VALUE OF NEWSPAPERS.

         Newspaper is one of the media of communication. Newspapers bring us first-hand news not only of s Lanka but also of the other countries in the world. Some newspapers are published daily. Others are published weekly. Newspapers are published in all three languages, Sinhala, Englişh, and Tamil. 

📰Dinamina, Divaina Lankadeepa, and Lakbima are daily Sinhala newspapers. 

📰The English dailies are Daily News, Daily Mirror, and The Island. 

📰Thinakaran, Dinapathi, Weerakesari and Sudaroli are the Tamil dailies. 

📰Silumina, Irida Lankadeepa, Irida Divaina, and Irida Lakbima are Weekly Sinhala newspapers. 

📰The English weekly newspapers are Sunday. 

📰Island, Sunday Observer, Sunday Times, and Sunday Leader We can read the local news, foreign news, obituaries, sports diary, employment advertisements, other advertisements, classifieds, and articles in a newspaper. 

        The most important feature of a newspaper is its editorial. Newspapers play an important role in society. It voices a public opinion. We find a lot of articles written by distinguished writers. They are political, social. educational and cultural topics. 

        A newspaper educates the people. That is why it has become so popular among people from all walks of life. In a newspaper, there are special pages for children too. The sports page has become very popular among young readers.  Newspaper is regarded as the cheapest means to get all-important local and foreign news. 

A newspaper is indispensable to the modern man and his community.