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,
The Islander (Australian newspaper) 1951, it was incorporated by the "Glenelg Guardian", and a later separate insert version of that newspaper, The K.I. Courier (1957-1968) was also published by the "Glenelg Guardian". The first issue of "The Islander" was on 19 January 1967, continuing weekly until 4 August 1982. The newspaper quickly went on to absorb its main rival publication, "The K.I. Courier." Between 11 August 1982 (issue No. 754) and 27 May 1987 (No. 994) it was briefly renamed as the Islander News Pictorial. The newspaper was sold to Rural Press (now Fairfax Media) in 1995. It celebrated its 50 years in 2017