Weekend (Ceylonese newspaper)

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

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| owners = Independent Newspapers Limited

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| foundation = {{Start date|1965|df=y}}

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| sister newspapers = {{Unbulleted list|Chinthamini|Dawasa|Dinapathi|Gitanjali|Iranama|Rasakatha|Riviresa|Sawasa|Star|Sun|Sundari|Thanthi|Tikiri|Visitura}}

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| publishing_country = Ceylon

| publishing_city = Colombo

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Weekend was an English language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company.{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1968|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=317–318|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11886/11886.pdf}} It was founded in 1965 as the Weekend Sun and was published from Colombo. In 1966 it had an average net sales of 45,000. It had an average circulation of 48,590 in 1973.{{cite book|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1975|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|pages=349–351|url=http://noolaham.net/project/120/11908/11908.pdf}} The paper later changed its name to Weekend.

By 1973/74 the Independent Newspapers publications had become vocal critics of Sirimavo Bandaranaike's government.{{cite book|last1=de Silva|first1=K. M.|authorlink1=K. M. de Silva|title=A History of Sri Lanka|date=1981|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=547|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php/A_History_of_Srilanka}} The government sealed Independent Newspapers' presses and closed it down on 19 April 1974 using the Emergency (Defence) Regulations.{{cite news|last1=Sirisena|first1=Priyalal|title='Irida Dawasa' publication restrained|url=http://www.island.lk/2003/11/05/news12.html|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=5 November 2003}}{{cite news|last1=Marasinghe|first1=Sandasen|title=Dawasa restrained from publication|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2003/11/04/new19.html|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=4 November 2003}}{{cite book|title=Sri Lanka Year Book 1977|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|pages=365–366|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14702/14702.pdf}}{{cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=John|title=Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars|date=2005|publisher=International Center for Ethnic Studies|isbn=955-580-094-4|page=362|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sIRxpjfd-EC}}{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA19Df06.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213084644/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DA19Df06.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-02-13|chapter=Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity}} Independent Newspapers resumed publication on 30 March 1977 but the three-year closure had taken its toll.{{cite news|title=Another Sinhala newspaper launched|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080810/FunDay/fundaytimes_2.html|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=10 August 2008}} Faced financial problems Independent Newspapers and its various publications closed down on 26 December 1990.{{cite book|last1=Karunanayake|first1=Nandana|editor1-last=Banerjee|editor1-first=Indrajit|editor2-last=Logan|editor2-first=Stephen|title=Asian Communication Handbook 2008|date=2008|publisher=Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University|location=Singapore|isbn=9789814136105|pages=446–460|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo9YWvrWFcIC|chapter=18: Sri Lanka}}{{cite news|title=Special events which took place in history from December 20 - December 26|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2009/12/20/jun01.asp|work=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|date=20 December 2009}}