Avant Garde Chairman barred from leaving the country

Visit to Welikada prison temporarily suspended

Visitors will not be allowed at the Welikada prison until further notice, the Department of Prisons said. The Department said the decision comes following the detection of a COVID-19 patient among the prison inmates. Over 170 persons have been identified as having come into direct contact with the infected inmate. A group of 177 persons from the prison will undergo PCR or COVID-19 testing, the Department of Prisons added. Earlier today, it was reported that an inmate at the Welikada prison h

07 Jul, 2020

Election commission receives a number of complaints

The National Election Commission has received 2084 complaints related to the upcoming General Election. The Commission said it has also received 2083 complaints with regard to the violation of election laws and 01 complaint on election violence.? The National Election Complaints Management Centre has received 588 complaints related to the violation of election laws. Meanwhile, the District Election Complaints Management Centre has received a total of 1496 complaints, including 1495 on the vio

07 Jul, 2020

FB tightens noose on misinformation in Sri Lanka

By Easwaran Rutnam Facebook has tightened the noose on misinformation in Sri Lanka which includes bringing on dedicated Sri Lankan policy and programs managers to engage with local stakeholders. The Facebook Sri Lanka Team said that Facebook has deployed Sinhala-language hate speech technology that helps them proactively detect potentially violating content. Facebook has also introduced changes to its platform architecture in the aftermath of crises like the Sri Lanka Easter bombings that lim

08 Jul, 2020