The Times of Ceylon subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications. The Times of Ceylon The Times of Ceylon was an English language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded in 1846 as the Ceylon Times and was published from Colombo. It ceased publication in 1985. The "Ceylon Times" started on 11 July 1846 using the printing press of the defunct "The Ceylon Herald". The newspaper was established to oppose "The Observer" and promote the mercantile interests of British colonials. Initially it was published on Tuesdays and Fridays. In 1858 the paper's
The Bengal Times Times The Bengal Times The Bengal Times was a newspaper published from Dhaka. It was the second newspaper of its kind published in 1871. E. C. Kemp was the editor. It was a bi-weekly newspaper published every Sunday and Saturday. "The Bengal Times" was a very influential newspaper in East Bengal. In Dhaka its price per copy was eight annas and nine annas at outside of Dhaka. The lowest rate of advertisement was one rupees. Rate of each line was four annas. After the Partition of Bengal in 1905 the name of the newspaper was changed to Eastern Bengal and