Uthayan
Sign in to saveUthayan ( Utayaṉ, ) is a Tamil language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by New Uthayan Publication (Private) Limited, part of the Uthayan Group of Newspapers. It was founded in 1985 and is published from Jaffna. Its sister newspaper is the Colombo-based Sudar Oli. Uthayan was the only newspaper published from Jaffna which did not cease publication due to the civil war. The newspaper has been attacked several times; a number of its staff have been murdered by paramilitary groups and other forces, and it regularly receives threats.
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Uthayan ( Utayaṉ, ) is a Tamil language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by New Uthayan Publication (Private) Limited, part of the Uthayan Group of Newspapers. It was founded in 1985 and is published from Jaffna. Its sister newspaper is the Colombo-based Sudar Oli. Uthayan was the only newspaper published from Jaffna which did not cease publication due to the civil war. The newspaper has been attacked several times; a number of its staff have been murdered by paramilitary groups and other forces, and it regularly receives threats.
==History== thumb|David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom inspecting burnt down printing press of Uthayan newspaper in [[Jaffna on 15 November 2013 while M. V. Kanamaylnathan, the Editor of the newspaper explaining something to him. E. Saravanapavan, the Managing Director of the newspaper looking on.]] Uthayan was founded in 1985 by E. Saravanapavan with the first edition being published on 27 November 1985. At that time there were two other newspapers published from Jaffna: the Tamil language Eelamurasu and Eelanadu. Murasoli began publishing from Jaffna in 1986.