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Regulating social media: Focus shifts to hybrid system

Regulating social media: Focus shifts to hybrid system

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...

SC grants leave to proceed on FR cases against Emergency

SC grants leave to proceed on FR cases against Emergency

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...

Top level EU team here tomorrow to review GSP+ compliance

Top level EU team here tomorrow to review GSP+ compliance

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...

GSP+ concessions withdrawal will mostly affect SMEs

GSP+ concessions withdrawal will mostly affect SMEs

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...

Textile industry at risk amidst cautions of losing GSP+

Textile industry at risk amidst cautions of losing GSP+

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....

Criminalizing Fake News

Criminalizing Fake News

By Nishantha Hewage Intending to deconstruct preconceived notions of fake news and to give a legal perspective to it in a context where fake news is out rightly criminalised, and even those who are in connection with them are controversially arrested, was the theme of...

Second doses of Covishield: Government lab techs allege SPC delays

Second doses of Covishield: Government lab techs allege SPC delays

By Maheesha Mudugamuwa The alleged delay on the part of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) in submitting the purchase orders to bring down the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishied Covid-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, is being blamed for the...

Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021

Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021

It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke has been chosen as one of the “Top 100 Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021” (Category: Legal) at the recently held, LexTalk World Conference on 7th & 8th April 2021 at Crowne Plaza, #Dubai.The Awardees were...