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Indian journalists targeted with spyware

Implications of surveillance practices are pertinent, as Sri Lanka is in the process of implementing SL-UID program

December 29, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka to roll out disaster warning system through telephones

Involving the DMC, TRC and service providers including SLT Mobitel, Hutch, Dialog and Airtel.

December 20, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka libraries go online with digitalisation

We need to move to artificial intelligence, but before that we need to be digitalised

November 23, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka president asks private sector help to grow IT human capital

President asks for collaborative efforts between private sector and government to foster IT human capital

October 26, 2023 2 min read
Governments in Asia-Pacific must close digital gaps to reduce inequality: ADB

ADB report recommends that governments in developing Asia and the Pacific adopt national digital strategies

Security breach at Sri Lanka's Public Security Ministry website

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Sri Lanka-based LSEG Technology to clear securities in Philippines stock exchange

Sri Lanka-based LSEG Technology, a unit of London Stock Exchange will provide clearing, settlement and risk management t...

December 15, 2019 1 min read

Mobitel to provide all communications for Hatton National Bank

Mobile telecom provider Mobitel said it has entered into a partnership to provide all communications facilities to Hatto...

December 14, 2019 1 min read

More girls in STEM-classes could bridge Sri Lanka gender digital divide

Sri Lanka should make extra efforts to get more girls educated in STEM or science-based subjects to eliminate gender dis...

November 26, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka's IT industry takes aim at artificial intelligence

Sri Lanka's information technology industry is aiming to expand deeper into artificial intelligence and use its strength...

November 25, 2019 2 min read

Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services rebrands as Acuity Knowledge Partners

Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services said it was re-branding as Acuity Knowledge Partners (“Acuity”) following the...

November 12, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata Sept profits down on higher operating costs

Net profits at Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata fell 14.3 percent to 1.47 billion rupees in the September quarter due to h...

November 7, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's draft data protection and privacy laws should not hamper markets, innovation: IPS

Sri Lanka's draft privacy and data protection laws, while important, should not place unnecessary burdens on businesses ...

November 6, 2019 3 min read

Dialog Broadband launches software defined WAN for companies in Sri Lanka

Dialog Broadband Networks (Pvt) Ltd, a unit of Dialog Axiata has launched software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) se...

September 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog says Axiata-Telenor merger off

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata said a planned merger of its parent with Telenor has been called off.

September 9, 2019 1 min read

State funds to buy Sri Lanka Telecom stocks for minimum public float

Sri Lanka's cabinet has cleared the way for state-run funds and banks to buy Sri Lanka Telecom stock to meet a public fl...

September 4, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka to set up new SOE to manage Lotus tower

Sri Lanka will set up a new state enterprise to operate a tower build for the telecom regulator, the state information o...

September 4, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lankan e-commerce reforms to improve sales for small businesses

Sri Lankan e-commerce reforms underway in are aimed at encouraging more transactions and helping companies, especially s...

September 3, 2019 2 min read

Australia's Different Technologies to double head count in Sri Lanka

Different Technologies Pty Ltd, an Australia based technology company in the property management services business said ...

Chanka Jayasinghe
September 1, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom ties up with Virtusa to ramp up digital services

Sri Lanka Telecom Plc, the island's only fixed line operator said it had tied up with Virtusa, a technology firm to boos...

August 26, 2019 1 min read

Huawei launches first product with own operating system

Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which has been caught in the crossfires of the Washington-Beijing trade war, on Saturday u...

August 11, 2019 1 min read

Social media block, data rivalry cuts Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata June quarter profit

June quarter net profit at Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata fell 29 percent to almost two billion rupees from a year ago as sal...

August 8, 2019 2 min read

High quality ICT graduates severely short in Sri Lanka, soft-skills gap: survey

Sri Lanka's growing information communication technology is generating a demand for higher skilled workers at degree lev...

August 8, 2019 4 min read

Sri Lanka ICT workforce male dominant, females increasing

Female workers in Sri Lanka's information communication technology sector has increased from 29 percent in 2013 to 34 pe...

August 8, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka ICT workforce to grow 16.0-pct in 2019: survey

Workers in Sri Lanka's information communications technology (ICT) sector is expected to grow 16.9 percent in 2019 to 14...

August 7, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka indicts forensic chief over rugby murder cover up

Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday charged a former chief forensic officer with destroying evidence in the notorious mu...

August 7, 2019 2 min read