▁from ▁the ▁Ath tha ▁newspaper ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party . ▁As ▁editor ▁of ▁M aw b ima ▁and ▁For ward ▁newsp apers , ▁he ▁dedicated ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁to ▁the ▁party ' s ▁ide ological ▁and ▁youth ▁activities . ▁He ▁later ▁joined ▁the ▁Daily ▁News ▁newspaper ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁continued ▁his ▁journal ism ▁in ▁English ▁medium . ▁De ▁Silva ' s ▁b iling ual ▁writing ▁ability ▁p aved ▁the ▁way ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁Editor ▁in ▁Chief ▁of ▁the ▁Daily ▁News ▁in ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Later ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁Chief ▁Editor ▁of ▁the ▁Sunday ▁Ob server ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁He ▁has ▁regularly ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁media ▁on ▁international ▁relations ▁and ▁global ▁issues ▁for ▁over ▁four ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁Author ▁De ▁Silva ▁translated ▁the ▁three ▁volume ▁Karl ▁Marx ' s ▁treat ise ▁on ▁the ▁social ist ▁model , ▁Das ▁Kap ital ▁to ▁Sin h ala . ▁He ▁was ▁prof ic ient ▁in ▁both ▁Sin h ala ▁and ▁English ▁and ▁wrote ▁books ▁in ▁both ▁languages . ▁He ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁panel ▁of ▁jud ges ▁to ▁select ▁the ▁best ▁transl ations ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁at ▁several ▁literary ▁festiv als ▁organized ▁by ▁the ▁State ▁Liter ary ▁Ad vis ory ▁board . ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 3 8 ▁birth s ▁Category : 2 0 1 9 ▁death s ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁Sri ▁L ank an ▁writers ▁Category