Sri Lanka news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Sri Lanka news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Sri Lanka media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Sri Lanka's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 6 titles tracked in Sri Lanka sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (Daily Mirror, The Island and The Morning), 2 television news channels (Ada Derana and News First) and 1 business daily (Daily FT). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Sri Lanka, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Sri Lanka sits in South Asia, on Crosswire's Asia hub. By outlets tracked it is 2nd of the 8 countries in South Asia and 12th of the 33 across Asia, where the average is 5.1 outlets per country. Its neighbours in South Asia with hubs of their own are Bangladesh (6), Nepal (6), India (5), Pakistan (5), Afghanistan (5), Bhutan (4) and Maldives (4).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Sri Lanka's main news outlets?
Across Sri Lanka's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Daily Mirror, Ada Derana, Daily FT, The Island, The Morning and News First. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
The Daily Mirror is an English-language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka, published by the Wijeya Newspapers group. It covers national politics, business, society and current affairs and is one of the country's leading English-language titles. Alongside its print edition, it maintains a widely read news website serving domestic and diaspora readers.
Ada Derana is a major Sri Lankan news brand operating television channels and a high-traffic news website in Sinhala, Tamil and English. It is among the most widely followed sources of breaking news and current affairs in the country. The brand is known for fast online updates and broad coverage of national and international events.
The Daily FT is an English-language business newspaper in Sri Lanka, focused on financial, economic and corporate news. It serves business professionals and a general readership interested in markets, policy and the national economy. The paper provides analysis and commentary on Sri Lankan business affairs alongside coverage of broader political and economic developments.
English-language daily newspaper published in Colombo by Upali Newspapers. Covers Sri Lankan politics, business, and current affairs.
English-language daily news outlet published in Colombo. Provides coverage of Sri Lankan politics, business, and current affairs across print and digital editions.
Sri Lankan broadcaster and digital news outlet operated by Maharaja Organisation. Publishes breaking news and current affairs in English alongside its Sinhala and Tamil television channels.
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