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Pages in category "English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
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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:
The Tamil language is spoken by native Sri Lankan Tamils and is also spoken by Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka and by most Sri Lankan Moors. Tamil speakers number around 4.8 million (29% of the population), making it the second largest language in Sri Lanka. There are more than 40,000 speakers of the Sri Lankan Malay language.
The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second most important public Library, after only the Colombo Public Library [2] During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. [3] [4] In 1981, it was burned down in a deliberate mob attack]]. [5]
In 2016, the ibrary was fully automated with Koha FOSS Library Management Library System with the advice of the Open University of Sri Lanka. In 2017, the Digital Libraries Project was launched at the library by the Information Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) in collaboration with National Library and Documentation Services Board. [4]
Five copies of all publications which are published in Sri Lanka are to be sent to the Department of National Archives under the Printers and Publishers Ordinance. [1] Four of these copies are sent each to; National Library and Documentation Centre; National Museum Library; University of Peradeniya library; Library of the University of Ruhuna.