List of newspapers in Sri Lanka

News media companies

Many papers in circulation, categorized as state-owned below, are owned by the government through the news. Private news papers are operated by various companies in Sri Lanka.

Sinhala newspapers

Dinamina - state-owned, daily
Silumina - state-owned, weekly
Lankadeepa - Wijeya-owned, daily
Divaina - Upali-owned, daily
Lakbima - Sumathi News Papers, daily
Irudina - privately owned, weekly
Lanka - Lanka Multi Publisher Pvt Ltd.
Rivira - Rivira Media Corporation, weekly
Ravaya - privately owned, weekly
Siyatha - Vision of Asia, weekly

Sinhala Science Magazines

Vidusara- weekly

English newspapers

Daily News - state-owned, daily
The Sunday Observer - state-owned, weekly
Daily Mirror - Wijeya-owned, daily
The Sunday Times - Wijeya-owned, weekly
The Island - Upali-owned, daily
The Sunday Leader privately owned, weekly
The Nation- Rivira Media Corporation, weekly
The Morning Leader - privately owned, weekly
LAKBIMAnEWS - Sumathi News Papers, weekly
The Bottom Line - Rivira Media Corporation, midweek weekly
The Colombo Post - only Tusedays
The Business Standard

Free English newspapers
Lanka Tribune privately owned, fortnightly

Tamil newspapers
Meelparvai - weekly-The voice of Muslims From Srilanka
payanam quarterly Spiritual Magazine
Sarvadesaparvai quarterly international affiars journal first Time in Tamil
Vaikarai quarterly Family Magazine
Thinakaran - state-owned, daily
Al Hasanath - Monthly Islamic Magazine
Thinakkkural - privately owned, daily
Uthayan - privately owned, daily
Virakesari - Express Newspapers, daily
Engal Thesam - Fortnightly
Sudar Oli - privately owned, daily

News Websites
Mawbima - Promoting the freedom for all ethnic groups in Sri Lanka.
Sinhala 24 News - Sinhala Langugage News Aggregator
The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka
The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva -24Hrs Official Government News
News-Lanka- 24Hrs News Service. English
Nidahasa news- 24Hrs news. English
Sri lanka News portal. Sinhala/English
Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka - Matters related to defence and public security in Sri Lanka (in English & Sinhala)
LankaeNews - 24h news. Sinhala/English
Sooriyan - Sooriyan News Service 24 Hrs
Lanka Business Online - 24h news with a strong focus on business and economy
Lanka Everything- 24h news
Lanka Academic - 24h news
Lanka Page
Lanka Herald
Lanka Web
Muslim Guardian - 24h news.
Vimasuma - 24h news, business and economic analysis in Sinhala
eThalaya - 24h news & sports in Sinhala
Lanka Truth - News in Sinhala & English
SinhalaNet - News English
සිංහල සඟරාව - News in Sinhala
Sri Lanka Watch - News in English
Sri Lanka News Forum - Discussion on the latest Sri Lankan news events (In English)