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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 newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment and military.
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 ]
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.
He subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications: Irida Lankadeepa (1986), Sunday Times (1987), Lankadeepa (1991) and Midweek Mirror (1995). [2] [4] The Midweek Mirror became the Daily Mirror in 1999. Other newspapers, magazines and web sites owned by WNL include Ada, Bilindu, Daily FT, GO: Guys Only, Hi!!
At present Dinamina, Resa, [3] Daily News, Thinakaran, Sunday Observer, [4] Silumina, Budusarana and Sarasaviya publications are available on-line. ANCL is in the process of introducing all publications to the ANCL website in the near future thus giving Sri Lankan expatriates as well as foreign communities opportunities of accessing news in Sri ...
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]
He started his career as a freelance journalist with the Lankadeepa newspaper in December 1969. Cyrus Surendra, who worked for the Lankadeepa newspaper wrote a column entitled 'Kaalaye Satahan' died suddenly. At that time, Saman was a student at the Pinwatta Pirivena, where he was asked to continue Surendra's column. [4]
Press freedom is a major concern in Sri Lanka. Both sides in the war make efforts to silence inconvenient reporters. Around 15 reporters received death threats from one faction or the other in 2004 [2] The assassinated reporter Aiyathurai Nadesan, correspondent in Batticaloa for several Tamil media stated just prior to his assassination in 2005: