It is published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a government-owned corporation.

The newspaper commenced publishing in March 30 1930, D. R. Wijewardena being its founder.

[2] Famous novelists like Martin Wickramasinghe have served as its editor.

[3] Since 20th January 2020, Dharman Wickramaratne is the editor.

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