Ceylon Today

{{Short description|Sri Lankan English language newspaper}}

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| type = Daily / Sunday newspaper

| format = Print, online

| owners = Tiran Alles

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| publisher = Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited

| editor = Vindya Amaranayake

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| assoceditor = Gagani Vidwa Weerakoon

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| foundation = {{Start date|2011|11|18|df=y}}

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| language = English

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| headquarters = 101 Rosmead Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

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| sister newspapers = Mawbima

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| website = {{URL|www.ceylontoday.lk}}

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Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited. It was founded in 2011 and is published from Colombo. Its sister newspaper is the Mawbima. Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited is owned by politician Tiran Alles.{{cite news|title=Cold war between Govt. and Judiciary continues|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/121007/columns/cold-war-between-govt-and-judiciary-continues-15448.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=7 October 2012}} The first edition of the newspaper was published on 18 November 2011.{{cite news|title=About Us|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/about-us.html|newspaper=Ceylon Today|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423221437/http://ceylontoday.lk/about-us.html|archive-date=2013-04-23}}

Editor in chief Lalith Allahakkoon was sacked on 13 June 2012.{{cite web|title=Ceylon Today editor in chief forced to quit, reasons still unclear|url=http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-ceylon-today-editor-in-chief-22-06-2012,42866.html|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|date=22 June 2012|access-date=28 October 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062747/http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-ceylon-today-editor-in-chief-22-06-2012,42866.html|url-status=dead}} His replacement was Hana Ibrahim. Ibrahim is a past treasurer of the Free Media Movement (FMM) and tried to prevent the FMM from reacting to Allahakkoon's sacking.{{cite news|title=Ceylon Today's new editor prevents media groups from reacting to Lalith Alahakoon's sacking|url=http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2012/06/ceylon-todays-new-editor-prevents-media.html|newspaper=Sri Lanka Guardian|date=19 June 2012}} Ibrahim later resigned from the FMM.{{cite news|title=Ceylon Today Threatened Media Rights Groups And Editor Resigns From FMM|url=http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/ceylon-today-threatened-media-rights-groups-and-editor-resigns-from-fmm/|newspaper=Colombo Telegraph|date=27 June 2012}}