Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi Passed Away

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The gigantic chiropractor in Sri Lanka Media Tv/ Radio has passed away today.

Nimal Lakshapthiarachchi who has done wonders and immense work to uplift the Sri Lankan Electronic media had passes away this morning.

It is reported that the reason for his death has been a cardiac problem and his body is still kept at Asiri Surgical Hospital, Narahenpita.

He had done a lot of hard work to bring Sirasa to the powerful position it is now in. He did everything to make ‘Sirasa’ a popular media amongst the other electronic media. During the last period of his life time, he had working with Hiru TV as its head.

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Laksshapathiarachchi is the founder of Sirasa FM, and Sirasa TV; stations that marked turning points in Sri Lanka's radio and television industry. His promising expedition continued establishing the 1st Infotainment television channel in Sri Lanka as a non-terrestrial channel on the Sky Digital Platform.

He also worked as the director general of Sri Lanka's state television network (Rupavahini).

In his last years, he was the brainchild of Hiru TV, a television station which was launched during the month of May. However he had resigned from the station few weeks before his death.