1. Compliance With The Rti Act Has Improved In Sri Lanka, Proactive Disclosure Has Significant Room For Improvement
2. RTI Commission Directs Parliament To Respond On Request Seeking Info On MP’s Assets Declarations
3. RTI used to trace Disappearances
4. RTI Com. takes note of Vedda chief’s advice
5. RTI Act discussed with public authorities in Colombo and Provinces
6. RTI Act discussed with public authorities in Colombo and Provinces
7. Govt. struggling to cope up with RTI process three years after enactment of law Prez Secretariat, etc. faulted for negligence
8. RTI indicates how many public officials among Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) are under investigation or have indictments filed against them by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption?
9. Wastage & Corruption Minimised due to RTI
10. RTI Commission and Human Rights Commission acclaimed as the 'gold standard' by Speaker
11. RTI resets the power imbalance between the State and individual citizens
12. RTI helps open doors to an auditorium for the people of Galnewa
13. Lack of public transport prompts the use of RTI
14. RTI helps get details of Nochchiyagama bi-road construction delay
15. TISL uses Right to Information to find out how costly SLAF chopper rides are paid for
16. Dialog files action against TRC (The Sunday Times)
17. SL to mark International Right to information Day (Newsradio.lk)
18. RI Commission says public sector needs to be more committed to releasing information
19. Petitions against more than 35 per class at Royal via illegal admissions
20. RTI Guiding Manual launched with UNDP assistance
21. RTI Act- driving accountability through improved access to information

1. SLIC withdraws court case; complies with RTI Commission ruling
2. Dialog files action against TRC
3. MINISTER PALANI DIGAMBARAM’S THREAT TO UP-COUNTRY JOURNALIST K. PRASANNA CONDEMNED.
4. Transparency International complains against Sajith and 7 Ministers
5. Helping Gotabaya
6. As The OMP Celebrates A New Office In Jaffna, I Remember & Will Not Forget
7. RTI Commission Directs Release Of Conviction Dates And Case Numbers Of Prisoners On Death Row
8. RTI Commission ruling: CPA request on persons sentenced to the death penalty
9. RTI request asks for details of those facing death penalty
10. Verité Research Calls for Improvement in Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Framework
11. Railway runs off track on gender issue
12. PAFFREL calls for laws to impose a ceiling on expenditure for election campaigns
13. Disastrous handling of Sri Lanka’s disaster management, probe reveals
14. The National Council on Disaster Management: A disaster?
15. The Data Marketplace And How To Keep Your Personal Data Safe
16. Court of Appeal to hear first RTI case
17. Financial irregularities: Cabinet to release report on Akuregoda complex
18. Right to Information: What can we learn from Sri Lanka’s experience?
19. Realizing proactive information disclosure under the RTI Act Some Practical Steps
20. Sri Lankan RTI achieves mid-range score, proactive disclosure still lagging: TISL
21. Southern Expressway has landslide risks at 18 locations
22. RTI impact
23. Parliament to launch new TV channel this year
24. Shedding light on incomes, assets and interests in Sri Lanka

1. Right to Information: What can we learn from Sri Lanka’s experience?
2. Prez SMS ‘greetings’ on Jan 1, April 14, 2019: Civil Society wants to know cost
3. RTIC orders release of report on contract to build Akuregoda Defence Headquarters
4. Financial irregularities: Cabinet to release report on Akuregoda complex
5. Major Victory For RTI; Cabinet Of Ministers Release The Akuregoda Defence Headquarters Report
6. Chinese 'debt-diplomacy' is drowning Sri Lanka's economy and environment
7. CIABOC goes after sprats, not sharks – RTI finds
8. Rs. 2.3b to maintain CIABOC, but only one case involving more than Rs. 10m filed in court
9. RTI Unearths 230 Complaints Against Quack ‘Islamic’ Judges
10. RTI reveals membership fees collected by plantation workers unions from their members - Ceylon Workers Congress, Lanka Jathika Estate Workers Union, National Union of Workers, data from April 2016 to March 2017
11. Sinhalization of the North-East:PULMOADDAI
12. Challenging a Culture of Secrecy
13. RTI reveals annual trade union membership fees collected from plantation workers
14. TISL warns Sri Lanka over controversy surrounding oil refinery
15. TISL warns govt against further tarnishing country’s image $3.85 bn refinery project
16. Sri Lanka military tries to evade responsibility for captured Tamil rebels
17. CA to hear appeal against RTI Com. order on PM’s assets declaration
18. TISL reminds MPs to declare their assets and liabilities
19. BASL President requests copy of ACSA
20. Polonnaruwa residents turn to RTI over non-completion of highway
21. Athuraliye Rathana Thero files RTI to UGC to get details of 'Shariah University'
22. RTI request reveals NCDM only met 13 times since inception
23. GL files RTI on legal advice sought about President’s term
24. Prez Secy’s appeal against RIOC order to reveal PM’s asset declaration on May 6
25. Court of Appeal to hear first RTI case
26. CA to take up Presidential Secretariat appeal on Monday
27. President’s appeal against releasing PM’s Asset Declaration in Court today
28. Shangri-La suicide bomber obtains scrap ammunition from Gvt for years protected by 'powerful' Minister
29. GMOA opposes special status for Sharia Uni, uses RTI law to expose project
30. The Ministry of Finance issued directives in 2018 which empowers it to monitor how the government is progressing on its 2018 budget promises. But is the #MOF doing its job?
31. RTI request asks for details of those facing death penalty
32. RTI Commission Directs Release Of Conviction Dates And Case Numbers Of Prisoners On Death Row

1. RTI activism in Sri Lanka and India: Can India continue to be an example in future?
2. Long Awaited Info In Nyras Report On SriLankan Airlines Released By RTI Commission!
3. Presidential Secretariat challenges RTI Commission on PM’s assets
4. Kotte MC pilots proactive disclosure of information
5. Many people are entitled to diplomatic passports
6. Presidential Secretariat blocks move to obtain PM’s asset declaration
7. Transparency surprised Prez Office wants to protect Premier’s interests
8. Public procurement guidelines now in the President’s court
9. Stooging in the name of democracy

 

On the Media Statement of the RTI Commission, 5th February 2019

10. Two years on, RTI reaches out to the provinces
11. Sri Lanka RTI Commission completes two fruitful years & but transformation to an ‘Information-Open’ culture is challenging & slow
12. RTI Commission Commences Public Sittings And Hearing Of Appeals In Provinces Driving More Public Participation
13. Right To Information Commn. (RTIC) starts Public Sittings & Appeal Hearings from Ampara
14. Release of two books by Sri Lanka RTI Commission on RTI Act and Regime
15. Right to Information Commission holds first public sitting and appeal hearing in Ampara

1. RTI Commission issues order directing Presidential Secretariat to release the Asset Declarations of Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe - TISL briefs media on future advocacy on securing public access to politicians Asset Declarations.
2. RTIC orders release of Ranil’s asset declaration
3. Asset Declarations of Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe - NewsFirst
4. RTI Commission orders disclosure of RW’s assets as PM
5. RTI Commission Orders President’s Office To Disclose Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Assets Declaration
6. RTI Commission orders release of Ranil’s asset declaration
7. President’s Office directed to disclose ousted PM’s assets and liabilities
8. Disclose former PM Ranil’s assets for 2015, 2016
9. Sri Lanka: Commission directs to disclose Ranil’s assets
10. RTI Commission directs CB to reveal 2015, 2016 EPF deals
11. RTI Commission Orders Central Bank To Release Details Of EPF Investments
12. RTI and Transparency in Governance

Events and Editorials Marking International RTI Day

1. The battle for media freedom and social responsibility
2. Sri Lanka’s right to information
3. Right to Information: A journey from secrecy to openness
4. Himal Interviews: Sri Lanka’s right to information
5. Dynamic society with the Right to Information
6. RTI EMPOWERING MEDIA FREEDOM - MINISTER
7. TISL says RTI on path to transformational impact but challenges persist
8. Sri Lankans still don't use their Right to Information to fight corruption: official
9. Media publishes false information despite RTI Act – Mangala
10. Sri Lanka media in spotlight: Where is the responsibility?
11. Right to Information (RTI) is Real Democracy in Action – Aruna Roy

Other Links

1. RTI Commission Orders People’s Bank To Disclose Money Spent To Defend Digitization Scam!
2. Price formula wasn’t disclosed even under Right to Information Act – Dullas
3. SriLankan Airlines: Staff Caught With Drugs & Pilfering At Work – Cases Go Underground
4. TT wedding, proof of misuse of public funds – JVP
5. Senior citizen deposits: Treasury owes banks Rs. 22.92 billion
6. Right to Information application shows DWC has erected more than 1,000 km of electric fences
7. Children suffer abuse from those trusted to protect them
8. Release Draft Counter-Terror Act: RTI Commission Orders Prime Minister’s Office
9. Private entities show reluctance to implement RTI: Official
10. Information Week on RTI

1. RTI request discloses data on phone tapping

2. Democratic gains stand out as Unity Govt. marks three years in office

3. Appeal on Singapore FTA before RTI Commission

4. Amendments to E-Code for conformity to RTI Act approved by Cabinet

5. RTI information indicates illegality of Press Council

6. Circular Misuse by senior Minister revealed through RTI

7. FM evades RTI query on UK wartime dispatches from Colombo

8. RTI on state occupation of land in the North and East

9. Prime Minister's Office checks circular violations by Minister disclosed through RTI

10. Revenue earned by transport bodies sought through RTI

11. Health Information Privacy and RTI A case study of India and Sri Lanka

12. Waste of resources in the public sector could be mitigated by 25% through the National Audit Bill and Right to Information Act

13. Expenses for the functions held to declare open the Moragahakanda Reservoir

14. Javid Yusuf Speaks Out

15. Jehan Amartunge's 10bn Loan Under Investigation

16. "The Right to Information Act was passed, enabling the public to have access to information from Government institutions within a limited period of time, thus increasing transparency."

17. Geneva never dealt with UNSG Panel of Experts’ allegations FM response to RTI query:

1. RTI application discloses zero returns from EPF funds

2. Woes of Sri Lanka's Archaeology Dept emerge from RTI

Articles on Info divulged on salaries of top SriLankan officials by order of RTI Commission

3. SriLankan’s million plus salary details out following pilots’ RTI petition

4. SriLankan Airlines’ Trade Unions Protest Following RTI Release Of Salary Details Of CEO And Others

5. Trouble brewing at SriLankan airlines due to CEO’s high salaries

6. Top salaries of SriLankan publicised on RTIC order

7. Military propagandists targeting Sri Lanka's HRCSL and RTIC

8. RTI Commission directs SriLanka Army to give Info on civilian ventures including Hotels and Canteens maintained in the N/E

9. PUMS goes to RTI Commission over SAITM issue

10. Divisional, District Secretariat websites being upgraded in conformity with RTI Act

Articles on Sri Lanka military collects intelligence reports on Journalists, RTI appeal reveals

11. Sri Lanka military collects intelligence reports on Journalists, RTI appeal reveals

12. Sri Lankan Army admits to holding military intelligence report on Tamil journalist

13. National Audit Bill passed despite concerns over shutting out RTI

Articles on RTI appeal filed asking info regarding sexual abuse claims by Sri Lankan army officers employed as Haiti peacekeepers

14. Press Statement: Haiti: More than a decade and still hiding

15. UN assures Sri Lanka will address issue over peacekeeping contingents

16. Sri Lanka military caught red handed while misleading public inquiry

17. RTI Update of the website of the Vavuniya Divisional Secretariat

18. Joint Opposition seeks info on Moragahakanda project under RTI

19. RTI Info from ERD reveals China's Legendary Loans to Sri Lanka

20. The Role of the Public Sector in Promoting Economic Growth in Sri Lanka

21. LBO Opinion: Ratwatte was 'underpaid' as CEO of SriLankan!

22. Controversy at National Archives over COI reports after RTIC inquiry finds Ashraff report missing

23. RTI reveals info on Loss-Making Hambantota Port

24. RTI unearths Post-Mortem reports into killings of Jaffna students

25. Sri Lankan government rehabilitates over 12,000 LTTEs

1. RTI Commission wants Draft Laws to be Released

2. RTI Commission orders SriLankan to disclose VIP salaries

3. RTI reveals USD 8.2 billion loans from China during the past 12 years

4. Trade Unions speak about regarding RTI disclosures on loans and SriLankan mismanagement

5. Right to Information appeal could access Bond Commission report

6. Interview with Nikhil Dey

7. President requests UK to deport LankaEnews editor; RTI reveals Presidential letter to TRCSL as reason for banning website

8. Lakvijaya’s Unit 1 under-powered from 2015

9. AG gives green light to release annexure to T-Bond Report following RTI request

10. Interview with Indian RTI activist and lawyer, Nikhil Dey

11. T-Bonds Report; Activate RTI

12. Conservation land released for development projects, RTI response shows

13. UNP frontliner, Joint Opposition and corruption activists call for bond scam report under RTI

14. President's Sec ask AG's opinion on releasing PCOI report under RTI

15. Did President’s Sec. take everyone for a ride by sealing PCoI report in archives?

16. RTI sought against the National Archives for Bond Scam Commission (COI) Report

17. National Archives say embargo on COI reports

18. National Archives reiterate that public access to COI reports can be permitted only through written permission of the President's Secretary

Articles on the Statement of RTI Commission on Audit Bill

19. RTI Commission concerned about ‘chilling effect’ of general prohibitions

20. Grave Impact of Audit Bill, RTIC warns

21. Important not to Dilute Har-Won RTI Victories

22. Right to Information Commission has its say on proposed Audit Bill

23. RTI commission opposed to certain clauses

24. RTIC criticizes Audit Bill

25. RTI Commission raises concerns over clause in Audit Bill

26. Sri Lanka’s Right To Information Commission expresses it concerns on proposed Audit Bill

27. RTI Commission raises concerns over clause in Audit Bill

28. Right to Information Commission Expresses Concern Over Clause 9 of Proposed Audit Bill Seeking to Prevent RTIC Access to Audit Reports

29. A ‘chilling effect’ may be created on RTI by proposed Audit Bill - RTI Commn. Says

1. Presidential Secretary assures that he will respond to RTI query

2. SLFP to use RTI to obtain bond scam full report

3. Ranjan Ramanayake files RTI to get names of those whom Arjun Aloysius helped

4. Why do Public Authorities fear the Right to Information Act?

5. RTI reveals historic impeachment motion not recorded in Parliament

6. Raising Awareness on RTI

7. Reparations Bill for war affected victims released to RTI Commission

8. RTI gives report on Kachcheri fire

9. RTI and the OMP

10. Global Conference on RTI in Colombo

11. Global Conference on RTI in Colombo

12. Global Conference on RTI in Colombo

13. Global Conference on RTI in Colombo

Editorials on RTI

14. RTI and the Reparations Bill

15. Editorial on RTI and the Audit Bill

16. Editorial on RTI - The Daily Mirror

17. Assessment of 1 Year Record

18. RTI and the Audit Bill

19. THe UK's RTI Law and War Crimes Allegations

20. Rights, Responsibilities and RTI

21. South Asia, democratic development and RTI

22. RTI and Proactive Disclosure

23. Buddhasasana Ministry Approval is not necessary for Mosques, Church and Kovils to be constructed - Secretary to Ministry of Buddhasasana responds to an RTI request

1. SLPI holds workshop on investigative journalism

2. Coimbatore-based RTI act veterans handhold Sri Lankan activists

3. Maintenance lapse in a SriLankan plane causes regulator crackdown

4. RTI Reveals Lanka E News Blocked On Order from President’s Office

5. Business Times wins important ruling against SLBFE

6. RTI Com dismisses SriLankan Airlines refusal to divulge info on CEO’s salary

7. SRI LANKA’S RIGHT TO INFORMATION LEFT IN A SORRY PLIGHT!

8. Sri Lanka’s RTI glass is slowly filling up

9. Indian RTI expert praises Sri Lanka’s law

10. Cabinet responds to #RTI request in record time. gave the CampaignFinance decision immediately. Excellent to see such reponses

11. RTI Discloses TRCSL’s ‘Administrative’ Decision To Give Spectrum Frequency To Mobitel

12. SriLankan Airlines Cannot ‘Overfly’ RTI – RTI Commission Rules!

13. Sri Lanka’s Only Solid Boast Before UNHRC 2018 – The RTI!

1. Right to Information Commission notes concerns despite positives

2. RTI is a work in progress - Sri Lanka Press Institute

3. One year on, Right to Information Act an encouraging success

4. RTI Commission orders release of Draft Disability Law

5. RTI Commission to act on appeals over refusals to provide information

6. SriLankan Airlines Overflies RTI

7. Ashraff crash: Not an explosion but maintenance negligence

8. Right to Information Commission inquiry into missing report

9. 110 appeals to Right to information commission this year

10. RTI, One year on

11. Laggards of South Asia

12. 88% of RTI requests responded to or, being processed- SLPI Study

1. (December 2017) -Think tank highlights importance of tourism research

2. (December 2017) -Demystifying the law to ensure open government

3. JVP to use RTI to obtain Bond Report Content

4. Massive training program to develop standard of Sri Lankan media personnel

5. Right of Reply Fair exchange is no robbery

6. (December 2017) - United Nation’s team on torture and arbitrary detention says there are delays in justice

7. How malpractices have crippled Srilankan

8. Maithripala playing Political Foorball with Bond Report

9. Ravi uses RTI to demand copy of bond commission report

10. Transparency Int’l to assist aggrieved residents in battle against illegal constructions

11. Use of RTI - No rational or logical explanation on why ‘very urgent’ life-saving cancer drug bid not awarded – Petitioner

12. Local match-fixing scandal: SLC found guilty

13. After Independence - What has been achieved?

14. Use of RTI to hold authorities accountable growing

15. Problem is not us women and booze: It’s paternalism and capriciousness in policymaking

16. TISL positive about RTI Act

17. RTI implemented successfully, more awareness required: TISL

18. Distraught retired doctor seeks recourse to RTI to know the truth about his doctor son’s death

19. Right to Information in Sri Lanka (How I feel) - Personal Reflection on the first Appeal before the RTI Commission

20. Six things Sri Lanka did right in 2017

21. Much to celebrate on RTI

1. Right To Information Act awareness vital - RTI DG (from 12/12/2017)

2. Airline Pilots Guild goes to the RTI Commission

3. RTI Commission to inquire into Sri Lankan Airlines in 'Public Interest'

4. New report finds right to information varies by ministry

5. Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Report by Verite Research

6. Pilots press case for ditching SriLankan Chairman

7. Google Loon not dead yet: ICTA

1. Monitoring of police officers’ phones; citizen seeks info under RTI Act

2. In Sri Lanka, Open Government Aims to Boost Development

3. RTI Programme in Maharagama

4. Sri Lankan airlines refuse to disclose perks of directors

5. Government to strengthen RTI -Mangala

6. SriLankan Chairman says salaries of top mgt cannot be disclosed due to “personal nature”

7. Unions launch scathing attack on SriLankan bosse

8. Digital Transformation in Sri Lanka Report

1. School Admissions: Let there be accountabilty

2. Government’s massive stake in economy prevents proper implementation of RTI Act: Eran

3. Transparency International Sri Lanka relaunches Right to Information website

4. Gypsies’ Sunil says RTI jingle will promote democracy

5. Short film on how RTI works

1. A Role Model in RTI Commission

2. Interview with RTI Commission member Mr. S. G. Punchihewa

3. Right to Information: Interview with RTI Commission Member Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena

4. Dawood Appeals To RTI Commission Regarding Presidential Commission Report On Ashraff’s Death

1. Media coverage for LIRNEasia universal-service fund recommendations based on RTI request

2. LIRNEasia chief calls govt. to utilize Universal Service Fund for intended purpose

3. Ogilvy PR Sri Lanka wins top Asia Pacific award for Right to Information Campaign

4. SriLankan Airlines Scared To Reveal Information

5. Sri Lanka's RTI laws would strengthens citizens, freedoms

6. Sri Lanka, you have a right to know!

7. Continuing public interest will establish RTI

8. Watchful public will lead to more efficient govt. service: Mangala on RTI

1. Operationalizing the #RTI Act in #SriLanka :Comparative Experience and Good Practice

2. Report shows Lanka’s jails dens of corruption

3. 721 BOI companies closed down from 2010 to 2016

4. RDA heads for collision on expressways

5. Ruwanpura: RDA pushes ahead without EIA report

6. Ministry Reimburses Fuel Bill To NLDB

7. Snr. SriLankan Captain claims his dismissal was an ‘after-thought based on a blatant falsehood’ Invokes RIA to obtain copy of inquiry report

8. Public interest in disclosure outweighs reasons given by SriLankan Airlines - ALPGSL

9. Sri Lankan RTI Commission members visit South Africa

10. Democracy is when the needy and not the rich are the rulers

11. Fighting for your rights

1. Daily Mirror editorial 01/09/2017 on RTI, Privilege & the Commission's Orders

2. Colombo Telegraph report on Sri Lanka's proposed new media regulation laws and comparisons with RTI

3. Doctors use RTI

4. Business Times gets info under RTI Act

1. RTI Com hears 54 major appeals; state institutions ordered to reveal information

2. Fight for your Right

3. Transparency International Sri Lanka welcomes Ravi Karunanayake’s resignation

4. New tourism plan admits shortcomings in promotional work by officials with limited capability

5. Controller of Immigration & Emigration confirms Geetha's dual citizenship

6. Education Ministry Ignores RTI

7. RTI Commission appoints Director General

8. RTI Commission dismisses privilege as ground to deny information

9. Controller of Immigration & Emigration confirms Geetha's dual citizenship

10. RTI Commission Dismisses Privilege As A Ground To Deny Information On Recruitments

11. Sri Lanka’s New Right-to-Information Law Could Save Lives

12. Danger of another Uma Oya in Central Expressway

13. TISL on RTI and Assets Declarations

1. Right off to a rocky start

2. RTI Request on FTZ

3. Challenges before RTI

4. GMOA wants details of staff attached to NFTH

5. Chairman, RTI Commission Chief Guest at Journalism Awards

1. SLPI members say reforms only on self-regulatory principles

2. Mahanama Tillekeratne Commission recommends stern action against police officers involved in FTZ factory worker killing in 2011 (Report handed over after RTI Request)

1. How political interference made SriLankan crashland!

2. Pilots file RTI to Srilankan Airlines

1. Getting used to their Right to Know

2. Book Review:  Journalism through RTI : Lessons from India

3. State Officials urged to disclose information without restrictions

4. Sunday Leader and Colombo NGOs confuse RTI Law

5. A tale of Incompetence (updated)

6. RTI in Sri Lanka: Discourse and Compliance (Study by Verite Research)

1. RTI Commission mandate project informationl

2. Information Department stops release of Cabinet papers

3. PAFFREL to be provided details of dual citizens

4. RTI Commission sends Right of Reply to Sunday Leader

5. Government denies moves to amend RTI Act

6. TISL messes up RTI Applications to PM Office, President's Office

1. Govt. Strongly Denies News Media Reports re Amending RTI Act

2. Sri Lankan airline shoots itself over 'drunk' pilot testing

3. RTI progress assessed: Appeals heard and info relased disclosed

4.  RTI Commission Of Sri Lanka Launches Its Trilingual Website

5. RTI COMMISSION LAUNCHES WEBSITE AND LOGO

1. Parliament to pass Regulations enabling RTI disclosure of Assets Declarations!

2. File an RTI application to Sri Lanka Cricket - Sidath Wettimuny advises!

3. Right Policies and RTI

1. Appoint Information Officers as required by RTI Act - Commission

2. World Bank praises RTI Act and Commission

3. Severe Bottleneck In Utilising Govt. Funds For RTI Commission

4. RTI Commission Concludes Several Appeal Hearings

1. PAFFREL to use RTI to probe citizenship of MPs

2. Civil groups file RTI for details of Salawa compensation

3. Tourism authorities to release more data under RTI

4. Ninety MPs' vehicles sold! Reveals fresh info. from CGMT obtained with RTI request.

1. Playing Pandu with the Press

2. Customs Whistleblower: TISL Flags Protection Clause in RTI Act

3. RTI: Rocky Road to Sri Lanka's New Transparency Culture

4. RTI used to seek info about Parliamentarians with dual citizenship

1. Sri Lankan government to ensure full Media freedom, expects high standards from media

2. Journalist Killings in Sri Lanka Predicated on a Deadly Irony

3. RTI can be game changer in Sri Lanka's path to prosperity: World Bank

4. Skullduggery, Secrecy and the Counter-terror Draft Act

5. New anti-terrorism law undermines RTI

1. Times front page lead on RTI and Cabinet memoranda

2. Financial Times Editorial reflecting that same theme

3. EPF investments in Colombo bourse continue to plummet

4. Journalists for social justice

5. RTI application by TISL reveals EPF investment details

1. Complement RTI with RTR (Right to Recall)

2. Defense Ministry staff enlightened on Right To Information

3. Rs. 1 billion worth jewellery and gold to be returned to owners soon

4. Right to Information and Batticaloa women : Hypothesis vs Reality

5. Central bank gives info to Transparency International Sri Lanka on EPF investments 2012-2016!

1. RTI and the New Counter Terror Act

2. Challenges to Media Freedom in Sri Lanka

3. RTI & Duty Free Car Permits

4. Displacing the Old Culture of Secrecy: Looking Askance at a New Government's Performance

1. JVP, the richest political party

2. 110 Acts in conflict with RTI: DG Information

3. SL's Income Tax fiasco: Everything you need to know

1. Caution not to strike premature body blows on RTI

2. The Right To Information Act No.12 Of 2016: A Rare Bright Spot In Our Flawed Democracy

3. 2016: 452, 934 houses had potential mosquito breeding places. Info provided on a Sunday Times RTI request

4. Gvt Minister says anyone can apply under RTI for H'bota agreement and others

5. Moratuwa MC gets pro-active with RTI

6. RTI two months old but public still face hurdles

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1. No confidence in some of the other projects conducted in SL through ICTA

2. Sri Lanka: "Maybe soon, asking questions will become the norm"

1. Sri Lanka's RTI Law: Will the Government 'Walk the Talk'?

2. Sri Lankans Use New RTI Law to Access Land Information Following War in North

3. Sri Lankans Ready To Seek Answers Under New Right to Information Act

4. Over 1,500 RTI requests from citizens : Govt. bodies slow to respond to requests

5. Sri Lanka needs critical minds for critical times!

6. Moratuwa MC's positive notice under RTI

7. RTI Budget Estimation

8. RTI Commission seeks Rs. 76 m to carry out its work efficiently

9. There are many challenges in getting RTI laws properly implemented – US expert

10. Info DG Claims RTI Commission's Funds Released, But Status Still Unclear

1. TISL Files RTI Requests To Wrong Public Authorities!!

2. Colombo Telegraph Challenges CPA Under RTI Act – Colombo NGOs Yet To Appoint Information Officers!

3. Sri Lanka determined to address human rights concerns

4. Parliamentarians, Permits and Perfidy

5. Illegal fishing: The Sunday Times invokes RTI law to get to the bottom

6. Technology and the Right to Information

7. Startling Details Emerge In Keith Noyahr Abduction Probe

8. Decent Lanka 2015 requests for info. on RTI commission

9. Sri Lanka: RTI invoked to expose army support to remanded suspects & spying on public officers

10. 14 working days since RTI launch: current and future challenges

11. Ensure that RTI does not Fail

1. Politicians should lead by example

2. Opening Remarks: E-GP in South Asia – Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges

3. Sri Lanka Shines Light on Public Sector Governance

4. Requests for information on RTI Commission

5. Sri Lankan Youth Are Using RTI To Help War-Affected Families

1. The Government RTI website is now up and running...

2. Government Must Walk the RTI Talk - Editorial

3. Police follow up on B'caloa RTI requests on DIG's orders

4. Police follow up on B'caloa RTI requests on DIG's orders

5. Communication Gaps Hinder Implementation

6. Ministry of External Resources Goes Online on RTI

7. President Elated that RTI Became a Reality Under Him!

8. List of Some Gvt Info Officers Available!

9. President - NGOs Cashing in on RTI for Their Own Agenda!!

10. How Citizens Are Using Sri Lanka's Shiny New RTI

1. RTI: Call made for financial reports of political parties

2. Ranjan submits RTI application

3. Culture of openness and accountability through RTI - EDITORIAL

4. Public can audit the government servant with RTI

5. Prez Commission report on Ashraff's demise sought

6. ICT experts oppose attempts to give away frequencies to foreign companies

1. RTI in Sri Lanka: It took 22 years, and journey continues

2. Much to celebrate on RTI

3. Right to Know and Right to Ignore

4. Freedom from Secrecy

5. RTI Act comes into force in Sri Lanka

6. Public authorities confused, unprepared as RTI Act becomes operational

7. Information sought on assets of President, PM under RTI

8. State, People not prepared for RTI, say Sarvodaya, TI

9. Batticaloa women take RTI route to seek details on loved ones

10. RTI in force now, get information for free

11. How many bar permits do members of Parliament have?

12. Details of RTI Info Officers out soon

13. RTI: An Act against its Creators

14. Sri Lanka: Politicians' assets — RTI changing the rules of the game?

15. RTI Commission cash-starved

15. Right to Information: Excitement in the air!