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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

Ensuring equal access to EdTech for all students in Sri Lanka

Do we teach the rich and the poor differently?

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

'Facebook Protect' authorization extended to Sri Lanka

To protect people who hold accountable posts from hackers

February 28, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka grants preliminary approval for Starlink: State Minister

The details of the public consultation will be published tomorrow

Sri Lanka President discusses Starlink with Elon Musk

President Wickremesinghe has met Musk at a World Water Forum High-Level Meeting in Indonesia

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
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Sri Lanka’s Hemas invests in digital health start-ups

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan conglomerate Hemas Holdings is investing more money in technology start-ups as it seeks ...

May 28, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom, cellcos in US$200mn expansion; 4G drive

Sri Lanka's mobile and fixed access networks have been given approval to invest over 200 million dollars in network expa...

May 24, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hutch-Etisalat to push harder in data; competition reduced: Fitch

A planned merger of Sri Lanka's Etisalat and Hutchison mobile network will reduce competition and armed with more spectr...

May 1, 2018 2 min read

Hutchison, UAE's Etisalat to merge mobile networks in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s smaller mobile phone companies, Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Private) Lim...

April 26, 2018 1 min read

Dialog Axiata lures more Sri Lankan hospitals to digital health platform

ECONOMYNEXT – Two more hospitals, Nawaloka Hospitals and Ceylon Hospitals (Durdans), have invested in Digital Hea...

April 26, 2018 2 min read

UNDP partners with Cisco, Citi to develop Sri Lankan youth entrepreneurship

ECONOMYNEXT - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka has partnered with the National Youth Service...

April 24, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata to grow FinTech business

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata has said it plans to expand digital financial services with its acqu...

April 23, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s eChannelling offers video medical consultations, drug delivery

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

April 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom sees data revenue growing, margins falling

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Telecom said broadband data will dominate revenue despite thinning margins and rising cap...

April 19, 2018 2 min read

Twitter down for many Sri Lanka users

Social media website twitter.com was down for users in Sri Lanka, amid reports that it is also down in many other countr...

April 17, 2018 1 min read