Divaina

{{Short description|Sinhala language newspaper in Sri Lanka}}

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| name = Divaina

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| image = Divaina logo.jpg

| caption = Logo of Divaina

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Print, online

| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|1981}}

| language = Sinhala

| owners = Upali Newspapers

| political =

| headquarters = 223, Bloemendhal Road, Colombo 13, Sri Lanka

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| website = {{URL|http://www.divaina.com/|divaina.com}}

| circulation = 156,000 (Daily Divaina)
40,0000 (Sunday Divaina)

| sister newspapers = The Island

}}

Divaina ({{langx|si|දිවයින}}) is a Sinhala language daily newspaper published by the Upali Newspapers in Sri Lanka. A sister newspaper of The Island , Divaina was established in 1981.{{cite web | url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/newsceylon.htm | title=Newspapers in Ceylon | publisher=Ancestry.com | access-date=22 April 2012}} Its Sunday edition is the Sunday Divaina. The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 156,000 and its Sunday edition, 340,000 per issue.{{cite web | url=http://www.divaina.com/images/circulation.htm | title=Districtwise circulation with effect from November 2009 | publisher=Divaina | access-date=April 18, 2012 | archive-date=April 25, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425074725/http://www.divaina.com/images/circulation.htm | url-status=dead }} The paper was founded by Upali Wijewardene,{{cite web | url=http://www.island.lk/2009/02/13/features8.html | title=Upali Wijewardene– rare business genius | publisher=The Island | date=13 February 2009 | access-date=22 April 2012 | author=Wijenayake, Walter}} and it takes a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist editorial stance.{{cite web|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-doctor-insight/unsubstantiated-claims-muslim-doctor-sterilized-women-raise-tensions-in-sri-lanka-idINKCN1T71HS|title=Unsubstantiated claims Muslim doctor sterilized women raise tensions in Sri Lanka|first=Alexandra|last=Ulmer|first2=Omar|last2=Rajarathnam|location=Kurunegala, Sri Lanka|publisher=Reuters|date=2019-06-06|access-date=2019-06-06|archive-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115015037/https://in.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-doctor-insight/unsubstantiated-claims-muslim-doctor-sterilized-women-raise-tensions-in-sri-lanka-idINKCN1T71HS|url-status=dead}}