newspapers and played a significant role in the independence movement. D. R. Wijewardena was born as the third male child of seven sons and two daughters of...

Club. His contemporaries at S. Thomas's includes D. R. Wijewardena, Sir Paul Pieris, Sir Arthur Wijewardena and Sir Francis Molamure. After completing schooling...

Lanka gained strength in the early 20th century, E. W. Perera and D. R. Wijewardena discovered the original Lioness Flag in Chelsea. A photo of it was...

Theodore Jayewardene, Justice Valentine Jayewardene and the Press Baron D. R. Wijewardena. Raised by an English nanny, he received his primary education at...

liability company incorporated in Sri Lanka in 1926 by its founder D. R. Wijewardena. 75% of its shares were Nationalized under the Associated Newspapers...

The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R. Wijewardena. The newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment...

corporation. The newspaper commenced publishing on 3 January 1918. D. R. Wijewardena was its founder. The present-day newspaper is written as a broadsheet...

Ceylonese judge Clarence Wijewardena (1943–1996), Sri Lankan musician D. R. Wijewardena (1886–1950), Ceylonese businessman Ray Wijewardene (1924–2010), Ceylonese...

corporation. The newspaper commenced publishing in March 30 1930, D. R. Wijewardena being its founder. It currently has a circulation of 265,000. Famous...

Supreme Court + Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardene (sister of D. R. Wijewardena) J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister...

Wijesinghe Jayewardene, Justice Valentine Jayewardene and the Press Baron D. R. Wijewardena. Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he graduated from the Colombo...

magazines. UNL was founded by Upali Wijewardene, nephew of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena. Upali Wijewardene started publishing two Sunday newspapers, Sunday...

Kadahapola thero Incomplete Anagarika Dharmapala C. W. W. Kannangara D. R. Wijewardena Don Stephen Senanayake E. W. Perera Fredrick Richard Senanayake Henry...

Maha Mudaliyar.[citation needed] Her sister was Alice Wijewardena who married D. R. Wijewardena (the founder of Lake House newspaper group) and her brother...

WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena. Ranjith Wijewardene had been chairman of Associated Newspapers of...

Wijewardena, D. R. (22 February 1998). "It was difficult and dangerous". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Vythilingam 1977, p. 89. Wijewardena, D. R. (23...

engineers. Wijewardene's father was Don Edmund Wijewardene (brother of D. R. Wijewardena) and his mother was Corin Amanda Jennings, both of whom were gynaecologists...

Vithana Kuruppu Arachchilage Clarence Arthur Somasinghe Wijewardena JP (Sinhala: ක්ලැරන්ස් විජේවර්ධන, Tamil: கிளாரன்ஸ் விஜேவர்தன; 3 August 1943 – 13 December...

Radala' Mollie Dunuwila, newspaper magnate D. R. Wijewardena's marriage in 1916 to a Meedeniya and finally S. W. R. D. Bandaranayake's marriage in 1940 to Sirimavo...

of the paper at the outset. Upon Perera's death in December 1914, D. R. Wijewardena (who would later go on to become a prominent figure in the country's...

the Ruwanwella seat in the State Council, and her uncles included D. R. Wijewardena and Sir Francis Molamure. Her mother was the sister of Nanda Ellawala's...

country by a press campaign by the Lake House group of the press baron D. R. Wijewardena. His mantle fell on the next generation, epitomised by the likes of...

Bandaranaike's Cabinet in 1959. Wimala Wijewardene was the sister-in-law of D. R. Wijewardena and the widow of Don Charles Wijewardene, author of The Revolt in...

Meedeniya Adigar, which he named Rickman House. It was the home of D. R. Wijewardena (the founder of the Lake House newspaper group), who married Meedeniya's...

during World War II. He married Nalini Wickremesinghe (née Wijewardena) daughter of D. R. Wijewardena with whom he had five children they are Shan, Ranil, Niraj...

His maternal grandfather was D. R. Wijewardena son of Muhandiram Tudugalage Don Philip Wijewardena and Helena Wijewardena née Dep Weerasinghe. His grandmother...

married Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena daughter of Muhandiram Tudugalage Don Philip Wijewardene and sister of D. R. Wijewardena. They had nine children,...

cabinet minister. Some Notable Alumni of the College D. S. Senanayake Michael Ondaatje D. R. Wijewardena Basil Horsfall List of schools in Sri Lanka Big Match...

office of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, owned by press baron D. R. Wijewardena. He then became Ceylon's first city planner, when he was appointed...

D. R. Wijewardena, a business magnate and press baron, bought the Colombo Observer and restored its name as the Ceylon Observer in 1923. Wijewardena ultimately...