List of newspapers in Sri Lanka

This is a list of newspapers in Sri Lanka.

News media companies

Many papers in circulation, categorized as state-owned below, are owned by the government through the The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited[1]. Private news papers are operated by various companies in Sri Lanka.

Sinhala newspapers

• Dinamina - state-owned, daily
• Silumina - state-owned, weekly
• Lankadeepa - Wijeya-owned, daily
• Divaina - Upali-owned, daily
• Lakbima - Sumathi News Papers, daily
• Irudina - privately owned, weekly
• Lanka - Lanka Multi Publisher Pvt Ltd.
• Rivira - Rivira Media Corporation, weekly
• Ravaya - privately owned, weekly
• Siyatha - Vision of Asia, weekly

Sinhala Science Magazines

• Vidusara- weekly

English newspapers

• Daily News - state-owned, daily
• The Sunday Observer - state-owned, weekly
• Daily Mirror - Wijeya-owned, daily
• The Sunday Times - Wijeya-owned, weekly
• The Island - Upali-owned, daily
• The Sunday Leader privately owned, weekly
• The Nation- Rivira Media Corporation, weekly
• The Morning Leader - privately owned, weekly
• LAKBIMAnEWS - Sumathi News Papers, weekly
• The Bottom Line - Rivira Media Corporation, midweek weekly
• The Colombo Post - only Tusedays
• The Business Standard

Free English newspapers

• Lanka Tribune privately owned, fortnightly

Tamil newspapers

• Meelparvai - weekly-The voice of Muslims From Srilanka
• payanam quarterly Spiritual Magazine
• Sarvadesaparvai quarterly international affairs journal first Time in Tamil
• Vaikarai quarterly Family Magazine
• Thinakaran - state-owned, daily
• Al Hasanath - Monthly Islamic Magazine
• Thinakkkural - privately owned, daily
• Uthayan - privately owned, daily
• Virakesari - Express Newspapers, daily
• Engal Thesam - Fortnightly
• Sudar Oli - privately owned, daily

News Websites

• Colombo Today Network - Sri Lanka News Blaster
• Mawbima - Promoting the freedom for all ethnic groups in Sri Lanka.
• Sinhala 24 News - Sinhala Langugage News Aggregator
• The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka
• The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva -24Hrs Official Government News
• News-Lanka- 24Hrs News Service. English
• Nidahasa news- 24Hrs news. English
• Sri lanka News portal. Sinhala/English
• Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka - Matters related to defence and public security in Sri Lanka (in English & Sinhala)
• LankaeNews - 24h news. Sinhala/English
• Sooriyan - Sooriyan News Service 24 Hrs
• Lanka Business Online - 24h news with a strong focus on business and economy
• Lanka Everything- 24h news
• Lanka Academic - 24h news
• Lanka Page
• Lanka Herald
• Lanka Web
• Muslim Guardian - 24h news.
• Vimasuma - 24h news, business and economic analysis in Sinhala
• eThalaya - 24h news & sports in Sinhala
• Lanka Truth - News in Sinhala & English
• SinhalaNet - News English
• සිංහල සඟරාව - News in Sinhala
• Sri Lanka Watch - News in English
• Sri Lanka News Forum - Discussion on the latest Sri Lankan news events (In English)
• newslanka.org - Sri Lankan news aggregator
• sandeshaya.org - Sri Lankan Art and Films
• beasrilankan.com - I'm a Sri Lankan, Proud to be mother land Sri Lanka

See also

• List of radio networks in Sri Lanka
• List of television networks in Sri Lanka

Reference and links

• Sri Lanka profile from BBC
• Sri Lankan search engine - Sri Lankan news - Explore Sri Lanka - Ceylon
• Potitical News -Sri Lanka - 24 Hours service

External links

• Lanka Daily News Latest News Updates