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Will help countries expand digital connectivity, build skills, strengthen cybersecurity and privacy protections,
Construction of a national level e-Learning Center and two provincial ICT centers in the Southern and Eastern Provinces
Atapattu is a Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) officer
Asset-light businesses where value is driven by intangibles such as software, IP, brands and human capital face risk
Prime Minister to headline Sri Lanka Economic and Investment Summit session on Sri Lanka’s digital future
The number of critical vulnerabilities sits at 119 in Q2 2026, which is almost 5 times number recorded end 2025
The details of the public consultation will be published tomorrow
President Wickremesinghe has met Musk at a World Water Forum High-Level Meeting in Indonesia
The app called JumJum (Let’s Go) will initially launch in Kathmandu
Agreement with Board of Investment of Sri Lanka for US$1.78mn to expand Orion Colombo and Orion Nest
The user base across all social networks has surged from 60 million to 74 million.
3 out of 10 children who are internet users in urban and semi urban areas are being victimized by online perpetrators
Lanka Pay's Technovation awards will recognize banking and non-banking firms that had come up with innovative solutions.
Winners will receive help to grow their business in the UK.
Digital economy had grown from 4.73 to 5 percent.
A pilot project with support from Microsoft set to begin from grade 8 upwards.
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| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
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| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
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| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
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| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
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| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
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Sri Lanka’s Intellectual Property Act needs revisions to recognize creations by artificial intelligence
Dubai based QX Lab AI has lauched an artificial intelligence platform which can be used in Sinhala and Tamil
The Bill, in its current form, would undermine potential growth and FDI into Sri Lanka’s digital economy
"Once this law is introduced, they will review the offences they would be accused of and most likely close up"
To assist 30 SME ICT/BPM companies and tech startups over a two-year period
China and India are both involved in Sri Lanka's port sector
Competition showcased undergrad students' solutions to waste problems
This allows the use of electronic documents and reports when obtaining government services
Implications of surveillance practices are pertinent, as Sri Lanka is in the process of implementing SL-UID program
Involving the DMC, TRC and service providers including SLT Mobitel, Hutch, Dialog and Airtel.
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