Weekend (Ceylonese newspaper) explained

Weekend
Type:Weekly newspaper
Owners:Independent Newspapers Limited
Language:English
Oclc:9232882
Publishing Country:Ceylon
Publishing City:Colombo

Weekend was an English language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company.[1] It was founded in 1965 as the Weekend Sun and was published from Colombo.[1] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 45,000.[1] It had an average circulation of 48,590 in 1973.[2] The paper later changed its name to Weekend.[2]

By 1973/74 the Independent Newspapers publications had become vocal critics of Sirimavo Bandaranaike's government.[3] The government sealed Independent Newspapers' presses and closed it down on 19 April 1974 using the Emergency (Defence) Regulations.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Independent Newspapers resumed publication on 30 March 1977 but the three-year closure had taken its toll.[4] [5] [9] Faced financial problems Independent Newspapers and its various publications closed down on 26 December 1990.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ceylon Year Book 1968. Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. 317–318.
  2. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1975. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 349–351.
  3. Book: de Silva. K. M.. K. M. de Silva. A History of Sri Lanka. 1981. Oxford University Press. 547.
  4. News: Sirisena. Priyalal. 'Irida Dawasa' publication restrained. The Island (Sri Lanka). 5 November 2003.
  5. News: Marasinghe. Sandasen. Dawasa restrained from publication. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 4 November 2003.
  6. Book: Sri Lanka Year Book 1977. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 365–366.
  7. Book: Richardson. John. Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars. 2005. International Center for Ethnic Studies. 955-580-094-4. 362.
  8. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020213084644/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DA19Df06.html. unfit. 2002-02-13. Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity.
  9. News: Another Sinhala newspaper launched. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 10 August 2008.
  10. Book: Karunanayake. Nandana. Banerjee. Indrajit. Logan. Stephen. Asian Communication Handbook 2008. 2008. Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. Singapore. 9789814136105. 446–460. 18: Sri Lanka.
  11. News: Special events which took place in history from December 20 - December 26. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 20 December 2009.

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