Sun
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Independent Newspapers Limited
Founded1964 (1964)
LanguageEnglish
CityColombo
CountryCeylon
Sister newspapers
OCLC number36532512

The Sun was an English language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company.[1][2] It was founded on 1964 and was published from Colombo.[1] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 18,000.[1] It had an average circulation of 6,800 in 1970 and 32,247 in 1973.[3][4]

By 1973/74 the Independent Newspapers publications had become vocal critics of Sirimavo Bandaranaike's government.[5] The government sealed Independent Newspapers' presses and closed it down on 19 April 1974 using the Emergency (Defence) Regulations.[6][7][8][9][10] Independent Newspapers resumed publication on 30 March 1977 but the three-year closure had taken its toll.[2][6][7] Facing financial problems Independent Newspapers and its various publications closed down on 26 December 1990.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 317–318.
  2. ^ a b "Another Sinhala newspaper launched". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 10 August 2008.
  3. ^ Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (2010). Electoral Politics in an Emergent State: The Ceylon General Election of May 1970. Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-521-15311-9.
  4. ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 349–351.
  5. ^ de Silva, K. M. (1981). A History of Sri Lanka. Oxford University Press. p. 547.
  6. ^ a b Sirisena, Priyalal (5 November 2003). "'Irida Dawasa' publication restrained". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  7. ^ a b Marasinghe, Sandasen (4 November 2003). "Dawasa restrained from publication". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  8. ^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 365–366.
  9. ^ Richardson, John (2005). Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars. International Center for Ethnic Studies. p. 362. ISBN 955-580-094-4.
  10. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-02-13.((cite book)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ Karunanayake, Nandana (2008). "18: Sri Lanka". In Banerjee, Indrajit; Logan, Stephen (eds.). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. pp. 446–460. ISBN 9789814136105.
  12. ^ "Special events which took place in history from December 20 - December 26". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 20 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.


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