Sunday, 20 April 2025
Lakbima journalists stage protest

Lakbima journalists stage protest Featured

Editorial employees of the Sinhala Lakbima newspaper staged a protest against the president of the Buddhist Conference Jagath Sumathipala his brother Thilanga Sumathipala MP following a dispute with the company's administrative department.

Both are stakeholders at the Lakbima newspaper.

The protesters attempted to march onto the streets yesterday but changed their decision from doing so after the intervention of senior editors.

It is reported that the protest was sparked off over the envisaged appointment of employees to the administrative department by its new CEO Sujeewa Godaliyadda.
Editor of the paper Anura Horatius has even threatened to quit his post if the administrative department of Lakbima poses any more problems.

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