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Ban on mobile insurance: Baby thrown out with the bathwater?
by Ranil Angunawela The Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (IRCSL) has banned with immediate effect the use, by insurers, of telecommunication service providers’ platforms in the promotion and sale of insurance products. The Direction (No. 4 of 2021) was...
President must probe into Sri Lanka’s vaccine tragedy
by Gehan Gunatilleke Vaccines play a vital role in the battle against COVID-19. Countries that have vaccinated a majority of their population are doing better compared to their situation prior to vaccination. The rationale for swiftly and efficiently vaccinating a...
Regulating parate execution in extraordinary times
By Ranil Angunawela and Malsirini de Silva The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent public safety protocols have placed an enormous strain on individuals and the economy. State-imposed lockdowns have brought the economy to a virtual halt. Businesses have struggled to meet...
Newsfirst Newsline
Balanced accountability balances international perceptions on Sri Lanka: Attorney-at-law Dr Gehan Gunatilleke in conversation with Faraz Shauketaly on #NewslineSL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxIODp66l1o
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...
Did pushing aside Serum Institute’s local agent cause a vaccination delay in Sri Lanka?
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...
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....
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Chathuranga Hapuarachchi interviews Gehan Gunatilleke on the European Parliament's resolution on Sri Lanka, reforming the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and the possible suspension of GSP+ trade concessions to Sri Lanka....
Poorly worded legal provisions can be construed to cover “fake news”: Sri Lanka lawyer
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...
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
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...
Criminalizing Disinformation. Is Democracy under threat?
Weaponisation of information has become one of the grave threat to democracy. How do we solve this menace? Would Criminalizing disinformation be a solution? Or would it threaten civil liberties? The inaugural installment of Huftsddorp Circles - an initiative by the...
Salvaging the Port City Project
By Gehan Gunatilleke What is the only reasonable yardstick to assess any large-scale economic project in Sri Lanka? Simple: its benefit to the Sri Lankan people. Such public benefit should be the sole benchmark by which the proposed Colombo Port City project...
Criminalization of Fake News
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=297892261820169&ref=watch_permalink Fake news is a menace to all of us, and criminalizing it seems the logical solution to a widespread problem. But is it really? What are the benefits and ramifications Sri Lanka can expect...
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...