Type Daily newspaper Owner(s) Wijeya Newspapers Political alignment Centrist | Format Broadsheet Founded 1991 Language Sinhala | |
Lankadeepa (Sinhalese: ලංකාදීප) is a daily Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper which is owned by Wijeya Newspapers. Chairman of the organization is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R. Wijewardena. The weekend newspaper, named Irida Lankadeepa, is published on Sundays. They were established in 1991. The newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment and military.
Irida Lankadeepa won the SLIM Nielson peoples awards in year 2006-2007 and 2008-2010 as Sri Lanka's most popular weekend newspaper. Its sister newspapers are The Sunday Times, The Daily Mirror and Tamil Mirror. Daily Lankadeepa has an average circulation of 150,000 while its Sunday edition 350,000.
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