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Subramanian chettiar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Express Newspapers (Ceylon) Pvt Ltd</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">6 August 1930</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political alignment</th><td class="infobox-data">Independent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Tamil</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">120,000 daily</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virakesari.lk">www.virakesari.lk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Virakesari</b></i> is one of the leading <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> daily newspapers in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. It is the oldest and the largest circulated <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of newspapers in Sri Lanka">Tamil Newspaper</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. Virakesari is owned by Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Private) Limited, a leading <a href="/wiki/Print_media" class="mw-redirect" title="Print media">print</a> and <a href="/wiki/Online_media" class="mw-redirect" title="Online media">web media</a> organization in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virakesari&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Virakesari</i> was founded by <a href="/wiki/PPR_Subramaniam_Chettiar" class="mw-redirect" title="PPR Subramaniam Chettiar">PPR. Subramanian</a> in the first half of 20th century. Subramanian was an entrepreneur and journalist from the village <a href="/w/index.php?title=Avanipatti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Avanipatti (page does not exist)">Avanipatti</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, India. </p><p>Upon immigrating from India to <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">British Ceylon</a>, he saw the conditions of the Indian Labourers and decided that he would establish a <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspaper</a> to promote justice and equality for those people by publishing a newspaper with a distinct voice of its own. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_page_of_Virakesari_(06.08.1930).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/First_page_of_Virakesari_%2806.08.1930%29.png/220px-First_page_of_Virakesari_%2806.08.1930%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/First_page_of_Virakesari_%2806.08.1930%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption>The First Page of Virakesari in 1930</figcaption></figure> <p>The first edition was published on 6 August 1930 under the masthead <i>Virakesari</i> meaning "Victorious Lion" . Subramanian guided the publication for over 20 years, during which the publication focused on the rights and grievances of the Plantation workers, capturing the attention of the <a href="/wiki/Srilankan_tamils" class="mw-redirect" title="Srilankan tamils">Tamil speaking population</a>. Today, this newspaper is the most widely circulated and read newspaper by the entire Tamil speaking population in Sri Lanka. </p><p>In 1948, soon after <a href="/wiki/Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon">Ceylon</a> obtained independence from British dominance, the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Parliament">Ceylon Parliament</a> enacted the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Citizenship_Act" title="Ceylon Citizenship Act">Ceylon Citizenship Act</a>. Faced with the choice of obtaining Ceylonese citizenship or continuing with his Indian citizenship, Subramanian chose to return to his homeland, unable to come to terms with losing his nationality. Before his departure, he sold his interests to a small group of Ceylonese Citizens of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian origin</a>. </p><p>In 1965, during the period of political upheaval in Sri Lanka, the Virakesari newspaper was taken over by a <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese political party</a> with the intention of introducing a Sinhalese national newspaper. However, as fate would have it, the company was sued for defamation compelling the new owners to relinquish control, reverting ownership to the earlier owners. </p><p>In 1970, Express Newspapers (Ceylon) Limited was registered as a private company and as publisher of the Virakesari newspaper. It was the intention of the Directors that as a company, expansion programs could provide for a wide range of Tamil language publications for the Tamil speaking population. </p><p>Today, <i>Virakesari</i> has evolved into a <a href="/wiki/National_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="National newspaper">national newspaper</a> with the motto "Tharamana Valiyil Thelivaana Thagaval" ["Quality news with clarity"]. </p><p>Express Newspapers (Ceylon) Limited also publishes a wide range of magazines and newspapers catering to the different sectors and markets of the Tamil speaking population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Online_presence">Online presence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virakesari&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Online presence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Online Division of Express Newspapers launched virakesari.lk, a <a href="/wiki/Breaking_news" title="Breaking news">24x7 breaking news</a> website, in 2002, and in 2005 they launched <i>Virakesari's</i> <a href="/wiki/E-paper" class="mw-redirect" title="E-paper">E-paper</a>, which was the world's first <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> <a href="/wiki/E-paper" class="mw-redirect" title="E-paper">E-paper</a>. The websites boasts of over 2.5 million hits from across the world. <i>Virakesari</i> also plays a significant role in the field of <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> having large numbers of young audience engaged on their websites. The Alexa rank of this website is under 250.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editors">Editors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virakesari&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>S.Srikajan – Editor for Daily Edition</li> <li>Sivalingam Sivakumaran- Editor Sooriyakanthi</li> <li>Robert Anthony – News Editor for Daily Edition</li> <li>Sethuraman Ramasamy – Editor for Metronews</li> <li>Ponmalar – Editor for Mithran</li> <li>Mohamed Fairooz – Editor for Vidivelli</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Annalakshmi_Rajadurai" title="Annalakshmi Rajadurai">Annalakshmi Rajadurai</a> joined <i>Virakesari </i> in 1962, when women were unusual in Sri Lankan newspaper journalism. She stayed with the newspaper for decades.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Achievements">Achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virakesari&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Virakesari was voted the "Best Designed Newspaper" at the "Journalism Awards for Excellence 2005" by the Editors Guild and the Sri Lanka Press Institute. In 2010 virakesari.lk won the title of "Sri Lankas' Favorite Tamil Website" in polling conducted by bestweb.lk.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_editions">Foreign editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virakesari&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foreign editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the significant numbers of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">SriLankan Tamil</a> population (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_diaspora" title="Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora">diaspora</a>) spread across the world, <i>Virakesari</i> has become a world-renowned name in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>. <i>Virakesari</i> has a Weekly edition printed in <a href="/wiki/Doha" title="Doha">Doha</a> and distributed around the <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">states</a> of <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. 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title="Divaina">Divaina</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Island_(Sri_Lanka)" title="The Island (Sri Lanka)">The Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Navaliya" title="Navaliya">Navaliya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Island_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Island (Sri Lanka)">Sunday Island</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wijeya_Newspapers" title="Wijeya Newspapers">Wijeya Newspapers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_FT" title="Daily FT">Daily FT</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)">Daily Mirror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lankadeepa" title="Lankadeepa">Lankadeepa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times_(Sri_Lanka)" title="The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)">The Sunday Times</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Express Newspapers</b> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Virakesari</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Ravaya Publications</b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ravaya" title="Ravaya">Ravaya</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Rivira Media</b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nation_(Sri_Lanka)" title="The Nation (Sri Lanka)">The Nation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rivira" title="Rivira">Rivira</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Sumathi Newspapers</b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lakbima" title="Lakbima">Lakbima</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lakbima_News" title="Lakbima News">Lakbima News</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Uthayan Group</b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sudar_Oli" title="Sudar Oli">Sudar Oli</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uthayan" title="Uthayan">Uthayan</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Today" title="Ceylon Today">Ceylon Today</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Post" title="Colombo Post">Colombo Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mawbima" title="Mawbima">Mawbima</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sri_Lanka_Gazette" title="The Sri Lanka Gazette">The Sri Lanka Gazette</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thinakkural" title="Thinakkural">Thinakkural</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Independent Newspapers</b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chinthamini" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinthamini">Chinthamini</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dawasa" title="Dawasa">Dawasa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dinapathi" title="Dinapathi">Dinapathi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gitanjali_(Ceylonese_newspaper)" title="Gitanjali (Ceylonese newspaper)">Gitanjali</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iranama" title="Iranama">Iranama</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rasakatha" title="Rasakatha">Rasakatha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Riviresa" title="Riviresa">Riviresa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sawasa" title="Sawasa">Sawasa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_(Ceylon)" title="Star (Ceylon)">Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sun_(Ceylon)" title="Sun (Ceylon)">Sun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sundari_(newspaper)" title="Sundari (newspaper)">Sundari</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thanthi_(Ceylon)" title="Thanthi (Ceylon)">Thanthi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tikiri_(Ceylonese_newspaper)" title="Tikiri (Ceylonese newspaper)">Tikiri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Visitura" title="Visitura">Visitura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weekend_(Ceylonese_newspaper)" title="Weekend (Ceylonese newspaper)">Weekend</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b>Times of Ceylon</b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Daily_Mirror" title="Ceylon Daily Mirror">Ceylon Daily Mirror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lankadeepa_(Ceylon)" title="Lankadeepa (Ceylon)">Lankadeepa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Times_(Ceylon)" title="Morning Times (Ceylon)">Morning Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankadeepa" title="Sri Lankadeepa">Sri Lankadeepa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Mirror_(Ceylon)" title="Sunday Mirror (Ceylon)">Sunday Mirror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Times_of_Ceylon" title="Sunday Times of Ceylon">Sunday Times of Ceylon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_Ceylon" title="The Times of Ceylon">The Times of Ceylon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vanitha_Viththi" title="Vanitha Viththi">Vanitha Viththi</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alamat_Langkapuri" title="Alamat Langkapuri">Alamat Langkapuri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ceylon_Chronicle" title="The Ceylon Chronicle">The Ceylon Chronicle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ceylon_Herald" title="The Ceylon Herald">The Ceylon Herald</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Morning_Leader" title="Ceylon Morning Leader">Ceylon Morning Leader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ceylon_Observer" title="The Ceylon Observer">The Ceylon Observer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ceylonese" title="The Ceylonese">The Ceylonese</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colombo_Journal" title="The Colombo Journal">The Colombo Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eelamurasu" title="Eelamurasu">Eelamurasu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eelanadu" title="Eelanadu">Eelanadu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eelanatham" title="Eelanatham">Eelanatham</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Murasoli (Sri Lanka)">Murasoli</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Nesan" title="Muslim Nesan">Muslim Nesan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sarvajana_Nesan" title="Sarvajana Nesan">Sarvajana Nesan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Review_(Sri_Lankan_newspaper)" title="Saturday Review (Sri Lankan newspaper)">Saturday Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Standard" title="The Sunday Standard">The Sunday Standard</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Magazines_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magazines in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Magazines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/LMD_(magazine)" title="LMD (magazine)">LMD</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hi!!" title="Hi!!">Hi!!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satyn_(magazine)" title="Satyn (magazine)">Satyn Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Siriththiran" title="Siriththiran">Siriththiran</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athuru_Mithuru" title="Athuru Mithuru">Athuru Mithuru</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Radio" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Radio_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Radio in Sri Lanka">Radio</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Stations" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of radio stations in Sri Lanka">Stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asia_Broadcasting_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asia Broadcasting Corporation (page does not exist)">Asia Broadcasting Corporation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gold_FM_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Gold FM (Sri Lanka)">Gold FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiru_FM" title="Hiru FM">Hiru FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sooriyan_FM" title="Sooriyan FM">Sooriyan FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_FM_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Sun FM (Sri Lanka)">Sun FM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=E.A.P._Edirisingha_(Pvt)_Ltd.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E.A.P. Edirisingha (Pvt) Ltd. (page does not exist)">EAP Networks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/E_FM" title="E FM">E FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_FM" title="Raja FM">Raja FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shree_FM" title="Shree FM">Shree FM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Network" title="Independent Television Network">Independent Television Network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lakhanda_radio" title="Lakhanda radio">Lakhanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Radio_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Radio Sri Lanka">Prime Radio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MBC_Networks" title="MBC Networks">MBC Networks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shakthi_FM" title="Shakthi FM">Shakthi FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirasa_FM" title="Sirasa FM">Sirasa FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yes_FM" title="Yes FM">Yes FM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation">Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>City FM</li> <li>Education Service</li> <li>Muslim Service</li> <li>Sinhala Commercial Service</li> <li>Sinhala National Service</li> <li>SLBC Sports</li> <li>Radio Sri Lanka</li> <li>Tamil National Service</li> <li>Thendral FM</li> <li>Vidula</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNL_Radio_Network&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TNL Radio Network (page does not exist)">TNL Radio Network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Lite 89.2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythm FM">Rhythm FM</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TNL_Radio_101.8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TNL Radio 101.8 (page does not exist)">TNL Radio 101.8</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Voice_of_Asia_Network&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Voice of Asia Network (page does not exist)">Voice of Asia Network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiss_FM_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Kiss FM (Sri Lanka)">Kiss FM</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Real_Radio_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Real Radio (Sri Lanka) (page does not exist)">Real Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyatha_FM" title="Siyatha FM">Siyatha FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vettri_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="Vettri FM">Vettri FM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>MGM Networks</b> (<a href="/wiki/Max_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Max Radio">Max Radio</a>)</li> <li><b>Power House</b> (<a href="/wiki/FM_Derana" title="FM Derana">FM Derana</a>)</li> <li><b>Telshan Networks</b> (Isira)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sith_FM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sith FM (page does not exist)">Sith FM</a></li> <li>Tharu</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cinema" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cinema of Sri Lanka">Cinema</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sri Lankan films">Films</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_1940s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 1940s">1940s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_1950s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 1950s">1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_1960s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_1970s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_1980s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_1990s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_2000s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_films_of_the_2010s" title="List of Sri Lankan films of the 2010s">2010s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Films_set_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Films set in Sri Lanka">Films set in Sri Lanka</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Sri_Lankan_Civil_War_in_film&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Sri Lankan Civil War in film (page does not exist)">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Films shot in Sri Lanka">Films shot in Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_actors" title="List of Sri Lankan actors">Actors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_film_directors" title="List of Sri Lankan film directors">Directors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Sri_Lankan_screenwriters" title="Category:Sri Lankan screenwriters">Screenwriters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_cinema" title="Sri Lankan Tamil cinema">Tamil Language</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_Tamil_films" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sri Lankan Tamil films">Sri Lankan Tamil films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils_in_Sinhala_Cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Tamils in Sinhala Cinema">Sri Lankan Tamils in Sinhala Cinema</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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