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{{Short description|Sri Lankan weekly newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = Silumina
| logo               =
| image              = Silumina Newspaper.jpg
| image_size         = 225px
| caption            = Silumina front page
| type               = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation         = {{start date|df=yes|1930}}
| language           = Sinhala
| owners             = [[Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited]]
| political          =
| headquarters       = 35, D. R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
| ISSN               =
| oclc               =
| editor             = Dharman Wickramaratne
| website            = [http://www.silumina.lk/ silumina.lk]
| circulation        = 265,000
| sister newspapers  = ''[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Observer]]''<br>''[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]''<br>''[[Dinamina]]'' <br>''[[Thinakaran]]''
}}
'''Silumina''' ({{langx|si|සිළුමිණ}}) is a [[Sinhala language]] weekly newspaper in [[Sri Lanka]]. 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.<ref name="roots">{{cite web | url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/newsceylon.htm | title=Newspapers in Ceylon | publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] | accessdate=22 April 2012}}</ref> It currently has a circulation of 265,000.<ref name="dailyn">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/28/bnlnk.asp?fname=AdvLoc | title=Paper Advertising Rates | work=Daily News | date=February 28, 2012 | accessdate=April 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228122151/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/28/bnlnk.asp?fname=AdvLoc | archivedate=February 28, 2012 }}</ref> Famous novelists like [[Martin Wickramasinghe]] have served as its editor.<ref name="dayln2">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/02/23/fea01.asp | title=D R Wijewardene - A true patriot | work=Daily News | date=23 February 2010 | accessdate=22 April 2012 | author=Nakkawita , Wijitha}}</ref>
Since 20th January 2020, Silumina Editor is Dharman Wickramaratne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2020/01/20/local/208884/dharman-silumina-chief-editor|title= Dharman Silumina chief editor}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of newspapers in Sri Lanka]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.silumina.lk/ Silumina] official website
{{Media of Sri Lanka}}
[[Category:Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1930]]
[[Category:Sinhala-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Sunday newspapers published in Sri Lanka]]
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