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History of Sri Lanka: From Earliest Times Up to the Sixteenth Century. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4. Yogasundaram, Nath (2006). A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami. Vijitha Yapa Publishers. ISBN 978-955-665-002-0. Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka. Greenwood Publishing Group.
Thanthi was a Tamil language daily evening newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company. [1] It was founded on 1967 and was published from Colombo. [1]
Mawbima (Sinhala: මව්බිම, 'Motherland') is a Sinhala-language newspaper, an organ of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka. [1] [2] Mawbima was published weekly from Colombo between 1950 and 1996. [1] The first issue of Mawbima was published on September 1, 1950.
Corruption is prevalent in Sri Lanka. Cited as "one of the most corrupt nations in the world" by Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe of the Lanka Standard, [15] there have been instances in which law enforcers take bribes from offenders who wish to have their offences waived. The government has made an effort to curb corruption in the country and ...
The Ceylon Observer was an English-language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL). It was founded in 1834 as The Observer and Commercial Advertiser and was published from Colombo. It ceased publication in 1982.
Sudar Oli (Tamil: சுடர் ஒளி Cuṭar Oḷi) is a Tamil language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Mass Media Syndicate (Private) Limited, part of the Uthayan Group of Newspapers. It was founded in 2000 and is published from Colombo. Its sister newspaper is the Jaffna based Uthayan. The newspaper has been attacked several ...
This helped spread the game around Sri Lanka. [10] In 1952, Sri Lankan clubs were playing Indian club sides. [10] In 1956, Sri Lanka played its first international match against Australia's national team in Sri Lanka. [10] In 1972, the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka was created. [10] In 1983, Netball Federation of Sri Lanka was dissolved by ...
[10] [11] [12] The petition was dismissed by the court. Gamini Navaratne took over as editor of the paper in February 1984 when the newspaper was restarted. [13] As the civil war escalated newspapers published from Jaffna came under pressure from both government forces and the rebel militant groups.