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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

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's Dialog Axiata completes acquisition of Bharti Airtel Lanka

Dialog issued 952,694,689 ordinary voting shares by way of a share swap to Bharti on Wednesday

Startup Genome ranks Sri Lanka among world’s top 10 for affordable talent

Ranking was made in the latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2024

Mitra Innovation to hire more people in Sri Lanka, expand overseas

ECONOMYNEXT - Mitra Innovation, a software developer and digital service provider with offices in Sri Lanka, aims to inc...

October 16, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s MillenniumIT becomes LSEG Technology

ECONOMYNEXT - MillenniumIT, a Sri Lanka-based unit of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), has announced it is changing i...

October 16, 2018 1 min read

Better regional infrastructure, rules, mooted at Sri Lanka e-commerce meeting

ECONOMYNEXT – South Asian countries need to improve their legal, financial, logistical and telecommunication infr...

October 15, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to ease e-payment restrictions by 2020

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is aiming to change laws so that international payments systems like PayPal could be used to rec...

October 5, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get automated warehouse with Norwegian technology

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will set up an automated warehousing and packaging facility with robotics capabilities for fresh...

October 4, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka to fast-track visas for tech industry expansion

Sri Lanka is proposing to fast-track visas for migrant tech professionals amidst a talent crunch and changes to its high...

September 21, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka IT industry, universities in tie-up to train data scientists

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s information technology industry is working with universities produce graduates i...

September 18, 2018 3 min read

Data science, AI focus to achieve $5bn Sri Lanka IT export target

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s information technology industry will prioritise data science and artificial inte...

September 14, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s mobile phone, internet payments rise fast

ECONOMYNEXT – The volume and value of internet-based transcations in Sri Lanka rose sharply in the first quarter ...

September 11, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan firms told to comply with new EU online privacy rules

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan companies operating or doing online business in the European Union will have to comply w...

September 11, 2018 1 min read
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More payment gateways mooted to expand Sri Lanka e-commerce

Sri Lanka’s government could allow more payment gateways and reduce fees to expand electronic commerce, a draft r...

September 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka updating e-commerce consumer protection laws

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government will bring in new laws to update regulations to provide better protection...

September 6, 2018 2 min read

Dialog Axiata app development contest for Sri Lankan students

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s biggest mobile phone operator Dialog Axiata is launching an islandwide inter-sch...

September 4, 2018 1 min read

eChannelling online doctor appointments now in Sri Lankan district hospitals

ECONOMYNEXT – eChannelling, an online medical appointment business that was Sri Lanka's first listed dotcom, has ...

August 21, 2018 1 min read

Dialog named fastest celco in Sri Lanka for 2018 first half

Dialog Axiata said it had been named the fastest mobile network for Sri Lanka by Ookla, which runs speed tests around th...

August 15, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dialog Axiata net profits up 21-pct in June quarter

Profits at Dialog Axiata Plc, a wireless mobile and fixed operator grew 21 percent from a year earlier to 2.8 billion ru...

August 9, 2018 2 min read

Disrupt Asia 2018 to change Sri Lankan mindsets on innovation

ECONOMYNEXT - Disrupt Asia, a state-run annual tech conference, will be launching an Innovation Festival for the first t...

July 25, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka tech chamber elects new board; skilled migration on agenda

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's tech industry body SLASSCOM has elected a new board and general council which will advocate fo...

July 9, 2018 2 min read

LSE Group opens new office in Sri Lankan capital

ECONOMYNEXT - London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has opened of a 30,000 square foot office in Sri Lanka, capable of hous...

June 1, 2018 1 min read

Create Lab becomes Sri Lanka SLASSCOM’s 200th member

ECONOMYNEXT – Create Lab, the local unit of the Singapore firm which develops educational programmes to train chi...

May 28, 2018 1 min read