Death of former Daily News Editor

COLOMBO: Senior Journalist and former Editor of the Ceylon Daily News B.H.S. Jayewardene (73) passed away yesterday at a private nursing home in Colombo after a brief illness.

Having started his journalistic career as the Kuliyapitiya Correspondent for the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. (ANCL) Lake House, Jayewardene joined the now defunct Times Newspapers Group in 1960 and served as a staff reporter for five years.

In 1970 he returned to Lake House and served on the Observer and was appointed Editor of the Ceylon Daily News on January 1, 1978. Jayewardene resigned from the Daily News in 1982 and took up the post of Executive Director of the Manila based Press Foundation Asia.

On his return to the country in 1982, he rejoined the ANCL and was appointed Editor in Chief of the Central News Bureau.

He was appointed to the ANCL Director Board on February 12, 1990.

Having left the ANCL, he joined the Wijaya Group and served as a consultant to the Daily Mirror editorial until his demise.

He served as Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Press Association.

Jayewardene studied at Trinity College, Kandy and at Jaffna College, Vaddukodai. He leaves his wife and four children. The funeral takes place on Thursday at the Jawatte Cemetery at 3 p.m. His remains are lying at his residence at 291/17, Edward Avenue, Havelock Road, Colombo 5.