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We need to move to artificial intelligence, but before that we need to be digitalised
President asks for collaborative efforts between private sector and government to foster IT human capital
Shop and Office Employees Act to be amended
This availability of data helps the hospital provide treatment easily when the patient returns to the hospital.
Huawei announced its support to help Sri Lanka implement program to nurture software and hardware engineers
NWSDB will be supported to transform its current paper document system into digital form to speed up its operations
President has appointed the board of directors for the Sri Lanka Personal Data Protection Authority
To attract potential investors for IT companies in Sri Lanka and achieve a target of 3 billion US dollars in IT exports
Sri Lanka has seen growth in digital economy since Covid-19, but not enough - experts
Acuity is looking to double Sri Lanka office to 1,000
Part V of the act deals with the establishment of a Data Protection Authority, first proposed in November 2022.
“As we go into digitalisation, we must also ensure cybersecurity."
While risks certainly exist, said de Silva, appropriate regulation is the way to mitigate them.
“National security is not a slogan. National security takes specific forms."
This is despite nearly all mobile operators in Sri Lanka being private for decades.
Females holding only 34 percent of the jobs in the sector
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US Dollar | 330.2942 | 315.1016 |
UK Pound | 429.0139 | 401.1871 |
Euro | 372.1704 | 343.1959 |
Aus Dollar | 227.2526 | 211.5951 |
Yen | 2.3820 | 2.1908 |
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Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
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S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
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3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
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Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
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IQ Global website is available online for companies.
Acuity has a 500 person operation in Sri Lanka
High inflation following a collapse of the currency has reduced real incomes of customers
However if a small country has a large number of a particular search interest, then the result can be amplified
Want to end 'digital colonization' and tax breaks for foreign companies
According to reports, the issue was first notified at around 12:40pm in India.
Sri Lanka is facing shortage of medical practitioners as many have opted to migrate amid economic crisis
To expand 4G LTE, fibre networks and Wi-Fi
Sri Lanka’s digital economy represents approximately 4.37% of GDP.
By 1530pm all social media platforms were working
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