Lankasri News
This profile was updated in February 2025
Many divisions of Lankasri are registered in countries with a substantial Tamil-speaking diaspora community such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, the United States of America, France and Germany. In addition, Lankasri provides links to its sister sites such as Cinedaddy, Tamil Focus, Tamilwin, Cineulagam, Hi2cinema, Manithan, Lankasri Bucket, Lankasri Topic, Lankasri FM, Lankasri TV, Orupoint, Lankasri Connect, CanadaMirror, JVP News, and Kallarai. As per the official website of Lankasri, the company was registered in November 2001 but started its operation in January 2002.The Sri Lankan division was incorporated under Smart Network (Pvt) Limited on 22 June 2015. However, as per the list of registered websites provided by the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media, S. Srikugan registered the website in 2016.
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Geographic Coverage
International
Content Type
Free Content
Media Companies / Groups
Smart Network (Pvt) Limited
Ownership Structure
Smart Network (Pvt) Limited is solely owned by Thiyagarajan Rajan.
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General Information
Founding Year
2002
Affiliated Interests Founder
Sivagnanam Srikugan is attributed as the founder of the Lankasri online media outlet. Sivagnanam Srikugan is the brother of current Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament, Sivagnanam Sritharan. Sivagnanam Srikugan was born in Killinochchi, Sri Lanka, but currently resides in Switzerland. Many of the family members of the Sivagnanam family also live in Europe and North America.
Contact
Smart Network (Pvt) Limited
No. 295-4/1, George R De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 13
Tel: Sri Lanka: +94 11 331 4421, United Kingdom: +44 208 133 8373, Switzerland: +41 435 080 178, Canada: +1 647 694 1391, France: +33 182 880 284, Germany: +49 231 2240 1053, United States of America: +1 678 389 9934, Australia: +61 291 881 626
Email: lankasri@lankasri.com
Website: www.lankasri.com/srilanka/
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Further Information
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The Lankasri website and its related websites do not provide any details about its founder, board of directors or its organisational structure. Moreover, Smart Network (Pvt) Limited does not have an official website. As such, publicly available secondary sources and certified copies of information filed with the Department of the Registrar of Companies, as provided by Smart Network (Pvt) Limited, were referenced. The most recent ownership details were listed for the year 2023, while changes in directors were recorded for the year 2021.
