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Sri Lanka significantly improves in press freedom climbing 10 notches in World Press Freedom Index
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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…

byFaraz Shauketaly27/04/201827/04/2018
Public has lost confidence in media due to smart phone culture – Sri Lanka Media Minister
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…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/01/2018
PM signs proposed criteria for media to be presented in Parliament
LOCAL

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly03/01/2018
Anti SAITM Parents Want A Referendum
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…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/12/2017
No crimes against journalists under present govt. – PM
LOCAL

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/12/2017
Sri Lanka PM to inaugurate UNESCO seminar on ‘Ending Crimes Against Journalists’ in Colombo
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…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/11/201728/11/2017
Bond Commission clarifies that no telephone records of any MP were obtained or examined
LOCAL

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…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/11/2017
Sri Lanka Cricket says Dinesh Chandimal’s statement of receiving blessing is deliberately misrepresented by media
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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…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/11/2017
Leading by example – We Are All On
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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…

byFaraz Shauketaly03/11/2017

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