The ''Ceylon Daily Mirror'' was an

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daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). Modelled on the British ''

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'', it was founded in 1961 and was 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 m ...

. In 1966 it had an average net sales of 17,705. It had an average circulation of 17,217 in 1970, 15,995 in 1973 and 8,500 in 1976. It was renamed ''Daily Mirror'' in the mid-1970s. It ceased publication in 1979. TOCL was nationalised by the

Sri Lankan government The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය, Śrī Lankā Rajaya; ta, இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்) is a parliamentary system determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution. It administers the isl ...

in August 1977. The state-run TOCL faced financial and labour problems and on 31 January 1985 it and its various publications closed down. Ranjith Wijewardena, chairman of

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(ANCL) before it was nationalised in July 1973, bought the trade names and library of the TOCL publications in 1986. Wijewardena's company,

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, subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications. The ''

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'', later renamed ''

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'', started publishing in 1995.

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