| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Times of Ceylon Limited |
| Founded | 1957 (1957) |
| Language | Sinhala |
| City | Colombo |
| Country | Ceylon |
| Sister newspapers | |
TheVanitha Viththi was aSinhala language weekly newspaper inCeylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL).[1] It was founded in 1957 and was published fromColombo.[1] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 23,215.[1] It had an average circulation of 30,507 in 1973.[2]
TOCL wasnationalised by theSri Lankan government in August 1977.[3] The state-run TOCL faced financial and labour problems and on 31 January 1985 it and its various publications closed down.[3]
The magazine's first editor wasEva Ranaweera.[4]
