Sithmina is a

Sinhala language Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan languages, 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 milli ...

education paper targeted for Ordinary Level (O/L) students in Sri Lanka. This is the only education paper which publishes weekly according to the O/L Syllabus. 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 is ...

(Lake House), a

government-owned corporation A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a 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 for the governmen ...

. The newspaper commenced publishing in 2012 under the guidance of Lake House Chairman

Bandula Padmakumara Godewatta Arachchige Bandula Padmakumara ( si, බන්දුල පද්මකුමාර; 2 June 1950 – 24 February 2022), popularly as Bandula Padmakumara, was a Sri Lankan journalist and television presenter. He was an iconic figure of ...

. The readership is around 200,000 and the circulation is 60,000. The paper is written as a tabloid, with photographs printed both in color and black and white. Weekly printings include the model papers and lessons for Grade 10 and 11 students.

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Sinhala-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-newspaper-stub