Upali Newspapers

Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd
Type	Private
Industry	Media
Founder	Upali Wijewardene
Headquarters	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Area served	Sri Lanka

Upali Newspapers (Private) Limited (UNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. UNL was founded by Upali Wijewardene, nephew of medial mogul D. R. Wijewardena.[1] Upali Wijewardene started publishing two Sunday newspapers, Sunday Island and Divaina Irida Sangrahaya, in 1981.[1] The two newspapers' daily counterparts - Divaina and The Island - started in 1982.[1] Upali Wijewardene died in a mysterious air accident on 13 February 1983 and control of his newspapers passed to his widow Lakmini, and her father Sivali Ratwatte, brother of SLFP leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike.[1] UNL also publishes Bindu, Navaliya, Randiwa and Vidusara.

References

Banerjee, Indrajit; Logan, Stephen, eds. (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. pp. 448–449. ISBN 9789814136105.

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[ACH-1] Banerjee, Indrajit; Logan, Stephen, eds. (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. pp. 448–449. ISBN 9789814136105.