Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara,—To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) number of Sri Lankan television channels that are broadcast in Sri Lanka at present;
(ii) number of government television channels and the number of private television channels that are among them, separately;
(iii) names of the government and the private television channels, separately?
(b) Will he also inform this House —
(i) whether he accepts that a code of ethics should exist for the media;
(ii) of the manner in which the aforesaid code of ethics is being enforced in respect of the Sri Lankan television channels;
(iii) of the manner in which focus has been made on the programmes that are being broadcast on television channels at present ;
(iv) whether an investigative course of action is going to be implemented in respect of the programs concerned; and
(v) if so, of the manner in which such course of action is going to be implemented?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-03-18
Asked by
Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara, M.P.
Ministry
Health and Mass Media
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
The answer is given in sinhala language.
Answered Date
2025-07-08
Answered by
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa, M.P.
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