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,
Sunday Dispatch Sunday Dispatch The Sunday Dispatch was a British newspaper, published between 27 September 1801 and 18 June 1961, when it was merged with the "Sunday Express". Until 1928, it was called the Weekly Dispatch. First published as the "Weekly Dispatch" in 1801, the newspaper was bought by Alfred Harmsworth and Lord Rothermere in 1903 from the Newnes family. The pair turned it around from bankruptcy, and made it the biggest selling Sunday newspaper. The name was changed to the "Sunday Dispatch" in 1928. As editor Charles Eade had served as Press Liaison officer for Lord Mountbatten during World War II,