Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited Archives

Mastermind of the publishing revolution-BY PRAMOD DE SILVA Source:Sundayobserver Every day, when I step into Lake House, I take a moment to bow before the portrait of its founder D.R. Wijewardene, who almost single handedly created a publishing revolution in Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was then known. There is another portrait of him right near my desk in the Sunday Observer, the famous picture taken by none other than Lionel Wendt. Indeed, only a few people have influenced the course of Sri Lanka’s history in the manner that the late D.R. Wijewardene, founder of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), has done. As we commemorate the 137th Birth Anniversary of this noble son of Sri Lanka next week, it is time to re-evaluate his yeoman service to the Nation and to journalism. The ANCL itself will turn 100 in 2026, although many of the newspapers it publishes are much ...