''Ceylon Today'' is an

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited. It was founded in 2011 and is published from

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

. Its sister newspaper is the '' Mawbima''. Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited is owned by politician

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. The first edition of the newspaper was published on 18 November 2011. Editor in chief Lalith Allahakkoon was sacked on 13 June 2012. His replacement was Hana Ibrahim. Ibrahim is a past treasurer of the Free Media Movement (FMM) and tried to prevent the FMM from reacting to Allahakkoon's sacking. Ibrahim later resigned from the FMM.

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* Daily newspapers published in Sri Lanka English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka Publications established in 2011 Mass media in Colombo {{SriLanka-newspaper-stub