Free Media Movement said the bill intended to curb false and misleading online posts could be detrimental to freedom of expression. It was approved by the Cabinet on 20 April.
By Russel Hewawasam
(Lanka-e-News -10.March.2021, 4.15AM) The current government is deliberately covering up the Easter Sunday attacks on April 21, 2019, the deadliest massacre in Sri Lanka in the last decade. Meanwhile, both the respondents and the plaintiffs are attacking the dilemma report of the Presidential Commission appointed to investigate the Easter attack.
The Presidential Commission, comprising retired judges of full powers, has been investigating the matter for 15 months and has concluded its report, recalling the popular folklore saying, There is neither dancing nor drumming.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a ministerial committee of brilliant experts to delay the release of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Attack, which ended on January 27, 2021. It was the responsibility of the President to appoint Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Prasanna Ranatunga, Udaya Gammanpila, Johnston Fernando, Ramesh Pathirana and Chamal Rajapaksa to
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Reasons should be submitted to Land Acquisition and Restoration Committee
Highways Ministry says system followed for 18 projects
By Uditha Jayasinghe
Cabinet has approved special provisions when providing compensation for land acquired for the
elevated Port City and Ruwanpura Expressways, a top official said yesterday.
Cabinet Spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters during the online weekly Cabinet briefing that land owners would have the opportunity to apply for additional relief beyond what was customarily provided by the Government valuer.
These provisions will be provided under the Orders (Compensation) for Land Acquisition published by the extraordinary gazette No. 1864/54 for the lands acquired under 18 projects implemented under the Ministry of Highways.