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Virtual launch of the report: “Overview of Threats against the Safety of Journalists in Sri Lanka” and the website, “SL Media Freedom Tracker”

In a virtual event that took place on Monday, 20 March 2023, the Sri Lanka Press Institute launched their website SLPI Media Freedom Tracker and the Report “Overview of Threats against Journalists in Sri Lanka (1990-2021)”. The objective of the website and the report launched by SLPI was to formulate a publicly accessible database of […]

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Sri Lanka Press Institute’s ChangeMaker Receives Merit Award at E-Swabhimani 2021!

ri Lanka Press Institute’s ChangeMaker Receives Merit Award at E-Swabhimani 2021! The ChangeMaker digital tool of SLPI developed by the Enfection receives the Merit Award in the category of “Government and Citizen Engagement” at the E-Swabhimani, Digital Social Impact Awards 2021. The Chief Executive Officer of the SLPI, Mr. Kumar Lopez received the award from

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Training on Counter-Disinformation for Journalists and Media Professionals Sinhala Medium Workshop: Puttalam District

Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with Mythos Labs and the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) conducted a training program on “Countering Disinformation” for journalists and media professionals in Puttalam District on the 25th January 2023 at Chilaw Far Inn Beach Hotel, Chilaw. The training session was conducted by Media Trainer, Kasun Kumarage

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Press Club Event – “The India Story: Reform | Perform | Transform”

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) hosted the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, H. E. Santhosh Jha on the topic “The India Story: Reform | Perform | Transform” at The Blue, The Hilton Colombo on 5th March, 2024. The event was attended by parliamentarians, high commissioners, ambassadors, UN dignitaries, representatives of NGOS and

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RTI: Let’s protect our right through the Right to Information Act! – Hatton

Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with the Direct Aid Program (DAP) of the Australian High Commission the sixth workshop of the series “RTI: Protecting our rights through the Right to Information Act” on March 6th at Hatton, was held at Hatton, Laa Adams hotel. Right to Information Commissioners Lawyer Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, Lawyer

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Let’s Protect our Right Through the Right to Information Act! Workshop at Kalutara

Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with the Direct Aid Program (DAP) of the Australian High Commission in marking six years of the implementation of the Right to Information in Sri Lanka, conducted a workshop on “RTI: Protecting our rights through the Right to Information Act” for journalists and Civil Society Activists on 3rd

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Know your Parliament – Youth workshop series on understanding the role of the parliament Uva Province Workshop – Badulla

The inaugural workshop of the “Know Your Parliament” provincial youth series, hosted by the Sri Lanka Press Institute, was successfully held on January 31, 2024, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Riverside Hotel, Badulla. Aimed at young journalists and communicators aged 20-30, the program fostered meaningful engagement between youth groups and parliamentarians. Hon.

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RTI: Let’s protect our right through the Right to Information Act! – Kalutara

Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with the Direct Aid Program (DAP) of the Australian High Commission to mark six years of implementation of the Right to Information in Sri Lanka conducted the fifth workshop of the series “RTI: Protecting our rights through the Right to Information Act” on February 3rd at Kalutara, was

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Online Forum on Habitat Management and Restoration in Protected Areas

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනය (SLPI), පරිසර සංවිධාන සම්මේලනය (FEO) සමඟ එක්ව රක්ෂිත කලාප තුළ වාසස්ථාන කළමනාකරණය, එහි ප්‍රතිස්ථාපනය සහ පාර්ශ්වකරුවන්ගේ සහභාගීත්වය පිළිබඳව ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන් සහ අනෙකුත් උනන්දුවක් දක්වන පාර්ශ්වකරුවන් දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා මාර්ගගත සංසදයක් සංවිධානය කරයි. මෙම සැසිය සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් පැවැත්වේ. දිනය: 08 පෙබරවාරි 2023වේලාව : ප.ව. 7:00 සිට ප.ව. 8:00 දක්වා ලියාපදිංචි වන්න: https://forms.gle/xvr2QVgouiTBgn8F8 The Sri Lanka Press

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RTI: Let us Protect Our Right through the Right to Information! -Puttalam

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in association with the Australian High Commission’s Direct Aid Program (DAP) held the second training program of the series “RTI: Protecting Our Rights through the Right to Information Act” on December 07 held at the Puttalam Chilaw Far Inn Village Hotel. Chairman of the Right to Information Commission, retired

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