Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a

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 ...

n 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. Wijewardena. Ranjith Wijewardene had been chairman of

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 i ...

before it was taken over by the government in July 1973. Ranjith Wijewardene bought the trade names and library of the Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL) group after it closed down in January 1985. He subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications: Irida Lankadeepa (1986), ''

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'' (1987), '' Lankadeepa'' (1991) and '' Midweek Mirror'' (1995). The ''Midweek Mirror'' became the ''

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'' in 1999. Other newspapers, magazines and web sites owned by WNL include ''Ada'', ''Bilindu'', '' Daily FT'', ''GO: Guys Only'', '' Hi!! Magazine'', ''LW (Lanka Woman)'', ''Mirror Sports'', ''Pariganaka'', ''Sirikatha'', ''

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'', ''Tharunaya'', ''Vijey'' and ''Wijeya''.

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1979 establishments in Sri Lanka Privately held companies of Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-company-stub