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Tuesday March 28th, 2023
ICT

Low female participation in Sri Lanka's ICT sector calls for action - IPS

Females holding only 34 percent of the jobs in the sector

March 8, 2023 6 min read

Sri Lanka's IQ Global launches digital readiness index

IQ Global website is available online for companies.

March 5, 2023 1 min read

Acuity Knowledge Partners with Sri Lanka office to be bought by Permira

Acuity has a 500 person operation in Sri Lanka

January 28, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata hopes to hold prices despite rising costs

High inflation following a collapse of the currency has reduced real incomes of customers

January 27, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka tops google searches for 'Sex', Djibouti for 'Sexe'

However if a small country has a large number of a particular search interest, then the result can be amplified

Sri Lanka IT industry group call for education, exchange controls on foreign firms

Want to end 'digital colonization' and tax breaks for foreign companies

Global WhatsApp outage leaves users unable to communicate via instant message

According to reports, the issue was first notified at around 12:40pm in India.

Mahadiya Hamza
October 25, 2022 1 min read

IFC, Hemas partner for digital health service in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is facing shortage of medical practitioners as many have opted to migrate amid economic crisis

Neshella Perera
September 24, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata to invest US$152.4mn in mobile, fibre

To expand 4G LTE, fibre networks and Wi-Fi

September 19, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka ICT leaders call for stability, access to dollars for essential services, end to emergency

Sri Lanka’s digital economy represents approximately 4.37% of GDP.

April 4, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka social media ban removed

By 1530pm all social media platforms were working

April 3, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka power regulator asks social media ban to be removed

PUCSL requests TRC and all Mobile operators to activate/restore all social media platforms immediately

April 3, 2022 1 min read
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Ensuring equal access to EdTech for all students in Sri Lanka

Do we teach the rich and the poor differently?

Kshama Ranawana
March 19, 2022 6 min read

Sri Lanka parliament passes data protection act amid privacy concerns

Justice Minister ensures to accommodate amendments, if necessary and privacy will be protected.

March 10, 2022 3 min read
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'Facebook Protect' authorization extended to Sri Lanka

To protect people who hold accountable posts from hackers

February 28, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka starts tech park in Galle

The galle tech part is one of a series of five

February 18, 2022 1 min read
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Sri Lanka technology centre opened by US-based RigServ

Strikes partnership to support Colombo University

February 5, 2022 2 min read
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Sri Lanka based NCINGA boosts Fiji Telecom

Installed a core-transport network and data centre

December 19, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka online education goes to 85-pct of students, despite dissatisfaction: study

About 50 percent had live lessons

December 9, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka to set up three new 'techno parks' by 2023

Three new techno-parks are proposed to commence in Habarana, Nuwaraeliya (Mahagasthota), Kandy (Digana), he said.

November 12, 2021 2 min read

Number portability to finally become reality in Sri Lanka in May 2022: regulator

The regulatory has informed all the communication service providers to set up a clearing house.

Mahadiya Hamza
October 14, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka makes HCL Technologies eligible for tax breaks

To employ 3500 workers

October 7, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Green Tape says online procurement taking off

Procured 500 million rupees worth of tenders

September 10, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata net profits doubles in June quarter

Most profits from mobile. TV losses reduce

August 6, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka moves to protect Indian Ocean submarine cables

Enabling legislation to come

July 18, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog adds more towers to expand coverage in Coronavirus pandemic

Data traffic doubles in pandemic

July 11, 2021 3 min read
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