List of Sri Lankan news sites

The following is a list of text based (as opposed to webcasts, etc.) English medium websites that provide current news directly related to Sri Lanka. The list is consisting of two sections. The first section is a collection of websites directly operated by Sri Lankan organizations and/or people or organizations that have a direct interest in Sri Lanka. Many of them own printed newspapers or electronic media that primarily target the Sri Lankan populatation. However, this section has web sites such as [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/ BBC Sinhala] , which is operated by the BBC in the United Kingdom but directly targets Sri Lankans. The visitors of these sites are extremely likely to read news about Sri Lanka in the home pages themselves of these sites.

The second section of the list is a collection of web sites which are primarily operated by non Sri Lankan entities but when something significant happens in Sri Lanka, these sites are likely to [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/03/sri.lanka.truce/index.html report that incident] .

This list does not contain Sri Lankan news sites such as [http://www.divaina.com Divaina] , [http://www.lankadeepa.lk Lankadeeepa] , [http://www.lakbima.lk Lakbima] , [http://rivira.lk Rivira] , [http://www.lankairida.com Lanka] , [http://www.irudina.lk Irudina] , [http://www.ethalaya.com Ethalaya] , [http://www.mirisa.org Mirisa] , [http://www.virakesari.lk Virakesari] , [http://www.thinakural.com/ Thinakural] , [http://www.uthayan.com/ Uthayan] , [http://www.sudaroli.com/ Sudar Oli] , etc. because their content is not in English. Also the sites such as [http://www.lankaweb.com LankaWeb] , etc. are not included because they primarily provide views rather than news.

Section 1: The sites whose primary focus is on Sri Lanka:

* [http://www.island.lk The Island] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called The Island published by Upali Newspapers, a privately owned company
* [http://www.dailymirror.lk Daily Mirror] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called Daily Mirror (daily except Sundays) published by Wijaya Newspapers, a privately owned company. This site is frequently updated
* [http://www.sundaytimes.lk The Sunday Times] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called The Sunday Times (only on Sundays) published by Wijaya Newspapers, a privately owned company
* [http://www.nation.lk The Nation on Sunday] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called The Nation on Sunday (only on Sundays) published by Rivira Media, a privately owned company
* [http://www.thebottomline.lk The Bottom Line] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called The Bottom Line (only on Wednesdays) published by Rivira Media, a privately owned company
* [http://www.thesundayleader.lk The Sunday Leader] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called The Sunday Leader (only on Sundays) published by Leader Publications, a privately owned company
* [http://www.themorningleader.lk The Morning Leader] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called The Morning Leader (only on Wednesdays) published by Leader Publications, a privately owned company
* [http://www.thecolombopost.lk The Colombo Post] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called The Colombo Post (only on Tuesdays)
* [http://www.dailynews.lk Daily News] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called Daily News (daily except Sundays) published by the Lake House, a government owned organization
* [http://www.sundayobserver.lk/ Sunday Observer] - Publishes main news stories, features articles, editorial, etc. which are published in the printed newspaper called Sunday Observer (only on Sundays) published by the Lake House, a government owned organization
* [http://www.rupavahini.lk Rupavahini] - Publishes news stories, which are largely based on the content telecasted by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC). Rupavahini is published by SLRC, a government owned organization
* [http://www.newsfirstonline.com/ News First Online] - Publishes news stories, which are largely based on the content telecasted by Channel One MTV. News First Online is published by [http://www.capitalmaharaja.com/mtvchannels.html MTV Channel] , a privately owned company
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/ BBC Sinhala] - Publishes news stories, which are largely based on the content broadcasted by BBC Sandeshaya. BBC Sinhala is published by the BBC
* [http://www.jnw.lk JasmineNews] - Publishes news stories, which are delivered to mobile phones via SMS. JasmineNews is published by Jasmine Newswires
* [http://www.tamilnet.com TamilNet] - Published by a front organization of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. TamilNet news can be received via SMS too.
* [http://www.lankatruth.com LankaTruth] - Published by a front organization of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. LankaTruth exists only on the web
* [http://www.lankaenews.com LankaeNews] - LankaeNews exists only on the web
* [http://www.defence.lk defence.lk] - Published by the Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order of Sri Lanka. defence.lk exists only on the web
* [http://www.lankapage.com/ LankaPage] and [http://www.colombopage.com ColomboPage] - Published by LankaPage.com. LankaPage and ColomboPage exist only on the web
* [http://www.asiantribune.com AsianTribune] - Published by [http://www.worldinstituteforasianstudies.org/ The World Institute for Asian Studies] . Asian Tribune exists only on the web and contains analyses in addition to news
* [http://www.theacademic.org The Lanka Academic] - Published by Lacnet. The Lanka Academic exists only on the web and is a compilation of news from other sources.
* [http://www.lankadissent.com/ Lanka Dissent] - Lanka Dissent exists only on the web
* [http://lankadailynews.com/ Lanka Daily News] - Lanka Daily News exists only on the web

Section 2: The sites that will carry stories only when a very important incident occurs in Sri Lanka:

* [http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/ CNN Asia]
* [http://www.hindu.com The Hindu] Check International News section on The Hindu
* [http://www.hindustantimes.com Hindustan Times] Check World section on Hindustan Times
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ Times of India] Check World section on Times of India [http:/wcom] [http://www.ecashlanka.com]

See also

List of newspapers in Sri Lanka