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SLPI Commemorates the ‘International Right to Know Day ‘

A section of the crowd attending the event to commemorate the International Right to Know Day held at the SLPI Auditorium on September 28, 2017. Ms. Namini Wijedasa (Right), Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times and recipient of the D.R. Wijewardene Award presented by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka sharing her experience and emphasizing […]

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තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය සහ පුරවැසි දායකත්වය

ජාත්‍යන්තර තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ දිනය සෑම වසරකම සැප්තැම්බර් 28දාට යෙදෙයි. අද දින ලෝකයේ හොඳම තොරතුරු නීතියකට හිමිකම් ඇති ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පවතින තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය වඩාත් තහවුරු කරගැනීමට ඇති මංපෙත් විචාරයට ලක්කිරීමට මෙවන් දිනයක් වඩාත් කාලෝචිත නොවේද? තොරතුරු වෙත පිවිසීමට සැමට ඇති අයිතිය වඩාත් තහවුරු කර එය අන්තර්ජාතිකව පිළිගත් සම්මුතීන්ට සමකිරිම යහපත් වුවත් අප වැනි රටවල එය

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RTI AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR PEOPLE’S BANK – PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), as part of its ongoing, islandwide Right to Information (RTI) awareness programme, this week conducted its training in Sinhala for the People’s Bank , Pensioners’ association at Matara district People’s Bank auditorium. The sessions held on September  14th, had 150 participants from the People’s Bank , Pensioners’ association. The programme is designed

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SLPI conducts training to Civil Society on Right to Information Act (RTI) in Rathnapura District

An awareness programme was held for Civil Soceity in Rathnapura to educate about the Right To Information (RTI) act. It held on 18th of August at Samudhi Hotel. The programme was conducted by Mr Kamal Liyanarachchi    The participants were educated on the contents of the Act including the access to information by the general public, responsibility of state institutions to publish information, responsibility

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Workshop on Right to Information at Kandy

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) conduct a workshop on the ‘Right to Information’ Law in Sri Lanka. It  held on 15th August, 2017 at Devon hotel. Training session was conducted by Mr Kamal Liyanarachchi. The training program is designed for Civil Society who are key stakeholders in taking this message forward and empowering the communities they

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RTI Workshop for Civil Society in Anuradhapura

Sri Lanka Press Institute organized a workshop about Right to Information act for the Civil Society  in Anuradapura district.It was held on 10th of August,2017 at Grand Leisure Village,Anuradapura Session was conducted by Mr Kamal Liyanarachchi. During the workshop, the practical situations were discussed when continuing the act. Further the Civil Society have been guided identifying the practical issues.

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RTI Journalists Forum – Session 03

The committee which was formed to educate Journalists on Right to Information(RTI) Act had its third meeting on 9th August 2018 at Sri Lanka Press Institute. The main objective of the committee is to create awareness and implementation on RTI and uplift the professional integrity of journalists. The committee meets on first week of every month. තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ පනත පිළිබද

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