Sri Lanka will table a new bill later this year, which will attempt to introduce a “Media Code of Ethics”, according to Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
The bill would apparently be aimed at creating “a salutary media culture in the country”, with the Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka reporting the Minister as having said,
“the actions of certain media institutions in the recent past had led to many problems and therefore it had become an urgent need of the hour to introduce a code of ethics for a good media culture. He added that media has a responsibility to act as per laws and regulations of the country without creating problems for country, society or any religion.”