Bandula Jayasekara also known as Bandula Jayasekera (Sinhala: බන්දුල ජයසේකර; 1960/1 – 5 March 2021) was a Sri Lankan journalist, broadcaster, newspaper editor and diplomat.^[1]

Bandula initially pursued his career in journalism and served as chief editor (former editor-in-chief) of the Daily News from 2006 to 2007.^[2] He also served as a columnist for Daily Mirror for a brief time period.^[3] He had worked in both electronic and print media networks during his career as a journalist before switching to his career as a diplomat.

He also became a strong admirer of the Presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration especially during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War.^[2] He served as director general, President's Office Media Unit, director general and spokesperson for Ministry of External Affairs during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa.^[4] Bandula Jayasekara also served as a diplomat in Canada and Australia especially as Consul General in Toronto and Sydney respectively.^[5] In addition, he also served as Sri Lanka's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, where he was accused of sexual harassment of a fellow diplomat in the Sri Lankan mission.^[6]

He then also worked as a host of Pathikada programme which was aired on Sirasa TV News First.^[7][1]

In July 2019, he was diagnosed with myelodyplastic syndrome blood cancer.^[8] In October 2019, he had issued a public appeal for financial assistance in order to undergo a bone marrow transplant surgery in Singapore.^[9][10] However, the transplant surgery was delayed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and he had to undergo treatment in Sri Lanka due to travelling issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

He died on 5 March 2021 at the age of 60 at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital in Galle.^[12] Prior to his death, he underwent treatment in palliative care at the hospital.^[4]