Type | News website |
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Owner(s) | Wijeya Newspapers |
Political alignment | Progressive |
Language | Tamil |
Headquarters | No. 48, Park Street, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka |
Website | tamilmirror.lk |
The Tamil Mirror is a Tamil-language news website in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is published by Wijeya Newspapers. [1] Its sister newspapers are, The Daily Mirror , The Sunday Times , Lankadeepa and Daily FT .
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