Uthayan
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Owner(s) | Uthayan Group of Newspapers |
| Founder(s) | E. Saravanapavan |
| Publisher | New Uthyan Publication (Private) Limited |
| Editor-in-chief | M. V. Kanamaylnathan |
| Managing editors | E. Saravanapavan |
| Founded | 27 November 1985 |
| Political alignment | Neutral |
| Language | Tamil |
| Headquarters | 361 Kasthuriyar Road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Sister newspapers | Sudar Oli |
| Website | uthayan.com |
Uthayan (Tamil: உதயன் Utayaṉ, English: Morning) 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 newspapers 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.
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 Eeelanadu.Murasoli began publishing from Jaffna in 1986.
As the civil war escalated newspapers published from Jaffna came under pressure from both government forces and the rebel militant groups. Eelamurasu and Eeelanadu were taken over by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 1987 and 1994 respectively.
In October 1995, as the Sri Lankan military launched a military offensive to recapture the Jaffna peninsula from the LTTE, virtually the entire population of the Valikamam region fled to other parts of the peninsula and the Vanni. Uthayan staff fled from their Jaffna offices, taking printing machine, a generator and newsprint on a truck. They set up a temporary office in Sarasalai, Thenmarachchi from where they published the paper until April 1996. Then the paper returned to Jaffna after the military had recaptured most of the peninsula including Jaffna city. By 1996 the Uthayan was the only newspaper published from Jaffna.
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