Posted by
Ziyan Junaideen |Published: 19 April 2022 |Category:
Sri LankaDerana, a prominent TV channel in Sri Lanka, is well known for its support for the Rajapaksha junta. It reached a new low with its State of the Nation (episode 12). A local duplicate of Tucker Carlson, Mahieash Johnny, went on an hour-long rant making baseless accusations and insults in an attempt to discredit the peaceful protests at the Galle Face (#OccupyGalleFace, #GoHomeGota2022).
I was looking at how to deactivate their SMS service on my Hutch and Dialog numbers and collected the following information.
Cancel Dialog GSM SMS News Alerts
| Language |
Command |
Number |
| English |
OFF DERANA |
678 |
| Singlish |
OFF PUWATH |
678 |
| Sinhala |
OFF DERANA |
7272 |
| Tamil |
OFF NEWS2 |
678 |
| Video |
OFF DV |
678 |
Cancel Mobitel SMS News Alerts
| Language |
Command |
Number |
| English |
DREG AD |
2299 |
| Sinhalese |
DEREG ADS |
2299 |
Cancel Hutch SMS News Alerts
| Language |
Command |
Number |
| English |
DERANA DEREG |
7878 |
| Singlish |
DERANA DEREG SE |
7878 |
Cancel Airtel News Alerts
| Language |
Command |
Number |
| English |
DACT AD |
7544 |
Register with NewsFirst
While I now rely on push-type news alerts on my iPhone and Galaxy, SMS news alerts get my attention faster. It is good to have some SMS news alert service active. If you don't have any other, may I recommend NewsFirst?
You can register as follows:
| Service |
Command |
Number |
| Airtel |
ACT ENEWS1ST |
7544 |
| Dialog |
NFU |
678 |
| Hutch |
NFU REG |
7878 |
| Mobitel |
REG NFU |
2299 |
About the Author
Ziyan Junaideen -
Ziyan is an expert Ruby on Rails web developer with 8 years of experience specializing in SaaS applications. He spends his free time he writes blogs, drawing on his iPad, shoots photos.