''Janadina'' ( si, ජනදින, 'People's Daily') was a Sinhala-language daily newspaper published 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 was an organ of the

Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP (Literal translation, literally: Lanka Socialist Party, Sinhalese language, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil language, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமா� ...

. In the latter half of the 1960s, ''Janadina'' gained recognition (along with the Communist Party organ ''

Aththa ''Aththa'' ( si, ඇත්ත, 'Truth') was a Sinhala-language daily newspaper, published from Colombo by the Communist Party of Sri Lanka between 1964 and 1995.Wiswa Warnapala, W. A. Politics in Sri Lanka: A Collection of Essays on Personalities ...

'') for carrying fierce criticisms of the government, using novel forms of journalism and catchy headlines. The newspaper had some 20,000-30,000 daily readers. In response to its anti-government postures during this period, the ''Janadina'' was blocked from being transported on government buses and government agencies would not buy advertisements in it. ''Janadina'' was banned from time to time under emergency regulations.Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam.
Electoral Politics in an Emergent State: The Ceylon General Election of May 1970
'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. p. 157

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