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 Comet (newspaper) 2016—since then Matt Adams has been acting editor. The paper was formed in May 1971 as the successor to the long-established "Hertfordshire Pictorial", a paid-for weekly whose three editions covered Letchworth and Baldock, Hitchin and Stevenage. The free paper was originally named the "Stevenage Sun", "Hitchin Sun" or "Letchworth Sun", depending on the edition. The "Comet" name was adopted after less than a month after the national newspaper "The Sun" threatened legal action. Subsequent attempts by the "Surrey Comet" to prevent the "Comet" name being used were seen off. The "Comet"s average circulation, counting all three editions together, was 66,791