The officials at the Mass Media and Parliamentary Reforms Ministry has told Minister Ranjan Ramanayaka that a new Media Commission Bill will be enacted shortly by the Government. Ministry Secretary H.D.S. Malkanthi has futher told him that there is no system to respond to the electronic media when a person was attacked repeatedly.

Sri Lanka has reached third best place in the RTI global ranking. Mexico and Serbia are in the first and second places.

Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayaka today submitted an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to the Mass Media and Parliamentary Reforms Ministry requesting for information on the 26 TV channels currently operating in the country. He said there was no system to correct or reply an erroneous news item aired over electronic media when these TV channels make insidious, unethical and unlawful attacks on individuals.

Sri Lanka’s Right to Information (RTI) global rating has jumped from 9th to 3rd place with the recent gazetting of the RTI Commission’s Rules on Fees and Appeals as well as the Regulations under the Act.

Following the announcement of rules and regulations on Right Information Act by Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Gayantha Karunatilleke last week, Sri Lanka has reached third best place in the RTI global ranking. Mexico and Serbia are in the first and second places.

Sri Lanka’s Right to Information (RTI) Act came into effect from 3 February 2017. Right to Information has been a decades long struggle spearheaded by press freedom organisations in the country.

The Right To Information (RTI) Commission which came into effect early in late December 2016 will soon face a major crisis. Despite the body being seriously cash-strapped, appeals from information requests submitted to Public Authorities will start pouring in by end of this month.

Jan 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Right to Information (RTI) Act will be fully operative from February 3 enabling people to obtain any information from the government, Mass Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka said.

Following the announcement of rules and regulations on Right Information Act by Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Gayantha Karunatilleke last week, Sri Lanka has reached third best place in the RTI global ranking. Mexico and Serbia are in the first and second places.

The Right to Information that has been much hyped by the leaders of the Yahapalanaya government in the recent past seems to be one of the main issues not or less understood by the same leaders and the officials under them. Some bigwigs arrogantly scorn at and ridicule the media men in public when the latter question them about important matters involving public interest. They justify the recent assault on a journalist by the Navy Commander citing ethical and legal grounds. Now the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundera has imposed some sort of ban on the private media.