Over 200 electoral law/general law violations reported

Journalist who went missing at Mini World’s End found dead

A journalist who went missing while on a tour at Mini World?s End in Madulsima over the weekend has been found dead. Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said a group of military personnel had been deployed to locate the missing journalist, who is an employee of a private media institution in Sri Lanka. General Silva said that, on his instructions, military personnel from the search and rescue unit of the Army?s Special Task Force had been deployed to find the missing journalist. The office

09 Feb, 2021

Preschools in Western Province to reopen next week

All preschools in the Western Province, except in select areas, will reopen next week. State Minister Piyal Nishantha de Silva said preschools in places identified as high-risk Covid areas will remain closed. He said the preschools permitted to reopen will resume operations from 15 February. All preschools were temporarily closed following the first coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. They were later reopened from 10 August. However, all preschools were once again temporarily closed followin

09 Feb, 2021

Government insists no move to censor media

The Government has insisted that there are no moves to censor the media in Sri Lanka. Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters today (9) that claims on regulation and censorship of the media or social media are false. The Minister said discussions are only underway to address bias reporting and unfair treatment via news publications. He said the false statements are being made by people who are afraid that their personal agendas will be affected. Stating that people who

09 Feb, 2021