women as well as men eliminating marks and pimples. Swetha Chandanadilepaya has been approved as an Ayurveda Product by the Department of Ayurveda.

It comes in easy to buy packs of 25g, 45g, and 65g.

Press release on the product launch of " Swetha Chandanadilepaya " was held on 27th May 2013 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

Participants at the Press Conference –

• Mr. Nevinda Jayasuriya – CEO-Dream Life Science (Pvt.) Ltd.
• Dr. Ravi Liyanage – Chairman/CEO – The Kingdom of Raigam
• Mr. Kishan Theodore – Deputy Chairman – The Kingdom of Raigam
• Ms. Yureni Noshika – Brand Presenter– Chandanadilepaya

News 40- 05.17.2013
9^th RAIGAM TELE’ES – 2012

As all good things must come to end, so did the curtain drew close on the 9th Raigam Tele’es on the 17th of May 2013 at Water’s Edge from 6.00 P.M. with every attendant pomp and pageantry. Many Senior Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, Governors Members of Parliament and VVIPs attended the gala function. The Chief Guest was former Prime Minister and Senior Minister for Good Governance and Infrastructure Development and Hon. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake,

57 awards in all, under five different categories were presented to outstanding contributors to the TV industry.

News 39- 09.05.2013
9^th RAIGAM TELE’ES – 2012 NOMINATIONS LIST

News 38- 05.03.2013
9^th RAIGAM TELE’ES – 2012

The evening of the 27th of February 2013 saw the first Press Conference on the 9th Raigam Tele’es being held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo. Professor Patrick Ratnayake, Chairman of the Judge Panel, the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Managing Director of Raigam, and DGM-Marketing & Business Development of Sampath Bank were present for the occasion.

The 9th Raigam Tele’es will be held at Water’s Edge on the 17th of May 2012 from 6 p.m. onwards.

News 37- 05.03.2013
Introduced of "Gold Meat Soya"

For the first time in Sri Lanka a Soya Product with the goodness of five added cereals – Mung Beans, Chick Peas, Corn and Cow Pea, specially aimed at the younger generation for their urgent growing needs has been introduced to the market by RAIGAM MARKETING SERVICES (PVT) LTD. Gold Meat Soya comes in nine delectable flavours - prawn, chicken, cuttle fish, cheese, onion, cheese & onion, curry and savory - to add spice and flavor to your table.

News 36- 05.02.2013
Official Launch of "DEVENI BATHA"

30th of January was the day chosen to officially launch the 100% rice noodle Raigam perfected after so much research and so much expenditure. The exercise took almost three years.

This important event was attended by Hon. Basil Rajapakse, Minister for Economic Development and Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene, Minister for Agriculture Development with Hon. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, Senior Minister for Good Governance and Infrastructure Development and former Prime Minister gracing the occasion as Chief Guest.

News 35- 12.12.2012
Press Conference – Raigam 'Deveni Batha'.

12th of December saw the holding of the first Press Conference on the introduction of “Raigam Deveni Batha”to the media. Held at the Otters Aquatic Club, the Press Conference was well attended by representatives of all the news papers in the island. Chairman/CEO addressed the gathering explaining the need of the moment for this product which is made out of 100% rice flour.

With the attraction of the very reasonable price and the health benefits, Raigam Deveni Batha is going to be another feather in the Raigam cap.

News 34- 01.12.2012
Raigam 'Deveni Batha'

Raigam is synonymous with innovation and pioneering! We pioneered the Soya industry in Sri Lanka. We were the first private entity to enter the salt industry….And now… responding to a pressing national need, we have, for the first time in Sri Lanka, manufactured a noodle made 100% from rice flour which is envisaged to offer a two-fold benefit to the country; reduce and finally stop the draining of foreign exchange for wheat imports and offer a solution for the excess production of rice so that the local rice farmer is safe guarded. This onerous project took more than three years to perfect and is now manufactured at Raigam’s most advanced facility situated in Homagama and built at a cost of more than three hundred million rupees.

Called “Deveni Batha” Raigam Rice Noodle does not need special preparation and is ready in two-three minutes and comes to you at a very reasonable price.

On the 1st of December this innovative product was introduced to the market through the island-wide distribution network that Raigam is proud to own. From day one the signs are that RAIGAM DEVENI BATHA is going to be a roaring success.

Here’s wishing DEVENI BATHA a most successful run indeed!

News 33- 16.07.2012
An Exhibition of Drawings of School Children

An exhibition of drawings of school children in the southern province was held on the 16th of July at the Kingdom of Raigam. Spread over three days, the exhibition was held in five segments; Pre-school, 1ST to 5TH Grade, 6th to 10th Grade. From the thousands of entries receives two hundred selected entries were given certificates by the Raigam Management.

News 32- 02.07.2012
The Annual Raigam Sales Convention 2012

The Annual Raigam Sales Convention was held at the Battaramulla Janakala Center on the 2nd of July 2012.

Special Achievers received their awards from the Chairman/ CEO.

Best performers for the year 2011 was awarded for the following categories.
*  Star Sales Representative - DLS Channel
*  Star Sales Representatives - National Channel
*  Best Area Sales Executive and Area Sales Manager – ALL CHANNELS

Our heartiest congratulations to all Sales Staff for their outstanding performance!

Keep up the Good work!

News 31- 11.05.2012
RAIGAM TELE’ES – 2011.

Taking a new approach as to the venue, the Raigam Tele’es -2011 was held at the Grand Banquet Hall of Waters Edge on the 11th of May 2012.

More than fifty awards were given away to the deserving talents of the tele-industry. In the absence due to ill-health of the Prime Minister who was billed to be the chief guest, the ceremony was launched under the patronage of the former Prime Minister Hon. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, Senior Minister for Good Governance and Infrastructure Development accompanied by a number of Ministers and Parlimantarians.

As usual, the biggest and brightest stars of the TV and Cinema were there for all to see and the curtain came down on another wonderfully successful Raigam Awards Ceremony.

News 31- 23.03.2012
Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe appointed as the President of AAT Sri Lanka for the period of 2011-2012

It is with great pride and pleasure we announce that the Managing Director of the Kingdom of Raigam, Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe has been elected the 7th President of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka for the term 2012-2013. He was admitted to its membership (AATSL) in 1988 at the inaugural convocation of the institute.

After the completion of his primary education, Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe selected finance and accounting professionas his career path and within a short period, was elected a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (FMAAT), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCA) and also the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCMA). He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayawardhenapura.

He has over twenty five years experience in finance, accounting and business in the private sector as well as the government sector organizations where he has held several senior positions for significant periods. Today he is the Managing Director of the well known Sri Lankan conglomerate, the Raigam Group. He has been with the Raigam Group since 1999. Mr. Amarasinghe is also a Director of Puttalam Salt Limited.

Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe has played a prominent and active role in the academic field since 1990 as a Visiting Lecturer of the Faculty of the University of Ruhuna, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) and the Institute of Accounting Studies. He has extensively contributed to the accounting profession in Sri Lanka as a Member of the Governing Councils of AATSL (2006 - 2009) and CA SriLanka (2008 - 2011). As a member of the Governing Council of AATSL he Chaired committees of Education, Training, Information Technology, CPD and many subcommittees. He has also been the Chairman of Library, Education and Curriculum Development Committees of CA Sri Lanka and a Member of Disciplinary, Investmentand Buildings Committees.Mr.Ganaka Amarasinghe was a Member of the Panel of Judges for Presidential Awards for TourismIndustry in Sri Lanka and National Exports Awards.

All of us at the Kingdom of Raigam wish our Managing Director Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe many more laurels on his distinguished and deserving career.

News 30- 18.01.2012
8 th Raigam Tele'es 2011 - 11 th May 2012 at Water's Edge.

The first press release on the forth coming Raigam Tele'es was held at the Grand Oriental Hotel on the 10 th of January 2012. Present on the occasion were
Professor Patrick Ratnayake – Chairman, Panel of Judges
Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe – Managing Director, The Kingdom of Raigam
Dr. Ravi Liyanage – Chairman, The Kingdom of Raigam
Mr. Aravinda Perera – Managing Director, Sampath Bank Ltd.
Mr. Prashantha Nanayakkara – Director, Dream Life Science (Pvt.) Ltd.

News 29- 20.07.2011
The National Green Reporting System

In our pursuit of excellence we have accepted the National Green Reporting System and have committed ourselves to be associated with the Tier One of the Reporting System and have received the Certification to that effect from the Ministry of Environment from 17 th June 2011.

News 28- 15.06.2011
Raigam Wins National Quality Merit Award

The pouring rains on the morning of 7th June saw Raigam receive the National Quality Merit Award at the 16 TH National Quality Awards Ceremony at the BMICH . Sri Lanka National Quality Awards scheme, based on Malcolm Baldridge Criteria for Performance Excellence is organized by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution. So, Raigam looks in to the future with every confidence to uphold its slogan "The 21 st Century's Local Company".

News 27- 15.06.2011
RAIGAM - New Champs of Mercantile Cricket Association – “C” Division.

In the Final worked out between Stafford Motors and Raigam at the CCC Grounds on 04 th June 2011, Raigam romped home by 7wickets with more than half the overs remaining after dismissing the Stafford Motors for 90 runs.Raigam won the toss and invited Stafford Motors to take the first lease of the wicket which saw the opposition folding for just 90 runs. Raigam scored the required runs for the loss of only three wickets leaving them the Champions of 2011. Lasantha Kumara of Raigam was adjudged the best Bowler of MCA C Division.

News 26- 18.05.2011
Raigam Tele'es 2010

As all art lovers know now, the Raigam Tele'es was concluded on the 13 th of May at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium with many Senior Ministers, Ministers, Provincial Governors, Members of Parliament, other dignitaries and Artists participating.The resounding success of the Tele'es and feed back from various sectors of the public confirmed that yet another feather has been added to the Raigam Crown.

News 25- 28.02.2011
Launch of Nehara Shampoo

Dream Life Science (PVT) Ltd. introduced the much awaited Dazzling – Nehara Range of Shampoos, marking the event by a press conference at the Galle Face Hotel on the eve of 8 th February 2011 .Present at the occasion were Dr. Ravi Liyanage – Chairman/ CEO and Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe – Managing Director from The Kingdom of Raigam, Mr. Prashantha Nanayakkara – CEO and Mr. Amarasiri Wickramage – Director Marketing from Dream Life Science and Ms. Nehara Peris , Brand Ambassador.We wish our sister company every success in this new venture!

News 24- 28.02.2011
Buy Sri Lankan

It is with great pride and pleasure we announce that Raigam Marketing Services (PVT) Ltd. received on the 25 th of February 2011 , the much coveted approval to use “SOORIYA SINHA” Logo on its products.

News 23- 20.01.2011
Raigam Tele'es – 2010

The Press Conference on the 7 th Raigam Tele'es, used to be known as Raigam Tele-Awards was held at the Grand Oriental Hotel on the evening of 18 th January 2011 . Present for the occasion were Dr. Ravi Liyanage (Chairman/CEO, Raigam), Mr. Kishan Theodore (Deputy Chairman, Raigam), Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe (Managing Director, Raigam), Mr. Prashantha Nanayakkara ( Finance Director, raigam) and Mr. Aravinda Perera ( Deputy Managing Director, Sampath Bank)

News 22- 10.12.2010
Another jewel for our Crown.

We are proud and happy to announce that our Chairman / CEO, Dr. Ravi Liyanage was presented by the prestigious “ACHIEVERS AND LEADERS AWARD FOR BRAND BUILDING ”by the hand of the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs, Mr. M.K.A.D.S. Gunewardene and Shri. Bhaskar Chatterjee – Secretary of the Government of India, Department of Public Enterprises, at a function held at the Galadari Hotel on the 5 th of December.The award ceremony was organized and presented by the 1 st Sri Lanka, India, Africa and Singapore Partnership Summit.

News 21- 15.10.2010
We have a great news item for you. Horana Sports Club sponsored by the Kingdom of Raigam won the runner up position in the Kaluthara District Qualified Tournament Division III. The final was played against C.E.F. Sports Club VS Horana Sports Club at the Bandaragama Public Ground on 9 th Oct, 2010. The captain of the runner up team is Mr. Mahesh Kuruppu.

News 20 - 10.08.2010
New Sanitary Napkin Building.

The foundation Stone for the new Sanitary Napkin Building was laid on the 2 nd of August 2010 by our Chairman/C.E.O, Dr. Ravi Liyanage and Director Finance, Mr. Prashantha Nanayakkara at 9.40 am.The function was attended by the staff members of Dream Life Science (PVT) Ltd

News 19- 20.05.2010
Press Briefing on the Raigam Tele-Awards 2009

The usual post tele-awards press briefing was held on the 19th May at the Galle Face Hotel where the print and electronic media was well represented. Dr. Ravi Liyanage (Chairman/CEO), Mr. Kishan Theodore (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Ganaka Amarasinghe (Managing Director), Mr. Amarasiri Wickramage (General Manager- Marketing) and Dr. Patrick Ratnayake, (Chairman, Panel of Judges) were present and the new concept “TELE’ES” was introduced for the first time. This will be implemented next year. Included in the plans are more awards by increasing the number of categories to cover more diverse areas of the tele-drama industry.

News 18- 10.05.2010
Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony 2009

7 TH of May saw the 6 th consecutive Raigam Tele-awards Ceremony being held at the SL Exhibition and Convention Centre. The Hon. Prime Minister, many Cabinet Ministers and a host of other VIPS graced this wonderful occasion which is held each year to recognize, appreciate and encourage artists and technicians and others engaged in every facet of the tele-drama industry. The awards were won as follows.

Best Actor - Jayalath Manorathne in Arungal as Sugunapala , Best Actress - Duleeka Marapana in Isuru Bhawna as Violet . Most Popular Actress - Nehara Peiris, Most Popular Actor -Menaka Rajapaksa, The Best tele-drama - Arungal produced by Saman Priyankra.

Most Popular tele-drama -Isuru Bhawana directed by Janaka Suranjith and Susiren de Silva, Most Popular Mega Tele-drama - Ithin Eeta Passe directed by Chandika Wijesena.

This year's Prathibha Prabha Award was received by Mr. Sathischandra Edirisinghe for the immense contribution he has made to the performing arts in his long career.

The speech of the Hon Prime Minister rounded off the evening's activities marking the end of another memorable event organized by the Raigam Tele-drama Secretariat.

News 17- 10.04.2010
Press Conference on IPO

Merchant Bank Auditorium was the venue for the press conference on the 5th of April held to mark the successful completion of the IPO, which saw the establishment of a record for the highest over-subscription factor of the decade, by almost twenty times.Principles governing the allocation of shares were also discussed and finalized. Dr. Ravi Liyanage, Chairman of the Raigam Group made a special statement thanking the subscribers for the trust shown in the company and reiterated that this trust would be safeguarded no matter what.

News 16- 19.03.2010
The First Salt Harvest of Bata-Atha Saltern

The First Salt Harvest of Bata-Atha Saltern in Hambanthota, was held on the 17 th of March. After more than two years of dedication, sacrifice and determination has turned a body of water, more than 250 acres in extent, in to a saltern producing crystal salt of the highest quality . In this season, around 2000MT of salt has been deposited in the Saltern, out of which 1000MT is expected to harvest within the first week. This would not have been possible if not for the cooperation and help extended to us by the villagers of the area who stood as one behind Raigam to make this venture successful, realizing the contribution it could make to the prosperity of the area.

The harvest of the Bata-Atha Saltern in Hambanthota will be processed at the Bata-atha Industrial Park where Raigam will be putting up a refining plant before the year is out.

News 15 - 17.03.2010
The Launch of the Wayamba Salterns Ltd. IPO

The launch of the Wayamba Salterns IPO was concluded on the 11 th of March at Taj Samudra. The event was well attended as Wayamba Salterns Limited is seen as the Crown Jewel of The Kingdom of Raigam. 80 million shares, each Rs.2/50, will be offered to the public on the 23 rd of March enabling everyone to be part of this blue chip venture.Wayamba Salterns has passed many a milestone on its prosperous journey. No doubt the IPO will go down as another very important, very successful and an unforgettable chapter.

News 14 - 12.02.2010
Sixth Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony

Press Conference for the 6th consecutive Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony was held on 9th February, 2010 at the Galle Face hotel. Present for the occasion were our chairman Dr. Ravi Liyanage and members of the Director Board.
All past Raigam Tele Award Ceremonies have been undisputed successes. Taking all constructive criticisms and advice the Raigam Tele Awards Secretariat is ready to take this year’s Raigam Tele awards Ceremony to even greater height

News 13 - 25.01.2010
Mercantile Cricket Tournament 2009/2010

16th of January 2010 saw The Kingdom of Raigam losing at the semi-final stage to Commercial Bank who went on to win the championship.The unique feature of the tournament was although we lost, our captain, Mahesh Kuruppu was adjudged the best batsman of the tournament. We wish Mahesh will perform even better in the future.

News 12 - 05.11.2009
Newest Addition to the Raigam Family from the East

The 2 nd of November saw the soft opening of the biggest single saltern in the island.Periyakarachchi Saltern in Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee is 1600 acres approximately in extend. At the auspicious time of 11.16 am, GA Trincomalee, Major General Ranjith .T de Silva, Additional GA Mr. Nadarasa, Divisional Secretary Kuchchaveli Mr. Umar Maheshwaran and Deputy Divisional Secretary Mr. Nageswaran along with our chairman, Dr. Ravi Liyanage laid the foundation stone to the newest addition of the raigam family, Raigam Eastern Salt Companies Saltern, which is the biggest project in the east under the “re-awakening of the east” programme of His Excellency the president.

News 11 - 25.10.2009
News-reader from Raigam

Raigam Family is proud that one of its members – Mr. Dhanushka Ramanayake- has been selected as News-Reader by one of the leading radio channels in the country, LAKHANDA FM.May he receive strength and guidance to scale even greater heights

News 10 - 25.09.2009
The Real Sri Lankan.

The Launching of as a sale motto was launched on 23 rd Sept 2009 .It was a simple ceremony at the Galle Face hotel with the main purpose of building up a collective cooperate outlook to withstand and defeat colonial forces that face the local, indigenous business.

News 9
Soft Launch of Dream Cosmetics

Soft opening of our new venture Dream Cosmetics was held on 2 nd July 2009 , which plans to introduce Cosmetics as well as a range of Aurvedic Balms and ointments. The simple ceremony was officiated by the Managing Director, Director Marketing, Director Finance, General Manager–Finance and other officers of the new company.

News 8 – 11.6.2009
Raigam Tele Award 2009 - Open Forum

The Raigam Tele-Awards Open Forum was held on 26 th May, 2009 at Holiday Inn, which the print and electronic media represented well.Dr. Ravi Liyanage (Chairman/CEO), Mr. Kishan Theodore (Deputy Chairman), Mr.Ganaka Amarasinghe (MD) and Mr.Prashantha Nanayakkara (DF) represented the organizing committee while the Chairman, Dr. Patrick Rathnayake, Mr. Chandrasiri Bogamuwa, Dr. Ajantha Hapuarachchi , Mrs.Jayantha Rukmani Siriwardana, Visharada Edward Jayakody represented the Panel of Judges.Drama Directors and Award winners were also among the invitees of this event, which was held to have an open discussion and share views about the judgments of the panel and the organizing committee and to make room for suggestions to improve and share ideas to make the sixth Raigam Tele-Award an even more successful and glamorous night to be remembered .

News 7 – 16.5.2009
5 th Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony

The Kingdom of Raigam is proud to announce that Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony held on the evening of 15 th May 2009 at the BMICH was a huge, glittering success.The 5 th Consecutive Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony was graced by the Honorable Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayake as the Chief Guest and several senior ministers.Veteran Actor Janak Premalal received the award for BestActor for his role in “Karuwela Gedara” while seasoned actress Nilmini Tennakoon was picked for the Best Actress award for her role in “Handawa”.The Best Teledrama of the year award went to “Karuwela Gedara” directed by Sudath Rohana, while the award for the Most Popular Teledrama went to “Satharadenek Senpathiyo”. “Muthu Kirilli” was voted the Most Popular Mega Teledrama of the year.Actor Amila Abeysekara and Actress Nehara Peiris were awarded the Most Popular Actor and Actress respectively. The Tribute Award (Pranama Sammanaya) was awarded to Veteran Actress Irangani Serasinghe and Veteran Senior Television Engineer K.N.Gunawardana. Veteran Titus Tottawatte was awarded the Special Life-time Achievement Award (“Prathiba Prabha Sammanaya”) by the hand of Hon. Maithripala Sirisena, marking the end of another successful glamorous event organized by the Raigam Tele-Awards Secretariat.

News 6 – 28.4.2009
Refinery at Bata-Atha.

The Kingdom of Raigam laid the foundation stone for their third Salt Refinery at the Batha-Atha Industrial Park , Adjacent to their Kunukalliya Lewaya. The raw material for the refinery Crystal-Salt, will be supplied by this saltern.The first Harvest from the saltern is expected in October 2009 and is it envisaged that the output from the Kunukalliya Lewaya will contribute in a big way in the prevention of imports of salt and salt based products to Sri Lanka.

News 5 – 16.3.2009
Raigam Tele Awards

The evening of 15th May will see the 5th consecutive Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony in all pomp and pageantry at the BMICH under the patronage of the Hon. Prime Minister.
This event is billed as the crowning day in the Sri Lankan Tele Awards Calendre.
Established exclusively for the recognition and appreciation of the efforts and achievements of artists, technicians and everyone associated with the tele-drama industry, Raigam Tele Awards Ceremony this time promises to be the biggest and the best awards ceremony held in Sri Lanka.

~ Golden Moments of the Last Tele Awards Ceremony ~

News 4 – 11.3.2009
Now we are an ISO 22000 certified organization

Being leaders in Sri Lankan FMCG market we are proud to announce that we have just received ISO 22000 Certification for Food Safety Management System, which assures safe food products for Raigam consumers. Sri Lanka Standards Institution, the certifying organization has confirmed that Raigam systems comply with International Food Safety Management Requirements by granting us the ISO 22000 certification.
Our goal is to manufacture food products confirming to the highest Standards in quality and safely. We have been continuously driving towards this goal and its achievement is a stimulant for us to reach for greater heights in the field of food quality and safely.

News 3 – 21.02.2009
RAIGAM - New Champs of Mercantile Cricket

In the Annual Bajaj Trophy Mercantile Cricket Tournament 2008/2009, preliminary matches, Raigam was able to beat Lion Brewery by a huge margin of 300 runs and Commercial Bank by 160 runs. Two teams who out-performed the rest reached the finals for the Bajaj Trophy on 21st February, the two teams being Raigam Marketing Services (Pvt) Ltd and LB Finance.
LB Finance won the toss and decided to bat on a good wicket. Superb fielding demonstrated by Raigam fielders put tremendous pressure on LB batsmen and they were limited to 189 all out in 35.5 over. In pursuit of a victory target of 190 in 40 overs, ensured the winning run of 190 with a beautiful cover drive boundary in the 31 over by recording 192 on the board for the loss of only 4 wickets.
Raigam is doubtless the best known local company in the food trade due to the leading role it has played in the field of Soya and Salt apart from its other products such as Coffee, Vinegar etc. Its leadership in the commercial field to the field of cricket, Raigam has taken the first step on a long journey in Mercantile Cricket and let this be the stepping stone to scale greater heights.

News 2 – 18.9.2008
Medical Camp

A medical Camp was held at the Raigam factory premises in September 2008 for all of the Raigam staff. A panel of nine doctors and support staff of nurses dispensed medicine free of charge. This camp was such a success that Raigam management has now decided to make this an annual event.

News 1 – 15.10.2007
Venus Consolidated (Pvt) Ltd.

Situated in the very heart of the commercial the sector of Colombo, Venus Consolidated (Pvt) Ltd boast of a four storey building to facilitate its whole sale business of Raigam Products. This company was specially created to cater to the demand from the Hotel and Catering industrial sector for our products, especially Salt and Soya. A people turn away from traditional Crystal Salt to the hygienically convenient Table Salt, prospect for Venus seems to be very good indeed.