Breaking News Alerts


You can now get breaking news direct to your phone via SMS. This essential service helps you keep in touch with what’s happening in Sri Lanka and around the world in the language of your choice

Available Products

English language

Channel How to activate
Ada Derana English News Type REG [space]News or Derana and SMS to 678
NEWS1ST English News Type REG [space]NFU and SMS to 678
HIRU FM English News FM Type REG [space]HIRUE and SMS to 678
LIVE@8 English News Type REG [space]ELIVE and SMS to 678
Daily Mirror headlines Type REG [space]DM and SMS to 678
Asian Mirror News Type REG [space]AM and SMS to
Currently not available
LBO News Type REG [space]LBO and SMS to 678

Singlish language

Channel How to activate
Ada Derana Singlish News Type REG [space]Puwath & Send to 678
NEWS1ST Singlish News Type REG [space]NUS & Send to 678
LIVE@8 Singlish News Type REG [space]LIVE & send to 678

Tanglish language

Channel How to activate
News1st Tanglish News Type REG [space]NAT & send to 678
Thamilan Tanglish News Type REG [space]THAMILAN & send to 678

Sinhala Unicode language

Channel How to activate
Live@8 Sinhala News Type REG [space] SLIVE and SMS to 4422
Ada Derana Sinhala News Type REG [space]Derana & Send to 7272
Hiru News Sinhala Type REG [space]Hiru & Send to 7373
News1st Sinhala News Type REG [space]NSL & send to 4848

Tamil Unicode

Channel How to activate
Sooriyan News Tamil Type REG [space]Sooriyan & Send to 4477
News1st Tamil News Type REG [space]NTL & send to 4477
Thamilan Tamil News Type REG [space]THAMILAN & send to 7172
Deactivate

To deactivate Dial #678*6# or use MyDialog app

Pricing

The rental for each SMS service is Rs. 1.20 + Tax per day.

The subscription will be charged monthly to postpaid customers.