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Sri Lanka to set up three new 'techno parks' by 2023

Three new techno-parks are proposed to commence in Habarana, Nuwaraeliya (Mahagasthota), Kandy (Digana), he said.

November 12, 2021 2 min read

Number portability to finally become reality in Sri Lanka in May 2022: regulator

The regulatory has informed all the communication service providers to set up a clearing house.

October 14, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka makes HCL Technologies eligible for tax breaks

To employ 3500 workers

October 7, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Green Tape says online procurement taking off

Procured 500 million rupees worth of tenders

September 10, 2021 2 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.

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

Rohan Samarajiva to Chair new Sri Lanka ICT agency board

Rohan Samarajiva, a former telecom regulator and head of LirneAsia, a regional policy research body has been appointed c...

April 17, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka postal service ecommerce platform for small business

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run Department of Posts, known as Sri Lanka Post, aims to get 1,000 entrep...

April 9, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata retains AAA(lka) Fitch rating

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata has retained its AAA(lka)'/Stable Fitch rating given its market leadershi...

April 4, 2018 6 min read

Call for linking Sri Lanka’s mobile money transfer systems

ECONOMYNEXT – Greater co-ordination of Sri Lanka’s two mobile phone money transfer systems could help expa...

April 2, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog-backed fund invests in healthcare, insurance, media start-ups

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata said an investment fund backed by the group has invested in three online platforms dealing in ...

March 30, 2018 2 min read

Amazon Web in managed services deal with Sri Lanka’s Mitra Innovation

ECONOMYNEXT – Mitra Innovation, a software company with its research unit in Sri Lanka, is to launch managed serv...

March 28, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka aims for real-time data to guide policymaking

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government wants to adopt advanced information systems that can provide real-time da...

March 20, 2018 2 min read

Building an inclusive culture at LSEG Sri Lanka unit

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lanka unit of the London Stock Exchange Group has launched a diversity and inclusion progra...

March 20, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata invests in data centre joint venture

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata has formed a joint venture with a unit of St. Anthony’s group...

March 20, 2018 1 min read

UNP will not fight Sirisena over Sri Lanka censorship: minister

ECONOMYNEXT – The senior partner in Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition will not challenge President Maithripala ...

Our Political Correspondent
March 14, 2018 2 min read
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Sri Lanka says unhappy with Facebook's hate-speech response

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka banned Facebook after the social media website failed to respond favourably to repeated governme...

Our Political Correspondent
March 13, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom profits rebound in Dec qtr

Profits at Sri Lanka Telecom, a wireline operators with mobile and pay TV, rose 470 percent to 707 million rupees in the...

March 2, 2018 1 min read

Virtusa expects to hire in Sri Lanka as revenues move to a billion dollars

Virtusa Corporation, an information technology services company which has a 3,000 person at a centre in Sri Lanka said s...

February 14, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog profits up 153.5-pct in Dec

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata, a mobile and fixed wireless operator with pay TV said profits in the December 2017 quarter gr...

February 10, 2018 2 min read

Dialog Axiata raises stake in Sri Lankan e-learning firm

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan mobile phone operator Dialog Axiata has increased its stake in e-learning firm Headstart...

January 18, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets Indian expertise in telemedicine, e-learning

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will get access to Indian digital expertise and infrastructure under a deal between the t...

January 15, 2018 2 min read

Data breach in India as Sri Lanka goes ahead with E-Nic surveillance

ECONOMYNEXT - An Indian newspaper has exposed another massive data breach in India's controversial Aardhar electronics c...

January 5, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka advised to go for open source software in schools

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank has advised Sri Lanka to go for open source software as opposed to brand...

December 18, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka fixed internet connections growing fast

ECONOMYNEXT – The number of fixed internet connections in Sri Lanka grew rapidly in the first half of 2017, excee...

November 27, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka ICT, commercial agri sectors seen biased against women

ECONOMYNEXT – Employers in ICT and commercial agriculture sectors, two of Sri Lanka’s most promising econo...

November 24, 2017 2 min read