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Sri Lanka significantly improves in press freedom climbing 10 notches in World Press Freedom Index
27Apr By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Sri Lanka significantly improves in press freedom climbing 10 notches in World Press Freedom Index

According to a leading survey, Sri Lanka showed significant improvement in press freedom last year ranking 10 notches higher than last year in the World Press Freedom Index 2018. The annual World Press Freedom Index for 2018 compiled by Paris based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Sri Lanka 131st out of180 countries climbing 10 notches from 141st in 2017. The overall global score improved to 41.37 this year from 44.34 in 2017 on a 0-100 scale with 100 being the worst. The Index ranks 180 countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists. It is a snapshot of the media freedom situation based on an evaluation of pluralism, independence of the media, quality of legislative framework and safety of journalists in each country. The RSF, questioning whether i...
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Public has lost confidence in media due to smart phone culture – Sri Lanka Media Minister
20Jan By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

Public has lost confidence in media due to smart phone culture – Sri Lanka Media Minister

Sri Lanka's Minister of Finance and Mass Media says the general public has lost confidence in traditional journalists and media due to the excessive use of smart phones which has resulted in deterioration of quality and standard of the news. He said in this situation of the lack of trust in the traditional journalist, everyone who has a smartphone has become a journalist and the traditional journalist reporting without credibility and any foundation has caused this situation. Minister Mangala Samaraweera made these comments speaking at a workshop organized by the Sri Lanka Press Council for the teachers of the Matara District held at Pearl Cliff Hotel in Matara yesterday. Expressing his views the Minister said a survey was conducted in the United States in 2017 on the reliability ...
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PM signs proposed criteria for media to be presented in Parliament
3Jan By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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PM signs proposed criteria for media to be presented in Parliament

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Tuesday signed the proposed criteria for media to be presented to parliament on the conduct of an unbiased and just election according to the constitution. The Prime Minister signed the documents, after engaging in religious observance, as his inaugural duty of the New Year, yesterday at the Temple Trees. This criteria to media were announced by the Election Commission through a government gazette on 4th December. The guidelines are aimed at ensuring a fair and impartial election according to the Constitution. The guidelines which have been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers will gain legal status once they are approved in parliament. All media divisions will be bound by the criteria and it is their responsibility and duty to abide by them. ...
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Anti SAITM Parents Want A Referendum
9Dec By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

Anti SAITM Parents Want A Referendum

Government Medical Faculty Students' Parents' Association has requested a public referendum to be held on the moves adopted to commercialize the education sector. The Media Spokesperson of the Association, Doctor Nimal Karunasiri expressed these views at a media briefing in Colombo yesterday (08).
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No crimes against journalists under present govt. – PM
4Dec By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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No crimes against journalists under present govt. – PM

Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the present government in 2015 put a definitive end for crimes against the media and there since being no journalist abductions, murders, attacks, or intimidation. He made these remarks delivering the keynote address at the UNESCO Seminar on ‘Reinforcing Regional Cooperation to Promote Freedom of Expression and the Rule of Law in Asia through Ending Impunity for Crimes Against the Journalists’ held this morning (4th Dec.) at Taj Samudra, Colombo. Pointing out that many journalists were attacked murdered, and harassed during the previous regime, the Prime Minister assured that there is no place for such crimes in the present democracy. “We welcome the UN Plan of Action process to protect the safety of journalists and we continue to strengthen th...
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Sri Lanka PM to inaugurate UNESCO seminar on ‘Ending Crimes Against Journalists’ in Colombo
28Nov By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

Sri Lanka PM to inaugurate UNESCO seminar on ‘Ending Crimes Against Journalists’ in Colombo

Ranil Wickremesinghe will inaugurate the UNESCO's main seminar for the International Day to End Impunity For Crimes against Journalists in Colombo on Monday. The 2017 International Day to End Impunity main event, entitled "Reinforcing regional cooperation to promote freedom of expression and the rule of law in Asia through ending impunity for crimes against Journalists", will be held at Taj Samudra, Colombo, on 4th December at 9 a.m. The seminar is organized by UNESCO with the Ministries of Information, Justice, and the Supreme Court with the participation of various regional stakeholders including Asian Inter- Governmental Commission of Human Rights (AICHR) and Human Rights Commission representatives. The Prime Minister will also deliver the Keynote address of the seminar. Int...
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Bond Commission clarifies that no telephone records of any MP were obtained or examined
21Nov By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Bond Commission clarifies that no telephone records of any MP were obtained or examined

Following the uproar from several parliamentarians in the Committee of Public Enterprise (COPE) that their parliamentary privileges have been breached by disclosing details of phone calls to them from the former director of Perpetual Treasuries Arjun Aloysius, the Presidential Commission inquiring into the Treasury Bond issue assured that telephone records of any MP were obtained or examined. Issuing a statement the Commission said that various statements made by several persons in the political arena and picked up by media are" based on misconceptions and factually erroneous". The Commission clarified that the mobile telephones and other electronic devices used by Arjuna Aloysius and Arjuna Mahendran were examined by the CID and the Attorney General's Department has considered that ...
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Sri Lanka Cricket says Dinesh Chandimal’s statement of receiving blessing is deliberately misrepresented by media
4Nov By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Sri Lanka Cricket says Dinesh Chandimal’s statement of receiving blessing is deliberately misrepresented by media

Sri Lanka's Cricket authority yesterday said the national Test Captain Dinesh Chandimal's recent statement to media that Sri Lanka's recent win in the Test series against Pakistan was due to him receiving blessing from a 'Meyni' was misinterpreted by the media. Issuing a statement Sri Lanka Cricket (SLA) drawing attention to the transcript of the statement made by Test Captain Dinesh Chandimal at the press briefing held at SLC on (Oct 31) said the statement in Sinhala has been deliberately misrepresented by sections of the media. The English translation of the statement is as follows: Q- "There were various reports on Social Media stating that you had received blessings from a "maniyo" prior to the Test series. This this help you win, and If so how?" A- "It's like this - any re...
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Leading by example – We Are All On
3Nov By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
Editorial

Leading by example – We Are All On

Many are the claims that abound on our island nation. Our Prime Minister was to recently claim to be saddened by the unwarranted ‘attacks’ which in his opinion was being carried out by the media for – according to his gospel – unwarranted reasons. This is rich coming from a man who has manoeuvred his continued position as leader of the United National Party (UNP) for well-nigh 23 years. He has from time to time readjusted the rules and most times nominated members loyal to him to the Working Committee of the UNP. So much of manoeuvring that some of his detractors say the only way for change would be in effect after the demise of the incumbent leader. For progress and evolution that is pretty bad news indeed. This theory impinges on the fact that ‘we are all one’. That is to say that con...
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