Rajpal Abeynayake

Rajpal Abeynayake is the Editor in Chief of the Daily News (Sri Lanka), assuming duties on October 2012. He has been working as a journalist since 1984 and is an attorney-at-law.

Abeynayake was a former editor of the Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) and the founder Editor of Sunday Lakbima News, which he developed into an award-winning national newspaper during a span of five and half years.[1] He has been adjudged Editor’s Guild columnist of the year.

He was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, The University of Missouri [2] and the Sri Lanka Law College where he received the prestigious Hector Jayewardene gold medal for address to the jury.[3]

References
  1. "Rajpal Editor-in-Chief of Daily News". The Nation. 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/19/world/asia/a-sri-lankan-journalist-eagerly-toes-the-line.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  3. "Rajpal Abeynayake". Galle Literary Festival. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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