Rasakatha

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Rasakatha
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Independent Newspapers Limited
Founded1965 (1965)
Language Sinhala
City Colombo
Country Ceylon
Sister newspapers

Rasakatha was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company. [1] It was founded on 1965 and was published from Colombo. [1] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 15,000. [1] It had an average circulation of 15,328 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]

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  2. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 349–351.
  3. ↑ de Silva, K. M. (1981). A History of Sri Lanka. Oxford University Press. p. 547.
  4. 1 2 Sirisena, Priyalal (5 November 2003). "'Irida Dawasa' publication restrained". The Island (Sri Lanka) .
  5. 1 2 Marasinghe, Sandasen (4 November 2003). "Dawasa restrained from publication". Daily News (Sri Lanka) .
  6. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 365–366.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ "Another Sinhala newspaper launched". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 10 August 2008.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "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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