All Sri Lankan Newspapers and News Sites, In One Place
Last updated: 10 July 2026
Every Sri Lankan newspaper and news site that matters, on one page — in English, Sinhala and Tamil. If you used InfoLanka’s news links in the 2000s, this is that page — kept current, with live aggregated headlines. Below are the national dailies, TV news brands, business press, online-only outlets, state media, and the international desks that cover the island, each with a short note on who owns it and what it is known for. Outlets that KottuRoti aggregates link straight to a live feed, so you can jump from this directory into today’s news itself.
English newspapers and news sites
English-language journalism in Sri Lanka spans long-established broadsheets, TV news brands with busy websites, a dedicated business press, and a newer wave of online-only outlets. The state-owned English papers (Daily News, Sunday Observer) are listed under Government and state media below.
National dailies and Sunday papers
Daily Mirror — English · Daily newspaper · Wijeya Newspapers. Flagship English daily of the Wijeya group and one of the most read English news sites in the country, with continuous breaking-news coverage online. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
The Island — English · Daily newspaper · Upali Newspapers. English daily from Upali Newspapers, known for its opinion and editorial pages. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
The Morning — English · Daily newspaper. English daily and news site with round-the-clock online coverage of politics, business and current affairs.
Sunday Times — English · Sunday newspaper · Wijeya Newspapers. Long-running English Sunday paper, known for its political reporting and investigative columns.
TV and broadcast news
Ada Derana — English · Sinhala · Tamil · TV and online news · TV Derana. TV Derana's 24-hour news brand and one of the most followed news sources in Sri Lanka, publishing in English, Sinhala and Tamil. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
NewsFirst — English · Sinhala · Tamil · TV and online news. TV news brand publishing around the clock in English, Sinhala and Tamil, with a strong breaking-news operation. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
Business and economy
Daily FT — English · Business daily. Business and financial daily covering markets, corporate news, policy and the economy. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
EconomyNext — English · Online business news. Online outlet focused on economics, markets and public policy, widely cited on macro-economic stories. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
Lanka Business Online (LBO) — English · Online business news. Business and financial news site covering companies, markets and the economy.
Online-only outlets
Colombo Gazette — English · Online news site. Online English news site covering politics, current affairs and foreign relations. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
NewsWire — English · Online news site. Online English news site with fast breaking-news coverage. See the latest English headlines on KottuRoti.
Groundviews — English · Citizen journalism. Citizen-journalism and civic-media platform focused on governance, human rights and reconciliation.
Colombo Telegraph — English · Online opinion and news. Online outlet known for opinion, investigations and documents-based reporting.
Sinhala newspapers (සිංහල පුවත්පත්)
Sinhala is the most read news language in Sri Lanka. The state-owned Sinhala daily Dinamina is listed under Government and state media below.
Dailies
Lankadeepa (ලංකාදීප) — Sinhala · Daily newspaper · Wijeya Newspapers. Sinhala daily from the Wijeya group, generally regarded as the highest-circulation newspaper in Sri Lanka.
Divaina (දිවයින) — Sinhala · Daily newspaper · Upali Newspapers. Sinhala daily from Upali Newspapers, sister paper of The Island. See the latest Sinhala headlines on KottuRoti.
TV and online
Hiru News (හිරු) — Sinhala · English · TV and online news. News arm of the Hiru TV and radio network, one of the most visited Sinhala news sites.
Ada Derana Sinhala (අද දෙරණ) — Sinhala · TV and online news · TV Derana. The Sinhala edition of Ada Derana, updated around the clock.
Nethnews — Sinhala · Online news site. Sinhala online news site with continuously updated island-wide coverage. See the latest Sinhala headlines on KottuRoti.
Tamil newspapers (தமிழ் செய்தித்தாள்கள்)
Tamil-language news serves both readers in Sri Lanka — especially the north and east — and a large diaspora. The state-owned Tamil daily Thinakaran is listed under Government and state media below.
Dailies
Virakesari (வீரகேசரி) — Tamil · Daily newspaper. One of the oldest and most widely read Tamil dailies on the island, covering national and regional news. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
Uthayan (உதயன்) — Tamil · Daily newspaper. Jaffna-based Tamil daily, the leading newspaper of the north.
Online
Tamil Mirror — Tamil · Online news site. Tamil daily and news site covering national politics and current affairs. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
Tamilwin — Tamil · Online news site. Tamil news site widely read in Sri Lanka and across the diaspora. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
Lankasri — Tamil · Online news site. Tamil news portal, long popular with Sri Lankan Tamil readers at home and abroad. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
IBC Tamil — Tamil · Broadcast and online news. Tamil broadcaster and news site with dedicated Sri Lanka coverage, popular with the diaspora. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
NewsFirst Tamil — Tamil · TV and online news. The Tamil edition of NewsFirst, updated around the clock. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
Battinaatham — Tamil · Online news site. Tamil online news site covering Sri Lankan news. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
Minnal24 — Tamil · Online news site. Tamil online news site with fast-moving coverage of island news. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
JVP News — Tamil · Online news site. Tamil news site covering Sri Lankan current affairs. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
Government and state media
These outlets are owned or controlled by the Sri Lankan state, and it is worth knowing that when you read them. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), universally known as Lake House, publishes dailies in all three languages and has been state-controlled since the 1970s.
Daily News — English · Daily newspaper · ANCL (Lake House), state-owned. State-owned English daily from Lake House, publishing for over a century.
Sunday Observer — English · Sunday newspaper · ANCL (Lake House), state-owned. State-owned English Sunday paper from Lake House.
Dinamina (දිනමිණ) — Sinhala · Daily newspaper · ANCL (Lake House), state-owned. State-owned Sinhala daily from Lake House, one of the oldest Sinhala newspapers still in print.
Thinakaran (தினகரன்) — Tamil · Daily newspaper · ANCL (Lake House), state-owned. State-owned Tamil daily from Lake House.
News.lk — Tamil · English · Sinhala · Government news portal · Government of Sri Lanka. The official government news portal, publishing in Sinhala, Tamil and English. Its Tamil edition is one of the sources KottuRoti aggregates. See the latest Tamil headlines on KottuRoti.
ITN — Sinhala · English · Tamil · Television · State-owned. Independent Television Network, a state-owned television broadcaster.
Rupavahini — Sinhala · English · Tamil · Television · State-owned. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the state national television broadcaster.
International coverage of Sri Lanka
Searching for BBC news about Sri Lanka today? These are the main international desks that cover the island, including the BBC services that publish in Sinhala and Tamil.
BBC Sinhala — Sinhala · International broadcaster · BBC. The BBC's Sinhala-language service, covering Sri Lanka and world news.
BBC Tamil — Tamil · International broadcaster · BBC. The BBC's Tamil-language service, covering Sri Lanka, India and the wider Tamil-speaking world.
BBC News Asia — English · International broadcaster · BBC. English-language BBC reporting on Sri Lanka via its Asia desk.
Al Jazeera — English · International broadcaster. Maintains a dedicated Sri Lanka section covering major island stories.
Reuters — English · News agency. Wire-service coverage of Sri Lanka through its Asia-Pacific desk, syndicated to newspapers worldwide.
What happened to InfoLanka?
InfoLanka (infolanka.com) was one of the first Sri Lankan sites on the web — a 1990s-era link directory covering everything from recipes to cricket, whose news links page became the default starting point for Lankan news online, especially for readers abroad. The site is no longer actively maintained, and many of the links on it have gone stale. This directory is its modern equivalent: the same idea of every Sri Lankan news source on one page, but reviewed regularly and backed by a live feed that pulls the actual headlines from these outlets every few minutes.
Read all of them in one feed
You do not have to open twenty tabs. KottuRoti aggregates the outlets marked above into one live feed, clusters reports about the same event into a single story, and keeps each story in its original language — so you can read across every source from one page.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the most read newspaper in Sri Lanka?
Lankadeepa, the Sinhala daily from Wijeya Newspapers, is generally regarded as the highest-circulation newspaper in Sri Lanka. Among English papers, Daily Mirror is widely regarded as the leading daily, while online the Ada Derana and Hiru News sites are among the most visited news destinations on the island.
What happened to InfoLanka?
InfoLanka was one of the earliest Sri Lankan websites — a 1990s link directory whose news links page was how a generation of readers, especially in the diaspora, found Lankan news online. The site is no longer actively maintained and many of its links have gone stale. This page serves the same purpose today: a single, kept-current list of Sri Lankan news sources, with live aggregated headlines one click away.
Which Sri Lankan newspapers are in English?
The main English dailies are Daily Mirror, The Island, Daily News and The Morning, with the Sunday Times and Sunday Observer at weekends. Daily FT and EconomyNext cover business and the economy, while Ada Derana and NewsFirst publish English news online around the clock.
Is there one independent Sri Lankan news source I can trust?
No single outlet gives the full picture. Every outlet has an editorial perspective, and several of the largest are owned by the state or by large media groups. The practical answer is to read the same story across several outlets — which is exactly what KottuRoti automates: it clusters reports from many sources into one story per event, so you can see where the accounts agree and where they differ.
Where can I read Sri Lankan news in Tamil?
Virakesari is the longest-established Tamil daily, and Uthayan covers the north from Jaffna. Online, Tamilwin, Lankasri, Tamil Mirror and IBC Tamil are widely read, including across the diaspora. KottuRoti gathers Tamil headlines from these outlets into one live feed at kotturoti.app/tamil-news.
Does BBC cover Sri Lanka today?
Yes. The BBC publishes Sri Lanka coverage in three languages: BBC Sinhala at bbc.com/sinhala, BBC Tamil at bbc.com/tamil, and English reporting through BBC News Asia. Major island stories are also covered by Reuters and Al Jazeera.
Are Sri Lankan newspapers free to read online?
Almost all Sri Lankan news sites are free to read and supported by advertising; paywalls are rare. Some papers also sell paid e-paper (print replica) editions. KottuRoti's aggregated feed is free too, with the latest headlines from every outlet on one page.