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The Asian Tribune is an online newspaper. Their funding is unknown, and critics, such as the Sri Lanka Guardian, consider their journalism to be of poor quality.{{cite web | last=Guardian | first=Sri Lanka | title=Mischief by KT: The Northern Province Chief Minister Candidature | website=Sri Lanka Guardian | date=2013-04-24 | url=http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2013/04/mischief-by-kt-northern-province-chief.html | access-date=2022-09-08}} The publication is owned by K.T. Rajasingham, who is also a writer for the publication.{{cite web | title=Mischief By Asian Tribune: The Northern Province Chief Minister Candidature | website=Colombo Telegraph | date=2013-04-23 | url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/mischief-by-asian-tribune-the-northern-province-chief-minister-candidature/ | access-date=2022-09-08}} The online source provides news and editorial on the current affairs of Asia, with a special emphasis on South Asia but mostly concentrates its news on the current Civil conflict in Sri Lanka with questionable reliability.

Publication began in 2002 and was then based in Bangkok, Thailand.{{cite web|last=Thakuria|first=Nava |url=http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid%3DWeb591764252Hoot50709+PM2014%26pn%3D1 |title=Thai portal thrives on plagiarism |date=2006-03-13 |access-date=2006-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914224403/http://thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web591764252Hoot50709%20PM2014&pn=1 |archive-date=2006-09-14 }} Its print edition was discontinued in 2011. The publication is registered in Sweden as an online publication.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sasnet.lu.se/journals.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819001215/http://www.sasnet.lu.se/journals.html|url-status=dead|title=SASNET: Magazines on South Asia|archive-date=19 August 2006}} Asian Tribune is currently based in Bangladesh.