Daily FT

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.

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Daily FT at a glance

Country: Sri Lanka
Region: South Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Business daily
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: ft.lk ↗
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How Crosswire groups Daily FT

Crosswire groups Daily FT as Centrist for comparisons within Sri Lanka's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Daily FT sits in Sri Lanka's press

Daily FT is one of 6 outlets tracked in Sri Lanka and the only business daily tracked there. By outlets tracked, Sri Lanka ranks seventh of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 4 of the 30 business dailies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Daily FT outside Sri Lanka, starting with South Asia, are The Business Standard (Bangladesh), Nikkei (Japan) and The Business Times (Singapore). Opening one of them beside Daily FT is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.