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Sri Lanka Cabinet approves public-private partnership for state printer

SPC is the state body tasked with printing school textbooks, official government publications, state institutional docs

October 13, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Lanka Sathosa to adopt franchise model in restructuring push

October 7, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka, Thailand to renew 30-day tourist visa exemption

Visitors can stay for a maximum single duration of 30 days and an aggregate stay of up to 90 days within a 180-day windo

October 6, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka to operate Neville Fernando Hospital as hybrid SOE under Air Force

The Treasury will fund the hospital’s transitional phase.

September 22, 2026 2 min read
Sri Lanka to revamp SOEs via divestments and holding company

527 entities tagged as state enterprises, only a select few are genuine commercial businesses

Sri Lanka approves performance-based framework for SOE collective agreements

The new structure also addresses employee incentives and financial returns.

Sri Lanka to change public service from “person” to “system” based

Sri Lanka's state workers have been reluctant to embrace digitization in past

June 4, 2026 2 min read

Wimal S K Liyanagama appointed Sri Lanka Customs Director General

S P Arukgoda retires today

May 5, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka issues digital tech guidelines for public sector remote working

The ministry warned that high-security protocols must be maintained.

April 27, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka to launch Rs563mn GovTech marketplace to centralize digital procurement

Aims to eliminate fragmented spending across state agencies

April 8, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields dip, demand for short term

96.71 billion rupees sold of an offered 130 billion.

March 11, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka to digitalize RTI Commission with $200,000 Open Society grant

The commission has limited technical equipment, the entire process, is done on paper

March 11, 2026 1 min read

Millennium IT ESP gets Rs2.2bn Oracle contract for Sri Lanka Customs

For the supply and installation of an Oracle Exadata X11M system

March 10, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka approves appointments of 4 heads of mission

Heads of mission for Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Kenya approved

February 13, 2026 1 min read

Lanka Ashok Leyland, Toyota Lanka, Browns and Solex get prison vehicle tenders

For the purchase of 30 44-seater buses, 10 30-seater buses, 10 vans, 5 gully bowsers and 3 tractors for the Prisons Dep

November 11, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards Excise Dept revenue system contract to MillenniumIT ESP, Metropolitan Technologies

Contract to Millennium I.T.E.S.P (pvt) Ltd and Metropolitan Technologies (Pvt) Ltd for Rs1,310.94mn - tax-fre

October 14, 2025 1 min read
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GovPay boosts traffic fine payments in Sri Lanka: Official

"With yesterday recording the highest volume since the Western Province went live,"

September 22, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka opens large water supply system funded by China

Includes 88,000 new water connections and the upgrading of about 22,000 existing water connections.

September 19, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka Census and Statistics Dept gets new head

K M D S D Karunarathna replaces D D G A Seneviratne

September 4, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka trains state officers on use of AI

To transform the public service into 'a productive and efficient service'

August 16, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets new surveyor general, exam commissioner general

Subhashini Indika Kumari Liyanage appointed Commissioner General of Examinations, Y G Gnanathilaka Surveyor General

May 8, 2025 1 min read

KOICA grant of USD8.5mn to automate Colombo municipality revenue systems

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)grant to automate Sri Lanka's Colombo Municipal Council revenue collection

April 29, 2025 1 min read

Kamal Amarasinghe appointed Sri Lanka Motor Transport Commissioner General

He replaces Nishantha Anuruddha Weerasinghe,

April 22, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka seeks bids for 15mn e-NIC cards

"We need about 17 million cards to re-register Sri Lankan citizens and issue a new identity card

April 8, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka government to launch restaurants

National Food Promotion Board, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture to establish new restaurants

March 28, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks member for Right to Information Commission

Applications called for the Appointment of a Member to the Right to Information Commission

March 21, 2025 1 min read