Global Content Moderation Practices In this in-depth publication on global content moderation practices, we explore the challenges and implications of regulating online platforms. Several authors highlight the importance of considering local socio-political and...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday announced the appointment of members to the Election Commission and the Human Rights Commission (HRCSL).Retired Supreme Court judge Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya has been appointed Chairman of the HRCSL. The other newly-appointed...
Himal Kotelawala ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe who is reportedly looking for an early popular mandate will need to seek a constitutional amendment repealing a provision that prevents a president elected by parliament from calling an early...
By Skandha Gunasekara While the Government continues to push for legislation on social media regulation, experts opine that a hybrid system must be in place over total State regulation vs. only self regulation. Many have criticised moves by successive...
Two top professionals Dhamitha Cooke and Ranil Angunawela have been appointed to the Board of Continental Insurance Ltd. Dhamitha Cooke is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka carrying a wealth of experience in finance, audit, operations,...
The Supreme Court yesterday granted leave to proceed in three Fundamental Rights applications challenging the current Emergency Regulations. Namini Panditha and Rusiru Egodage, the conveners of the Liberal Youth Movement, were the petitioners in Application No...
An injured Buddhist monk is carried away after attacks by government supporters on protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, last Monday. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP Article in The Guardian
Sri Lankan police help an injured protester during May 9 clashes between government opponents and supporters near the prime minister's house in Colombo. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) (Chamila Karunarathne/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Article in the Washington Post
By Sumudu Chamara At a time when the present Government has expressed some support for a 21st Amendment to the Constitution, there should be a discussion on what is intended to be achieved through this measure, especially as far as the changes that need to be done to...
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka today granted leave to proceed with four Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions that were filed challenging the Gazette Extraordinary declaring a Public Emergency on 01 April 2022. Three of the four FR petitions were filed by journalists Roel...
By Namini Wijedasa A European Union delegation will arrive tomorrow for a routine review of whether Sri Lanka’s level of adherence to 27 international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance warrants a continuation of the...
By Sunimalee Dias Sri Lanka’s apparel industry wants a shift from the present trade concessions of a specific programme to something more stable like a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) while the risk of the withdrawal of the EU preferential trade pact will mostly impact the...
ECONOMYNEXT – Replacing Sri Lanka’s local agent of the Serum Institute of India (SII) with the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) in procuring the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine would’ve led to a costly four-week delay in ordering the jab, a lawyer said. This...
Written by Staff Writer COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka’s textile industry is at a threat of being affected the most if the country is deprived of GSP+ concessions. Sri Lanka had exported commodities worth 2.08 billion Euros to European Union nations in 2020....
By Himal Kotelawala ECONOMYNEXT – Broadly and poorly worded provisions in Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and Computer Crimes Act can be construed in bad faith to cover alleged falsehoods disseminated online, human rights lawyer Dr Gehan Gunatilleke...