Veteran Sri Lankan journalist, political analyst and columnist D.B.S. Jeyaraj has passed away, his family officially confirmed.<\/p>\n
Widely regarded as one of Sri Lanka\u2019s most respected English-language journalists, Jeyaraj was known for his in-depth political analysis and decades-long contribution to journalism. He extensively wrote on Sri Lankan politics, ethnic issues, geopolitics, Tamil affairs and cinema, earning a strong readership both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n
Throughout his distinguished media career, he contributed columns and analytical articles to leading English newspapers including The Island<\/em>, Daily Mirror<\/em> and Daily FT<\/em>. He also regularly published political commentaries and feature articles through his personal website, which attracted readers from around the world.<\/p>\n D.B.S. Jeyaraj was especially recognized for his detailed reporting on Sri Lanka\u2019s ethnic conflict and political developments, often providing historical context and balanced analysis on sensitive national issues.<\/p>\n His passing is being viewed as a significant loss to Sri Lanka\u2019s media and political analysis landscape.<\/p>\n Details regarding funeral arrangements and memorial events are expected to be announced by the family at a later stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Veteran Sri Lankan journalist, political analyst and columnist D.B.S. Jeyaraj has passed away, his family officially confirmed. Widely regarded as one of Sri Lanka\u2019s most respected English-language journalists, Jeyaraj was known for his in-depth political analysis and decades-long contribution to journalism. He extensively wrote on Sri Lankan politics, ethnic issues, geopolitics, Tamil affairs and cinema, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1400,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/1400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}