Seven member team to fly to Dubai to bring down Udayanga

New media code targets ads

The media code of ethics draft, made public by the Media Ministry, has an advertising code which notes that advertisements?carried out in the electronic and print media including websites shall be so designed as to confirm to the laws of the country and?not offend morality, decency and religious susceptibilities of the subscribers. The advertising code also discourages?exploiting the National emblem, National flag and National Anthem or any part of the Constitution or the person or personality o

18 Jun, 2013

Part of a ‘drama star’ says UNP

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) says claims by the government that it is going to change a clause in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution is part of a ‘drama star’ as such a clause is now non-existant. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said that the clause on merging provinces, which Cabinet had decided to remove, ceased to exist with the lifting of the emergency regulations. He also recalled that the Supreme Court had also once ruled against the merged North and East. Att

18 Jun, 2013

Duminda back in Parliament

Parliamentarian Duminda Silva returned to Parliament today, for the first time since the Mulleriyawa shooting incident in 2011 in which Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed. Silva, who was also injured in the incident, was in April released on bail over the case. He was the main suspect in the shooting incident. Silva returned to the island from Singapore in March after receiving?treatment for the injuries he suffered during the shooting incident. Hirunika Premachandra,

19 Jun, 2013