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Bandula accuses state media over poor publicity on government projects
BY AJITH SIRIWARDANA AND YOHAN PERERA
Parliament, Nov 28 (Daily Mirror)- Mass Media Minister Bandula Gunawardane accused the state media of not providing enough publicity to the various development projects implemented by the government, the Communications Department of Parliament said.
The Minister who is also the Chairman of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Mass Media said that public media should broadcast the inconveniences of the public who are affected by various dilapidated buildings, roads, bridges etc. as well as inform the public about the facilities that have been provided to the public following the development.
He said this at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Mass Media which met in Parliament recently.
The Chair also instructed the Sri Lanka Press Council to prepare a report on the measures that can be taken to regulate the propaganda activities carried out by the media in a way that harms the social culture and personal health and hand it over to the Committee.
The Minister said the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, which are continuously making losses, will be converted into a public company.
It was disclosed that the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation continue to incur losses.
The Chair pointed out that the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation has made a loss of Rs. 277 million in 2023 and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation has incurred a loss of Rs. 457 million in 2023.
He said that there are plans to convert the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation into a public company and the Cabinet has decided to appoint a committee to take further action.
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