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Lankadeepa (Sinhala: ලංකාදීප) is a daily Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper which is owned by Wijeya Newspapers. They were established in 1991. [ 1 ] The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R. Wijewardena . [ 2 ]
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.
Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited. It was founded in 2011 and is published from Colombo. Its sister newspaper is the Mawbima. Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited is owned by politician Tiran Alles. [1]
Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was founded on 29 October 1947 and was published from Colombo . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Initially an evening paper, it became a morning daily on 1 May 1949. [ 3 ]
Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. Formerly known as Wijeya Publications Limited, WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena.
Rathnayake joined the clerical service of the Election Department in Kegalle. In 1950, he joined with Lake House and worked as a reporter for "Lankadeepa" newspaper in Polgolla area. [4] In that year, he wrote the short story Peethara Mama and won the second place in the international short story competition organized by "Lankadeepa" newspaper. [5]
The main reason for this was that Lankadeepa had surrendered to political forces several times. Saman who was angry like a snake when he saw injustice, first left Lankadeepa in 1975. He was removed from office under the then Sri Lanka Freedom Party government. Shortly afterwards, he rejoined the editorial board of Lankadeepa. At the time, the ...
Lankadeepa was unique at the time because it was original journalism in Sinhala. At that time the Dinamina, which was the only other Sinhala daily, was a translation of the Ceylon Daily News. Lankadeepa had its own reporters, was the first to give its reporters bylines in the stories they reported. It devised a special Sinhala font, and created ...