Sri Lanka - Media

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Press

• Daily News - State-owned, Daily
• Daily Mirror - Private, Daily
• Colombo Page - Daily    
• The Island - Daily
• The Lanka Sun - Daily
• The Sunday Times online - Colombo-based

Television

• Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC)- state-owned, operates two channels: Rupavahini and Channel Eye
• Independent Television Network (ITN) - state-run, Sri Lanka's first TV station
• Sirasa TV - private, Sinhala
• MTV - private, English-language
• Dynavision - private
• ETV - private
• Swarnavahini - private, Sinhala
• Shakthi TV - private, Tamil

Radio

• Lanka Broadcast - Sinhala
• Media Asia - Southasian Channels of the world
• Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) - state-owned, operates domestic services in Sinhala, Tamil and English, including widely-listened-to Commercial Service
• TNL Radio - private, English-language
• Yes FM - private, English-language
• Sirasa FM - private, Sinhala
• Sooriyan FM - private, Tamil
• Shakthi FM - private, Tamil

News agencies

• Lankapuvath - state-owned
• TamilNet - Tamil news service

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