The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) chairman of Wijeya Newspapers Ltd, purchased the company which was under liquidation, in 1986. However, the newspaper "The Sunday Times" came into being in 1991. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers. The paper features articles of journalists such as defence columnist Iqbal Athas and Ameen Izzadeen. The daily counterpart of the Sri Lankan "Sunday Times" is the Daily Mirror. The first "Times" newspaper, "Ceylon Times" was established in 1846. The Times of Ceylon Ltd,
Hall's Pictorial Weekly for transmission in the following May and June. Effectively the show was axed, although no clear statement about the programme's demise was made by the broadcaster. In 2004, a DVD featuring highlights from the series was released under the title, "The Very Best of Hall's Pictorial Weekly (Vol 1)". A second volume "The Very Best of Hall's Pictorial Weekly (Vol 2)" was released a few years later. Hall's Pictorial Weekly Hall's Pictorial Weekly, Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator was an Irish satirical television series which was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann from 1971 to 1980. Regarded as RTÉ's flagship comedy show,