right to information

Sri Lanka’s Right to Information – Subhashini Abeysinghe on LMDtv

by |22 September 202118 October 2021|Interviews & Articles

Improved access to information can lead to more informed, data-driven decision-making and better outcomes for the country. Watch Research Director Subhashini Abeysinghe discuss the importance of the RTI Act with LMDtv.

Making Public Data Public: Sri Lanka Misses Its Own Targets While India Races Ahead

by |07 July 202106 September 2021|Interviews & Articles

Published in the Daily Mirror In Sri Lanka, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) is the primary government agency responsible for collecting and providing access to data that can be used for statistical analysis. The stated vision of the...

RTI Commission directs CB to reveal 2015, 2016 EPF deals

by |03 December 201803 December 2018|Verité in the News

Taken from Sunday Times The Right to Information Commission this week directed the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to release information in respect of Government securities market transactions of the EPF during 2015 and 2016, including primary market transactions...

Right to Information: A journey from secrecy to openness

by |25 September 201826 November 2018|Verité in the News

BY AANYA WIPULASENA AND RAJITHA JAGODA ARACHCHI Eighteen months in operation, Sri Lanka’s Right to Information law is empowering citizens all over the island – from newsrooms to tiny village hamlets. Bolstered by a powerful and public-oriented Commission set up...

Sri Lanka’s RTI report card: fair, but can be better

by |25 September 201825 September 2018|Verité in the News

The International Day for the Universal Access to Information (also known as the World Right to Know Day) is observed every year on September 28. This provides Sri Lanka an opportunity to take stock of how its Right to Information...