Leader Publications

{{Short description|Sri Lankan newspaper publisher}}

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| format = Broadsheet

| key_people = {{ubl|Lal Wickrematunge(28%)|Asanga Seneviratne (72%)}}

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| language = English

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| headquarters = Ratmalana, Sri Lanka

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Leader Publications is a Sri Lankan newspaper publisher. Its publications are The Sunday Leader, Morning Leader and Iruresa It was founded by Lal Wickrematunge and Lasantha Wickrematunge. It is known for its independent news coverage and it has faced arson attacks from men with complicity from the Sri Lankan authorities.[http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=25690 Sri Lanka - Annual report 2008]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2007/11/071122_leader_attack.shtml Attack on newspaper condemne:BBC][http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2005/10/051017_leader_fmm.shtml BBC:Attack on press affects election][http://cpj.org/2010/07/privately-owned-voice-of-asia-network-torched-in-s.php Voice of Asia Network torched in Sri Lanka][http://cpj.org/2007/11/publishing-house-razed-in-sri-lanka.php Publishing house razed in Sri Lanka:CPJ]{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=5091 |title=Continuing the Struggle :American Journalism Review |access-date=2013-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109104309/http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=5091 |archive-date=2011-11-09 |url-status=dead }}