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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.
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. [1][2] Ranjith Wijewardene had been chairman of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited ...
The Colombo Metropolitan area has a GDP (PPP) of $122 billion or 40% of the GDP, making it the most important aspect of the Sri Lankan economy. [ citation needed ] The per capita income of the Colombo Metro area stood at US$8623 and purchasing power per capita of $25,117, making it one of the most prosperous regions in South Asia. [ 45 ]
Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts. Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts refers to the series of armed engagements that took place from 1518 AD to 1658 AD in Sri Lanka (then known to Europeans as Ceylon) between the native Sinhalese and Tamil kingdoms and the Portuguese Empire. [2] It spanned from the Transitional to the Kandyan periods of Sri Lankan ...
Radio Ceylon became a public corporation on 30 September 1967, changing its name to Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). [2][3] Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 after becoming a republic and consequently CBC was renamed Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). [2][3] SLBC broadcast on medium wave until 1993 when FM broadcasting began.
Dominion status followed on 4 February 1948 with military treaties with Britain, as the upper ranks of the armed forces were initially British, and British air and sea bases remained intact. This was later raised to independence itself and Senanayake became the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. In 1949, with the concurrence of the leaders of ...
Communism. The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka, led by the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, against the Government of Sri Lanka. The insurrection, like the previous one in 1971, was unsuccessful. The main phase of the insurrection was a low ...
Active. The Colombo Telegraph is a Sri Lankan website run by exiled journalists. It was founded in 2011. [2] It has been blocked in Sri Lanka repeatedly. Uvindu Kurukulasuriya is the editor. He went into exile to UK in 2009 after the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge and after he was threatened publicly via national radio by the president's ...