''The Sunday Times'' is a weekly
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 ...
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broadsheet
A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid–compact formats.
Description
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initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by
Wijeya Newspapers. The paper features articles of journalists such as defence columnist
Iqbal Athas and
Ameen Izzadeen. The daily counterpart of the Sri Lankan ''Sunday Times'' is the ''
Daily Mirror
The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily Tabloid journalism, tabloid. Founded in 1903, it is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its Masthead (British publishing), masthead was simpl ...
''.
History
The first ''Times'' newspaper, ''
Ceylon Times'' was established in 1846.
The Times of Ceylon Ltd, which existed for 131 years, was taken over by the Sri Lankan government in 1977. Ranjith Wijewardena, the son of
D. R. Wijewardena, and the chairman of Wijeya Newspapers Ltd, purchased the company which was under liquidation, in 1986.
However, the newspaper ''The Sunday Times'' came into being in 1991.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Sri Lanka
References
External links
*
''Daily Mirror''official website
official website
English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka
Publications established in 1991
Sunday newspapers published in Sri Lanka
Wijeya Newspapers
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