Silumina ( si, සිළුමිණ) is a
Sinhala language
Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also s ...
weekly newspaper in
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 ...
. It is published by the
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), also known as Lake House. It publishes three daily, three weekend, five weekly, two monthly and three annual publications in Sinhala, English and Tamil.
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited i ...
(Lake House), a
government-owned corporation
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...
. The newspaper commenced publishing in March 30 1930,
D. R. Wijewardena being its founder.
It currently has a circulation of 265,000.
Famous novelists like
Martin Wickramasinghe have served as its editor.
Since 20th January 2020, Silumina Editor is Dharman Wickramaratne.
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
Siluminaofficial website
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
Newspapers established in 1930
Sinhala-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka
Sunday newspapers published in Sri Lanka
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