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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.
Rivira is a weekly Sinhala newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is published on every Sunday, by Rivira Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd. It is a sister newspaper of The Nation, which entered into the business in 2006. It has a circulation of 265,000 per issue and an estimated readership of 1,600,000 by 2012. [1] [2] The newspaper comes with 5 supplements.
A sister newspaper of Rivira, The Nation was established in 2006. It has a circulation of 132,000 per issue and an estimated readership of 662,000 by 2012. [1] [2] The newspaper comes with a range of supplements, including Politics, Sports, Business, Eye, and World. Editor in chief of The Nation newspaper is Malinda Seneviratne. [3]
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.
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:
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Riviresa was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company. [1] It was founded on 20 August 1961 as Rividina and was published from Colombo. [2] The paper changed its name to Riviresa in January 1963. [2] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 170,000. [1]