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Gamini Warshapperuma Deputy Director General of Customs Department said Integrity Award winner Sujith Perera was probably the best investigating officer that the Customs department has ever produced.
NIA Award Committee making a statement said they hope this Award will inspire more people to stand up against corruption in whatever form or shape — in government, corporate, civil society and all other sections of our society.
Relaxation of Emergency Regulations, the presidential pardoning of prominent journalist J. S Tissainayagam who was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment, and the appointment of a Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission to augment a healing process post-war were some of the significant steps the Government has taken in the month of May, according to the [...]
“Parliament Watch”, a programme envisaged by South Asians for Human Rights(SAHR) and implemented by Transparency International Sri Lanka(TISL) released its Second monthly report this week. This initiative takes an analytical look at identified areas to evaluate transparency, accountability and the human rights focus of the Parliament of Sri Lanka: You can now download the full report [...]
Transparency International Sri Lanka calls for the nominations for the National Integrity Award 2010 which is awarded to an outstanding individual or an organization for demonstrating exceptional integrity in public engagement.
“Parliament Watch”, a programme envisaged by South Asians for Human Rights(SAHR) and implemented by Transparency International Sri Lanka(TISL) released its first monthly report this week. This initiative takes an analytical look at identified areas to evaluate transparency, accountability and the human rights focus of the Parliament of Sri Lanka: You can now download the full [...]
War is over but peace has not dawned. LTTE is eliminated yet the war situation continues. This seems to be the feeling in the country. Emergency remains and all the Emergency regulations are in force. For the people, it’s a state of war.” So said the distinguished civil servant Bradman Weerakoon at a discussion held [...]
For the sixth successive year, TISL held the National Integrity Award (NIA) presentation on 9 December 2009 to mark the UN Anti-Corruption Day. A large gathering was present at the ceremony held at the BMICH Committee Room B.
Genuine interest among the youth to weed out corruption was most visible from the response from undergraduates and students of higher educational institutions at the anti-corruption assignment competition organised by TISL to encourage the youth to work towards a society with integrity.
Discussion on Corruption in the Education Sector Educationists, academics, Education Ministry officials, trade union representatives and media personnel were among the gathering participating in the TISL open forum on Corruption in Education in Sri Lanka held at Hotel Renuka recently. The discussion followed the launch of the ‘Report on the Forms & Extent of Corruption [...]
