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Cabinet appoints working group on state broadcaster governance

By Nimal Perera

May 6, 2026 1:59 PM GMT+0 Updated 5 d ago

Will report on editorial charters, commissioning independence, and board appointment rules within ninety days. THELEDGER/PERERA Purchase Licensing Rights ↗

May 6 (TheLedger) - An eight-member working group chaired by an appellate judge emeritus will deliver recommendations on charters governing Rupavahini and SLBC within ninety days.

Civil society groups cautiously welcomed the move but insisted final adoption require supermajority ratification rather than decree.

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