Lankadeepa

Lankadeepa (Sinhala: ලංකාදීප) is a daily Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper which is owned by Wijeya Newspapers. They were established in 1991.^[1] The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R. Wijewardena.^[2] The newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment and military. The weekend newspaper, named Irida Lankadeepa, is published on Sundays.

Lankadeepa

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Wijeya Newspapers
Founded	1991
Political alignment	Centrist
Language	Sinhala
Headquarters	8 Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo
Circulation	285,000 (Daily Lankadeepa) 580,000 (Sunday Lankadeepa)
Website	http://www.lankadeepa.lk

Irida Lankadeepa won the SLIM-Nielsen People's Awards in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 as Sri Lanka's most popular weekend newspaper.^{[citation needed]} Its sister newspapers are The Sunday Times, The Daily Mirror and Tamil Mirror.^[3] Daily Lankadeepa has an average circulation of 285,000 while its Sunday edition 580,000.^[4][5]

See also

• List of newspapers in Sri Lanka