Introducing LakFeed — Sri Lankan News in Three Languages
We built LakFeed because we believe every Sri Lankan deserves access to reliable local news in the language they're most comfortable with. Here's our story.
LakFeed Team
May 1, 2025 · 2 min read
Sri Lanka is a country of many voices. Three official languages, dozens of regional accents, millions of people getting their news from wildly different sources — some in English, many in Sinhala, many more in Tamil. And yet most news aggregators treat the island as a single, English-speaking audience.
We built LakFeed to fix that.
What LakFeed Does
LakFeed pulls headlines from Sri Lanka's most trusted news outlets and presents them in a clean, fast, ad-free interface — in English, Sinhala (සිංහල), and Tamil (தமிழ்). Switch languages with a single tap. No account required. No algorithm deciding what you should care about.
We index articles from over a dozen sources and refresh continuously throughout the day, so you're always reading something that happened in the last few hours, not the last few days.
Why We Built This
The idea started simply: we were tired of having to open five different apps to get a complete picture of what was happening in Sri Lanka. Colombo Page for English-language international coverage. Ada Derana for breaking news. Thinakkural for Tamil perspectives. The Morning for analysis.
LakFeed doesn't replace any of those publications. It makes them easier to reach — all in one place, organised by category and source.
What's Coming
We're in beta right now, which means things are still being polished. Over the coming months we're working on:
- Personalised feeds — follow the categories and sources that matter to you
- Push notifications for breaking news
- Mobile app (iOS and Android)
- More sources — if you know a publication we're missing, let us know
A Note on Quality
We don't write or edit the news — we link to original articles from established publications. Every headline you see on LakFeed comes from a source we've vetted manually. If a source starts publishing misinformation, we remove it.
Our goal is simple: give every Sri Lankan a fast, honest, multilingual window into what's happening at home.
We're just getting started. Thank you for being here.
— The LakFeed Team
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