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Sri Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL).[1][2] It was founded in 1951 and was published from Colombo.[1][2] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 118,561.[2] It had an average circulation of 133,093 in 1970, 85,654 in 1973 and 55,000 in 1976.[3][4][5]
TOCL was nationalised by the Sri Lankan government in August 1977.[1] The state-run TOCL faced financial and labour problems and on 31 January 1985 it and its various publications closed down.[1] Ranjith Wijewardena, chairman of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL) before it was nationalised in July 1973, bought the trade names and library of the TOCL publications in 1986.[1][6] Wijewardena's company, Wijeya Newspapers, subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications.[1] Irida Lankadeepa started publishing in 1986.[1]
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