''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 ...

broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), ta ...

initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by

Wijeya Newspapers Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. Formerly known as Wijeya Publications Limited, WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wij ...

. The paper features articles of journalists such as defence columnist

Iqbal Athas Iqbal Athas (born c. 1944) is a Sri Lankan journalist. He is a defence columnist for the ''Sunday Times'', and he also contributes to ''Jane's Defence Weekly'', CNN, and the ''Times'' of London. He was threatened for his investigative reporting ...

and

Ameen Izzadeen Ameen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aml Ameen (born 1985), English actor * A. R. Ameen (born 2003), Indian singer * Hassan Ameen (born 1985), Emirati footballer * Jamal Ameen, Kuwaiti fencer * Kanwal Ameen, Pakistani inform ...

. The daily counterpart of the Sri Lankan ''Sunday Times'' is the ''

Daily Mirror The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily 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 was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print ...

''.

History

The first ''Times'' newspaper, ''

Ceylon Times ''The Times of Ceylon'' was an English language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded in 1846 as the ''Ceylon Times'' and was published from Colombo. It ceased publication in 1985. History The ...

'' 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 Don Richard Wijewardena ( Sinhala:දොන් රිච්ඩ් විජෙවර්ධන) (23 February 1886 – 13 June 1950) was a Sri Lankan press baron who was involved in the Sri Lankan independence movement. A successful entrepreneur ...

, 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.

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