[1] The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R.
[2] The newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment and military.
The weekend newspaper, named Irida Lankadeepa, is published on Sundays.
Irida Lankadeepa won the SLIM-Nielsen People's Awards in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 as Sri Lanka's most popular weekend newspaper.
[3] Daily Lankadeepa has an average circulation of 285,000 while its Sunday edition 580,000.