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{{Short description|Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper}}
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| name                 = Visitura
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| type                 = Weekly newspaper
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| owners               = Independent Newspapers Limited
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| foundation           = {{Start date|1962|df=y}}
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| language             = [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]
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| sister newspapers    = {{Unbulleted list|[[Chinthamini]]|[[Dawasa]]|[[Dinapathi]]|[[Gitanjali (Ceylonese newspaper)|Gitanjali]]|[[Iranama]]|[[Rasakatha]]|[[Riviresa]]|[[Sawasa]]|[[Star (Ceylon)|Star]]|[[Sun (Ceylon)|Sun]]|[[Sundari (Ceylonese newspaper)|Sundari]]|[[Thanthi (Ceylon)|Thanthi]]|[[Tikiri (Ceylonese newspaper)|Tikiri]]|[[Weekend (Ceylonese newspaper)|Weekend]]}}
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| publishing_country   = [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]]
| publishing_city      = [[Colombo]]
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'''''Visitura''''' was a [[Sinhala language]] weekly newspaper in [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]] published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company.<ref name=YB1968>{{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}}</ref> It was founded on 1962 and was published from [[Colombo]].<ref name=YB1968/> In 1966 it had an average net sales of 60,000.<ref name=YB1968/> It had an average circulation of 20,000 in 1973.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
By 1973/74 the Independent Newspapers publications had become vocal critics of [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]]'s [[Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet|government]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The government sealed Independent Newspapers' presses and closed it down on 19 April 1974 using the Emergency (Defence) Regulations.<ref name=TI051103>{{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}}</ref><ref name=DN041103>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Independent Newspapers resumed publication on 30 March 1977 but the three-year closure had taken its toll.<ref name=TI051103/><ref name=DN041103/><ref>{{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}}</ref> Faced financial problems Independent Newspapers and its various publications closed down on 26 December 1990.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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|access-date=19 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130711/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/12/20/jun01.asp|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Media of Sri Lanka}}
[[Category:1962 establishments in Ceylon]]
[[Category:Defunct Sinhala-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Defunct weekly newspapers published in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Independent Newspapers Limited]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1962]]
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