Aththa
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | B.A. Siriwardena, H.G.S. Ratnaweera |
| Publisher | Pragathi Press (Pvt.) Ltd |
| Editor-in-chief | Jinadasa Kankanamge |
| Associate editor | Aga Jayasena |
| Staff writers | Saman Jayakody, Dakshina Kankanamge, Widuneth Siyambalapitiya, Chalaka Lunuwilage, Saalani Abeysundara, Danushi Jayawardhana |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Political alignment | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Language | Sinhala |
| Ceased publication | 1995 |
| Relaunched | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Colombo |
| Circulation | 5,000 (Now) (41,000 in 1971) |
| Sister newspapers | Forward, Deshabhimani |
| Website | www.aththa.lk |
Aththa (Sinhala: ඇත්ත, 'Truth') was a Sinhala-language daily newspaper, published from Colombo by the Communist Party of Sri Lanka between 1964 and 1995. The name was borrowed from the Russian newspaper Pravda. As of 1971, it had an edition of around 41,000. It had a special Sunday edition. As of the early 1970s, B.A. Siriwardena served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Newton Seneviratne as its news editor and Surath Ambalangoda as its features editor. As of the mid-1980s, H.G.S. Ratnaweera was the editor-in-chief of Aththa.