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Sri Lanka's Pick Me powers JumJum mobike app in Nepal

The app called JumJum (Let’s Go) will initially launch in Kathmandu

May 14, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka BoI, Orion sign US$1.78mn deal to expand Orion Colombo, Orion Nest

Agreement with Board of Investment of Sri Lanka for US$1.78mn to expand Orion Colombo and Orion Nest

May 13, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to bring National Cyber Security Act amid surge in social network users: State minister

The user base across all social networks has surged from 60 million to 74 million.

May 9, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka launches online child sexual abuse reporting portal

3 out of 10 children who are internet users in urban and semi urban areas are being victimized by online perpetrators

March 29, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka planned number portability welcomed by Dialog

Sri Lanka's largest mobile operator Dialog Axiata Plc has welcomed an announcement by the regulator that the island will...

August 25, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka blockchain start-up gets venture capital from Japan

Tracified, a Sri Lanka-based start-up which is developing a blockchain based solution to track supply chains has receive...

August 17, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom profits double in June 2020 quarter

Profits at Sri Lanka Telecom Plc, which also has a mobile unit doubled to 2.8 billion rupees in the June 2020 quarter fr...

August 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Angel Fund says seeking early-stage Post-Covid start-ups

The Angel Fund, start-up fund which has collected 100 million rupees says it is looking for innovative early-stage entit...

August 11, 2020 2 min read

Arjuna Nanayakkara to head London Stock Exchange tech centre in Sri Lanka

London Stock Exchange Group said it had appointed Arjuna Nanayakkara who has a background in information technology and ...

July 21, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom to roll out 200,000 optical fibre links with Nokia tech

Sri Lanka telecom will boost its capacity for optical fibre to the home (FTTH) connections by 200,000 from the current 3...

July 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka SME's using ICTs get double the profits, information gulf blocks wider use: LirneAsia

Small and medium enterprises in Sri Lanka can grow their businesses and make more profits by connecting to the internet...

Chanka Jayasinghe
July 5, 2020 4 min read
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Sri Lanka's start-ups slammed by Coronavirus, seeking help

Sri Lanka's start-ups have been badly hit by Coronavirus, with the sector generally not getting support from banks indus...

Tania Madies
June 24, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka’s tech firm gets Microsoft's AI grant for healthcare app

Microsoft said it will give a grant to Sri Lanka based Fortude, a technology firm for developing an application dealing ...

June 23, 2020 2 min read

India's HCL Technologies looks to hire 1,500 into Sri Lanka unit amid Covid-19

India based HCL Technologies, an information technology (IT) service and engineering group which is entering Sri Lanka a...

Mahadiya Hamza
June 17, 2020 3 min read
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Sri Lanka telecom regulator asked find businesses to use Lotus Tower

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had asked the telecom regulator to find local and foreign businesses to use Lot...

June 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka telcos to offer new data plans to study, work from home in Coronavirus

Sri Lanka's telecom firms will provide expanded data plans to help customers work and study from home to promote social ...

Chanka Jayasinghe
June 8, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom says dealing with REvil hack, customer data safe

Sri Lanka Telecom, the island's largest fixed line operators said a cyber attack has been mounted on a section of their ...

May 25, 2020 1 min read

Coats Digital, Sri Lanka's Res.Q and Serai eye tech boost for apparel industry in Covid

Tech units of thread maker Coats, HSBC Bank have teamed up with Res.Q, a technology firm backed by Sri Lanka's Hirdraman...

May 21, 2020 2 min read

Dialog Axiata traffic surge 40-pct in Sri Lanka Covid-19 curfews, but revenue hit on discounts

Dialog Axiata, Sri Lanka's largest mobile operator, which has fixed access and pay television had seen a surge in traffi...

May 1, 2020 3 min read

SL CERT|CC issues threat warnings for ‘Free Internet Data Scams’

Sri Lanka CERT|CC for cyber security issues has issued high threat warnings for ‘Free Internet Data Scams’ and asks ...

April 23, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's main Coronavirus hospital given data, video facilities by Dialog Axiata

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata said it had provided high speed data links and video conference facilities to the Infectious ...

April 19, 2020 1 min read

Yara Technologies develops platform for schools to communicate with parent

Yara Technologies, a Colombo-based start-up it had launched an online platform that connects schools and pre-schools wi...

April 2, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka looks to set up broadcast regulator for television and radio

Sri Lanka is looking to regulate television and radio broadcasting and the cabinet of ministers had set up a committee ...

March 5, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Finance gets shareholder nod to raise Rs700mn

Dialog Finance Plc, a unit of Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata has received shareholder approval to raise 701 million rupees to...

March 3, 2020 1 min read
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