Lankadeepa () is a daily
Sri Lanka
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Sinhala language
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newspaper which is owned by
Wijeya Newspapers
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. Wi ...
. They were established in 1991.
The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of
D. R. Wijewardena
Don Richard Wijewardena (Sinhala language, Sinhala:දොන් රිච්ඩ් විජෙවර්ධන) (23 February 1886 – 13 June 1950) was a Sri Lankan media proprietor who was involved in the Sri Lankan independence movement. A s ...
.
The newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment and military. The weekend newspaper, named ''Irida Lankadeepa'', is published on Sundays.
Irida Lankadeepa won the SLIM-Nielsen People's Awards in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 as Sri Lanka's most popular weekend newspaper. Its sister newspapers are ''
The Sunday Times
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'', ''
The Daily Mirror
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'' and ''
Tamil Mirror''.
Daily Lankadeepa has an average circulation of 285,000 while its Sunday edition 580,000.
See also
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List of newspapers in Sri Lanka
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 ar ...
References
External links
Wijaya NewspapersBBC Sri Lanka media
Daily newspapers published in Sri Lanka
Newspapers established in 1991
Sinhala-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka
Wijeya Newspapers
1991 establishments in Sri Lanka
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