Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (Jan 2.) signed the gazette notification containing 32 guidelines for media coverage of the forthcoming local government elections.
According to the governemtn news portal the guidelines underline how the media should conduct itself to ensure the conduct of free and fair polls. The Gazette, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers will be presented for Parliamentary approval shortly.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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