List of newspapers in Sri Lanka

List of newspapers in Sri Lanka

The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it. For those newspapers that are also published online, the website is given.

Contents

General newspapers

Newspaper
 Language
 Frequency
 Website
 Publisher/Parent Company
 Established
 Circulation
 Notes
Bottom Line English Weekly bottomline.lk Rivira Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd
Colamba Sinhala Weekly Agasara Publishers 2009
The Colombo Post English Weekly thecolombopost.com
Daily Mirror English Daily dailymirror.lk Wijeya Newspapers Ltd 1999
Daily News English Daily dailynews.lk Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House) 1918 60,000
Dinamina Sinhala Daily dinamina.lk Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House) 1909
Divaina Sinhala Daily divaina.com Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd
Eelanatham Tamil Daily Eelanatham Publications (Pvt) Ltd
Irudina Sinhala irudina.lk Leader Publications (Pvt) Ltd
Irurasa Sinhala Weekly irudina.lk Lithira Publications (Pvt) Ltd
The Island English Daily island.lk Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd
Lakbima Sinhala Weekly lakbima.lk Sumathi Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd
Lakbima News English Weekly lakbimanews.lk Sumathi Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd
Lankadeepa Sinhala Daily lankadeepa.lk Wijeya Newspapers Ltd
The Nation English Weely nation.lk Rivira Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd
Rivira Sinhala Weekly rivira.lk Rivira Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd
Silumina Sinhala Weekly silumina.lk Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House)
Sudar Oli Tamil Daily sudaroli.com Uthayan Group of Newspapers 2000
Sunday Island English Weekly island.lk Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd
The Sunday Leader English Weekly thesundayleader.lk Leader Publications (Pvt) Ltd
Sunday Observer English Weekly sundayobserver.lk Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House)
The Sunday Times English Weekly sundaytimes.lk Wijeya Newspapers Ltd
Thinakaran Tamil Daily thinakaran.lk Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House)
Thinakkural Tamil Daily thinakkural.com
Uthayan Tamil Daily uthayan.com Uthayan Group of Newspapers 1985
Virakesari Tamil Daily virakesari.lk Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Pvt) Ltd 1930 140,000

Special interest newspapers/magazines

Newspaper
 Language
 Frequency
 Website
 Publisher/Parent Company
 Established
 Circulation
 Notes
Budhusarana Sinhala Monthly lakehouse.lk/budusarana Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House) Buddhist magazine
Daily FT English Daily ft.lk Wijeya Newspapers Ltd Financial news
Navaliya Sinhala Weekly navaliya.com Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd Women's weekly
Ravaya Sinhala Weekly rawaya.net Ravaya Publications (Pvt) Ltd Alternative political news
Vidusara Sinhala Weekly vidusara.com Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd Popular science magazine
Kalaikesari Tamil Monthly [http://www.kalaikesari.com] Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Pvt) Ltd International Cultural Magazine

News web sites

Main article: List of Sri Lankan news sites
Name
 Language
 Frequency
 Website
 Publisher/Parent Company
 Established
 Notes
Asian Mirror Sinhala
English		 Hourly Asianmirror.lk Asian Mirror (Pvt) LTD 2011 Breaking news and updates
Biz.lk English Hourly Biz.lk Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Pvt) Ltd 2008 Sri Lanka Business News
Colombo Page English Colombopage.com LankaPage.com (LLC)
Digatha News English Hourly Digathanews.com Digatha News 2009 News and information
Gossip Lanka News English
Sinhala		 Daily Gossiplankanews.com Gossip Lanka News 2008 Underground news from Sri Lanka
Gossip9 Sinhala Daily Gossip9.com Gossip9 Sri Lanka Gossip News
Island Cricket English As it happens Islandcricket.lk Island Cricket 2009 Sri Lanka cricket news
Katussa Sinhala Daily Katussa.com Katussa Inc. 2011 News & Entertainment
Lanka Standard English Hourly Lankastandard.com Lanka Standard.com 2011 News and opinion
Lanka-e-news English
Sinhala
 Hourly Lankaenews.com Highly critical of the government and pro-Sarath Fonseka
Lanka Business Online English Hourly Lbo.lk Vanguard Management Services (Pvt) Ltd Business and finance news
Lanka Newspapers English Lankanewspapers.com 2000 Sri Lanka news updates with discussions
Lanka Page English Hourly Lankapage.com LankaPage.com (LLC) A collection of news items from many sources
Lanka News Web English
Sinhala		 Hourly Lankanewsweb.com 2011 Highly critical of the government
Lanka Way News English
Sinahala		 Hourly Lankawaynews.com 2011 Highly critical of the government and pro-UNP
Lanka Web English Daily lankaweb.com Lankaweb.com
Lanka Truth English
Sinhala		 Daily Lankatruth.com Favorable to JVP political views
Lankan Voice Sinhala
English		 Daily Lankanvoice.com Lankan Voice Highly critical of the government and pro-Sarath Fonseka
Lanka Views Sinhala
English		 Hourly Lankaviews.com Lanka Views 2011 Favorable to JVP fraction party
Mawbima English Hourly MawbimaSriLanka.com Mawbimanews.com
Meelparvai Tamil Fortnightly Meelparvai.net Muslim news
Muslim Guardian English Weely Muslimguardian.net Muslim news
News1st Sinhala Daily News1st
Nidahasa News English Daily Nidahasa.com 2011
Paparasi News Sinhala Daily Paparasinews.com 2011
Sinhala 24 News Sinhala Daily Sinhala24news.com 2011 Auto sorted headline news from a selected news sites
Sri Lanka Guardian English
Sinhala
 Hourly SrilankaGuardian.org 2007 Highly critical of the government.
Sri Lanka Mirror Sinhala
English		 SrilankaMirror.com 2010
Sri Lanka News Portal English
Sinhala
Tamil		 Hourly news.lk Department of Government Information Official government news portal of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka News Today English Daily Srilankanewstoday.com Royal Media Inc
Sri Lanka Watch English Weeky Srilankawatch.com
The Lanka Academic English Hourly Theacademic.org Lanka Academic Network
Tamil Guardian English Tamilguardian.com
TamilNet English Tamilnet.com TamilNet 1997 Reporting to the world on Tamil affairs
Vimasuma Sinhala Hourly Vimasuma.com Vanguard Management Services (Pvt) Ltd Economic, business and general news
Virakesari Tamil 24 x 7 Virakesari.lk Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Pvt) Ltd 2001 Reporting Sri Lanka News in Tamil

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