News 1st, the Capital Maharaja News operation, has received an award for the Best Feature Report at the CNN World Report Awards, 2008. This is the second international award won by News 1st, the first being the Silver Medal won by Minelle Fernandez at the UN Millenium Awards.

The feature story produced by News 1st's Shameer Rasooldeen clinched the award in a packed field of international broadcasters including some of the worlds largest media companies including CCTV of China and RBC of Russia. The story which was titled "Coexistence of children of different ethnicity in Sri Lanka", was aired on CNN World Report, and is among many more News 1st features that often make it to the CNN international broadcast, the Colombo TV channel said in a press release.

"This is not just an award for News 1st. It is an award for Sri Lanka, as we are a proudly Sri Lankan brand,” noted Chevaan Daniel, Channel Head News 1st, MTV/MBC. The CNN World Report Awards also saw channels from Switzerland, Egypt and Israel win awards in other categories.