List of newspapers in Sri Lanka
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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.
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[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 | kalaikesari.com | Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Pvt) Ltd | International Cultural Magazine |
[edit] News web sites
Main article: List of Sri Lankan news sites
| Name |
Language |
Frequency |
Website |
Publisher/Parent Company |
Established |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athirvu | Tamil English |
Daily | Athirvu.com | Athirvu | 2011 | Breaking news |
| 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 | Sri Lanka cricket news | Island Cricket | 2009 | Sri Lanka cricket news |
| Katussa | Sinhala | Daily | Katussa.com | Katussa Inc. | 2011 | News & Entertainment |
| Lanka Sri | Tamil English |
Hourly | Lankasri.com | Lanka Sri.com | 2011 | News United Tamil Network |
| 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 | ||
| MuslimCN | Tamil | Daily | MuslimCN.net | Nesan Media Network | 2011 | Muslim Community 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 |
