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 Sunday Times own. In 1963, the Insight investigative team was established under Clive Irving. On 27 September 1964, the "Business" section was launched, making "The Sunday Times" Britain's first regular three-section newspaper. In September 1966, Thomson bought "The Times", to form Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL). It was the first time both "The Sunday Times" and "The Times" had been brought under the same ownership. Harold Evans, editor from 1967 until 1981, established "The Sunday Times" as a leading campaigning and investigative newspaper. On 19 May 1968, the paper published its first major campaigning report on the drug Thalidomide, which had been reported