Sri Lanka, June 19 -- Director General of Government Information H.S.K.J. Bandara stated that media IDs issued by the Government Information Department during the previous administration have been misused by a large number of people, and some have even used them for personal foreign trips.

He expressed these views at the Gampaha District Media Workshop 'Asidisi Piyavara 2026', organised by the Mass Media Ministry at the district level, held at the Gampaha District Secretariat Auditorium on June 17.

Speaking further, Bandara said that this year the Government has allocated Rs. 50 million to provide scholarships for journalists, and that these will no longer go to ministers' media secretaries or government media divisions.

He further sta...