Includes web links to local trade fair or show authorities and local newspapers, trade publications, radio/TV/cable information.
Last Published: 7/22/2019
Mass advertising and marketing on a range of mediums is common.  Newspapers, radio, and television all accept commercial advertising and internet-based marketing and targeting, including through social media, is growing as internet access and mobile phone penetration increases.  There are several English-language newspapers, as well as dailies in the Sinhala and Tamil languages (see below).

Colombo hosts a number of trade exhibitions and fairs but the fairs attract few international participants. 

Major Web Sites
Lanka Academic Network                                 www.theacademic.org
Lanka Page                                                         www.lankapage.com  
Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC            http://slembassyusa.org/
US Embassy Colombo                                       https://lk.usembassy.gov/
Lanka Business Report                                       http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/
Sri Lanka Web Server                                        www.lanka.net
Economynext                                                      https://economynext.com/

Major English-Language Newspapers
Daily FT                                                               www.ft.lk
Daily Mirror                                                         www.dailymirror.lk
Daily News                                                           www.dailynews.lk   
The Island                                                             http://www.island.lk/
The Sunday Leader                                               www.thesundayleader.lk
Sunday Observer                                                  www.sundayobserver.lk
Sunday Times                                                       www.sundaytimes.lk

Major Sinhala-Language Newspapers
Dinamina                                                              www.dinamina.com
Silumina                                                                www.silumina.lk
Lankadeepa                                                          www.lankadeepa.lk

Major Tamil-Language Newspapers
Virakesari                                                              www.virakesari.lk
Business Journals
Echelon                                                                 https://www.echelon.lk/
Business Today                                                   www.btoptions.com
Lanka Monthly Digest                                       https://lmd.lk/

Major Advertising Agencies
Grant McCann Erickson                                    http://www.mccannworldgroup.com/
JWT, Sri Lanka                                                   www.jwt.lk  
Phoenix Ogilvy                                                    www.ogilvy.com
Leo Burnett Solutions Inc.                                 www.leoburnett.lk
 

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