Lalith to Daily News, Lakshman to Sunday Observer!

Sunday, 15 February 2015 

After five weeks have elapsed since the new government took over, two independent, senior journalists have been appointed, in place of Rajapaksa henchmen, to head two leading English language national newspapers, namely ‘Daily News’ and ‘Sunday Observer,’ say Lake House sources.

Accordingly, Lalith Alahakoon and Lakshman Gunasekara have been appointed editors of the two newspapers respectively. Mr. Alahakoon has previously held the editorship of several newspapers and was an editorial consultant for Wijaya Newspapers prior to the new appointment. Mr. Gunasekara is the founder president of of the South Asia Free Media Association - Sri Lanka branch. He was editor of ‘Sunday Observer’ previously too.

For the first time, ‘Dinamina’ has a female editor in Pushpa Rowel. Also, senior journalist Lakshman Piyasena has been appointed editor of ‘Silumina.’