Divaina

Divaina
Logo of Divaina
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Owner(s)Upali Newspapers
Founded1981 (1981)
LanguageSinhala
Headquarters223, Bloemendhal Road, Colombo 13, Sri Lanka
Circulation156,000 (Daily Divaina)
40,0000 (Sunday Divaina)
Sister newspapersThe Island
Websitedivaina.com

Divaina (Sinhala: දිවයින) is a Sinhala language daily newspaper published by the Upali Newspapers in Sri Lanka. A sister newspaper of The Island , Divaina was established in 1981.[1] Its Sunday edition is the Sunday Divaina. The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 156,000 and its Sunday edition, 340,000 per issue.[2] The paper was founded by Upali Wijewardene,[3] and it takes a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist editorial stance.[4]

  1. ^ "Newspapers in Ceylon". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Districtwise circulation with effect from November 2009". Divaina. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  3. ^ Wijenayake, Walter (13 February 2009). "Upali Wijewardene– rare business genius". The Island. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ^ Ulmer, Alexandra; Rajarathnam, Omar (2019-06-06). "Unsubstantiated claims Muslim doctor sterilized women raise tensions in Sri Lanka". Kurunegala, Sri Lanka: Reuters. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2019-06-06.