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Sawasa
Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Independent Newspapers Limited
Founded	1963 (1963)
Language	Sinhala
City	Colombo
Country	Ceylon
Sister newspapers	Chinthamini Dinapathi Dawasa Gitanjali Iranama Rasakatha Riviresa Star Sun Sundari Thanthi Tikiri Visitura Weekend
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Sawasa was a Sinhala language daily evening newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company.^[1] It was founded on 1963 and was published from Colombo.^[1] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 34,000.^[1] It had an average circulation of 18,812 in 1973.^[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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 317–318.
^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 349–351.
^ de Silva, K. M. (1981). A History of Sri Lanka. Oxford University Press. p. 547.
^ ^a ^b Sirisena, Priyalal (5 November 2003). "'Irida Dawasa' publication restrained". The Island (Sri Lanka).
^ ^a ^b Marasinghe, Sandasen (4 November 2003). "Dawasa restrained from publication". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
^ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 365–366.
^ 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.
^ 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)
^ "Another Sinhala newspaper launched". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 10 August 2008.
^ 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.
^ "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.

Mass media in Sri Lanka

Newspapers, magazines and other periodicals

Newspapers

Associated Newspapers	Daily News Dinamina Silumina Sunday Observer Thinakaran
Leader Publications	Iruresa The Morning Leader The Sunday Leader
Upali Newspapers	Divaina The Island Navaliya Sunday Island
Wijeya Newspapers	Daily FT Daily Mirror Lankadeepa The Sunday Times
Other	Express Newspapers Virakesari Ravaya Publications Ravaya Rivira Media The Nation Rivira Sumathi Newspapers Lakbima Lakbima News Uthayan Group Sudar Oli Uthayan Ceylon Today Colombo Post Mawbima The Sri Lanka Gazette Thinakkural
Former	Independent Newspapers Chinthamini Dawasa Dinapathi Gitanjali Iranama Rasakatha Riviresa Sawasa Star Sun Sundari Thanthi Tikiri Visitura Weekend Times of Ceylon Ceylon Daily Mirror Lankadeepa Morning Times Sri Lankadeepa Sunday Mirror Sunday Times of Ceylon The Times of Ceylon Vanitha Viththi Alamat Langkapuri The Ceylon Chronicle The Ceylon Herald Ceylon Morning Leader The Ceylon Observer The Ceylonese The Colombo Journal Eelamurasu Eelanadu Eelanatham Murasoli Muslim Nesan Sarvajana Nesan Saturday Review The Sunday Standard

Magazines

Radio

Stations

Asia Broadcasting Corporation	Gold FM Hiru FM Sooriyan FM Sun FM
EAP Networks	E FM Raja FM Shree FM
Independent Television Network	Lakhanda Prime Radio
MBC Networks	Shakthi FM Sirasa FM Yes FM
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation	City FM Education Service Muslim Service Sinhala Commercial Service Sinhala National Service SLBC Sports Radio Sri Lanka Tamil National Service Thendral FM Vidula
TNL Radio Network	Lite 89.2 Rhythm FM TNL Radio 101.8
Voice of Asia Network	Kiss FM Real Radio Siyatha FM Vettri FM
Other	MGM Networks (Max Radio) Power House (FM Derana) Telshan Networks (Isira) Sith FM Tharu

Cinema

Films	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
By topic	Films set in Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan Civil War) Films shot in Sri Lanka
Personnel	Actors Directors Screenwriters
Tamil Language	Sri Lankan Tamil films Sri Lankan Tamils in Sinhala Cinema

Television

Stations

EAP Networks	ETV Swarnavahini
Independent Television Network	ITN channel Prime TV Vasantham TV
MTV Channel	News First Shakthi TV Sirasa TV TV 1
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation	Channel Eye Nethra TV NTV Rupavahini
Voice of Asia Network	Siyatha TV Star Tamil TV
Asia Broadcasting Corporation	Hiru TV
Others	MGM Networks (You TV) Power House (TV Derana) Telshan Networks (TNL TV) ART Television The Buddhist Carlton Sports Network Shraddha TV Haritha TV

Platforms

Internet

News sites	Ada Derana Colombo Telegraph Lanka Business Online LankaeNews Lankapuvath News First Sri Lanka Guardian Sri Lanka Mirror‎ Tamil Mirror TamilNet

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