The ''Daily News'' is an
English-language
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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 now published by the
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a
government-owned corporation. The newspaper commenced publishing on 3 January 1918.
was its founder.
The present-day newspaper is written as a
broadsheet
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, with photographs printed both in color and black and white. Weekday printings include the main section, containing news on national affairs, international affairs, business, political analysis, sports, editorials and opinions. Every Thursday issue a free supplement in a
tabloid
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* Tabloid (newspaper format), a newspaper with compact page size
** Chinese tabloid
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* ''Ta ...
paper called "Wisdom". In addition, the ''Daily News'' also provides ''
The Sri Lanka Gazette'' as a supplement on every Friday. The current editor-in-chief of the daily news is Lalith Allahakkoon.
Since its founding, the ''Daily News'' has been housed and printed in the historic, colonial-era Lakehouse Building, adjacent to
Beira Lake, in the
Fort district of Colombo.
During the
2018 Sri Lankan Constitutional Crisis
A constitutional crisis began in Sri Lanka when President Maithripala Sirisena appointed former president and member of parliament Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister on 26 October 2018 before formally dismissing the incumbent Ranil Wickremesing ...
, loyalists of former President
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...
seized control of the ''Daily News'' and ousted journalists who were viewed as supporters of the new regime.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Sri Lanka
References
External links
Daily Newsofficial website
{{Media of Sri Lanka
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
Daily newspapers published in Sri Lanka
English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka
Publications established in 1918