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Lankadeepa is a Sinhala language newspaper in Sri Lanka, providing news and articles on current events, politics, and culture.
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] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 56,241. [ 4] It had an average circulation of 57,769 in 1970, 33,751 in 1973 and 14,000 in ...
Sri Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). [ 1][ 2] It was founded in 1951 and was published from Colombo. [ 1][ 2] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 118,561. [ 2] It had an average circulation of 133,093 in 1970, 85,654 in 1973 and 55,000 in 1976. [ 3][ 4][ 5]
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.
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.
During the Sri Lankan Civil War militant groups, paramilitary groups and government security forces were accused of assassinating many public figures on suspicion of being sympathizers or informants, in retaliation for killings and attacks, to eliminate competition from rival groups, or to stifle dissent. [1] The following is a list of notable assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War ...
Karunaratne Premathilake ( Sinhala: මීමන ප්රේමතිලක; 20 September 1918 – 12 July 1965), popularly known as Meemana Premathilake was a prominent Sri Lankan poet, journalist and a writer. [1] [2] One of the most respected poets in Colombo era, [3] [4] [5] Premathilake is notable as the founding editor of Sri Lanka's ...
Sri Lanka Journalism Awards for Excellence. The Sri Lanka Journalism Awards for Excellence [1] is an awards ceremony held annually in Sri Lanka to recognize the achievements of print media journalists working in the country’s three main languages – Sinhala, Tamil and English. It is the biggest print media awards programme in the country and ...