''The Island'' is a daily
English-language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...
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 published by
Upali Newspapers. A sister newspaper of ''
Divaina'', ''The Island'' was established in 1981. Its Sunday edition, ''Sunday Island'', commenced publishing in 1991.
The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 70,000 and its Sunday edition, 103,000 per issue.
Upali Wijewardene was its founder.
Its political leaning is pro-
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...
.
See also
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List of newspapers in Sri Lanka
References
External links
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Daily newspapers published in Sri Lanka
English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka
Publications established in 1981
Upali Newspapers
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