Английская Википедия:Bandula Jayasekara
Bandula Jayasekara also known as Bandula Jayasekera (Шаблон:Lang-si; 1960/1 – 5 March 2021) was a Sri Lankan journalist, broadcaster, newspaper editor and diplomat.[1]
Career
Bandula initially pursued his career in journalism and served as chief editor (former editor-in-chief) of the Daily News from 2006 to 2007.[2] He also served as a columnist for Daily Mirror for a brief time period.[3] He had worked in both electronic and print media networks during his career as a journalist before switching to his career as a diplomat.
He also became a strong admirer of the Presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration especially during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[2] He served as director general, President's Office Media Unit, director general and spokesperson for Ministry of External Affairs during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa.[4] Bandula Jayasekara also served as a diplomat in Canada and Australia especially as Consul General in Toronto and Sydney respectively.[5] In addition, he also served as Sri Lanka's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, where he was accused of sexual harassment of a fellow diplomat in the Sri Lankan mission.[6]
He then also worked as a host of Pathikada programme which was aired on Sirasa TV News First.[7][1]
Death
In July 2019, he was diagnosed with myelodyplastic syndrome blood cancer.[8] In October 2019, he had issued a public appeal for financial assistance in order to undergo a bone marrow transplant surgery in Singapore.[9][10] However, the transplant surgery was delayed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and he had to undergo treatment in Sri Lanka due to travelling issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
He died on 5 March 2021 at the age of 60 at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital in Galle.[12] Prior to his death, he underwent treatment in palliative care at the hospital.[4]
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- Year of birth uncertain
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- Sri Lankan journalists
- Sri Lankan diplomats
- Sri Lankan broadcasters
- Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy
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