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The Sunday Leader was an English-language Sri Lankan weekly newspaper published by Leader Publications (Private) Limited. It was founded in 1994 and is published from Colombo. Its sister newspapers are the Iruresa ( Irudina) and the defunct The Morning Leader. Founded by brothers Lasantha Wickrematunge and Lal Wickrematunge, the newspaper is ...
Dhanapala was born in Tissamaharama and educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Allahabad University in India. After an early career as a writer and a journalist at the Ceylon Daily News, where he made a name as Janus, in the famous "Blue Page" of the Ceylon Daily News. His pen portraits of the movers and shakers in the then Ceylon made his ...
Lankadeepa (Sinhala: ලංකාදීප) is a daily Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper which is owned by Wijeya Newspapers. They were established in 1991. The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R. Wijewardena. The newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment and military.
Bandula Padmakumara. Godewatta Arachchige Bandula Padmakumara ( Sinhala: බන්දුල පද්මකුමාර; 2 June 1950 – 24 February 2022), popularly as Bandula Padmakumara, was a Sri Lankan journalist and television presenter. [1] [2] He was an iconic figure of Sri Lankan media and journalism most notable for the popular ...
Freedom of the press in Sri Lanka. Freedom of the press in Sri Lanka is guaranteed by Article 14 (1) (a) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka which gives every citizen "the freedom of speech and expression including publication". [1] But under some government's there was widespread suppression of the media, particularly those critical of those ...
Sri Lankadeepa. Sri Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). [1] [2] It was founded in 1951 and was published from Colombo. [1] [2] In 1966 it had an average net sales of 118,561. [2] It had an average circulation of 133,093 in 1970, 85,654 in 1973 and 55,000 in 1976.
Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. Formerly known as Wijeya Publications Limited, WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena. [1] [2] Ranjith Wijewardene had been chairman of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited ...
Headquarters. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka. Leader Publications is a Sri Lankan newspaper publisher. Its publications are The Sunday Leader, Morning Leader and Iruresa It was founded by Lal Wickrematunge and Lasantha Wickrematunge. It is known for its independent news coverage and it has faced arson attacks from men with complicity from the Sri Lankan ...