Srilanka, June 11 -- The Cabinet has approved a proposal submitted by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to continue operating the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) as separate state enterprises with distinct identities.This decision was made following an assessment that merging the two institutions would not yield the desired results. Key challenges include the use of different broadcasting technologies, spatial requirements for recording studios (with SLRC requiring significantly more space), and the geographical separation of transmission towers.

While the Cabinet had previously approved, in principle (on 27 November 2023), a plan to merge SLBC and SLRC under a single state-o...