Forcibly Ousted Lake House Chairman returns! 

Krishantha Cooray, Chairman - Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. returned to Lake House today after a hiatus of over one month. He was forcibly removed when Sri Lanka Podhuajana Peramuna Party Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa grabbed power in a political coup in October. Later Wasantha Priya Ramanayake replaced Cooray as Acting Chairman while the MR faction attempted to consolidate power. Dinesh Dodangoda was appointed as Director Editorial. 

However, Cooray, who remained the rightful Chairman returned to Lake House today amidst cheers of the employees who greeted him and escorted him. Cooray and his Predecessor Kavan Ratnayake made significant changes in Lake House during their tenures especially attempting to modernize the institution by introducing modern editorial concepts and forming a new media department. But in weeks Ramanayake and the new appointees dismantled the new introductions taking the institution back to its known archaic concepts and methods.