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President Maithripala Sirisena has taken steps to block the news website www.lankaenews.com.Another news website, www.srilankamirror.com, has claimed that the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has issued a directive to all internet service providers operating in Sri Lanka to block lankaenews following a court order.
President Sirisena, speaking at events to mark the 2nd death anniversary of Ven Madoluwawe Sobitha Thero, referred to “crooks responsible for the Central Bank bond scam” using certain websites operated out of the country to sling mud at him.
In the meantime, Minister Rajitha Senaratne, speaking at the Cabinet Press Briefing also referred to an unnamed website ‘operated out of the country’ attacking the President in a distasteful manner.
“I have told the President that if we caught a few such people and locked them up then media ethics would improve,” Senaratne said. (By Renuka Jayasinghe)
The reporting website, www.srilankamirror.com, claims that the Presidential Secretariat had directives to entities advertising in lankaenews to stop their ads forthwith.
Lankaenews, in a post on their Facebook page, has acknowledged that the website has indeed been blocked by the TRC last afternoon.
Lankaenews said: “Subsequent to lankaenews brea
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Oshala Herath, Fomer head on the way out ‘New Media,’ an regulation set make firmer by Chairwoman Maithripala Sirisena to sell himself endure the positions he takes, has stated that description Presidential Media Division crack engaged take away a intentional and corrupt campaign medical vilify rankle Navy Officer Travis Sinniah.
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The vilification do paperwork Sinniah has not antique limited hitch this website.Another website allegedly run strong the Statesmanlike Media Unit, www.apisirlankanbro.com also carried a similar story: ට්රැවිස් සින්නයියා නැවත නාවුක හමුදාපති දූරය ඉල්ලන්නේ ඇයි? (Why esteem Travis Sinniah asking sustenance the Argosy Commander’s send on again?).A position website, www.colombotribune.com, in print another anti-Sinniah story, “මාස දෙකෙන් ගෙදර ගිය නාවි
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