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Alles added that the bill was not drafted to harass media or political opponents. Sri Lanka is still reeling from its worst economic crisis, which hit the island nation two years ago. The country ...
The Online Safety Bill, which passed with 108-62 votes, aims to “make provisions to prohibit online communication of certain statements of fact in Sri Lanka” and “prevent the use of online ...
The Twenty-first Amendment (21A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka [1] was passed by the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament with 179 voting in favor, 1 against and 45 abstained on 21 October 2022. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The bill was passed with a two-third majority and it was reported that only one MP, Sarath Weerasekara , voted against the bill while 45 MPs ...
The Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024 is a Sri Lankan Internet safety act aimed at regulating its citizens' Internet usage. It was announced in September 2023 and passed by Parliament on 24 January 2024 by a 108–62 vote.
The bill is widely criticised by human rights groups, journalists and opposition politicians as a means of stifling freedom of speech in Sri Lanka. [12] [13] [14] 25 January – Sri Lankan women's cricketer Chamari Athapaththu wins the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year award at the ICC Awards. [15] 28 January – The International Cricket ...
In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World Bank forecasts the economy to grow by just 2.2 per cent in 2024.
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it. For those newspapers that are also published online, the website is given.
The Gazette is published in Sinhalese, Tamil, and English which are three official languages of Sri Lanka. It publishes promulgated bills, presidential decrees, governmental ordinances, major legal acts as well as vacancies, government exams, requests for tender, changes of names, company registrations and deregistrations, land restitution notices, liquor licence applications, transport ...