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Sri Lanka opposition May Day events to go virtual

The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramau (SLPP) has notably decided to forego May Day celebrations this year

April 30, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka suspends weddings, public events for two weeks

The announcement comes amid record-breaking daily cases of COVID-19in the country

April 30, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's pharma-biz chamber assures continued supply of medicines

"The orders placed with our manufacturing partners and principals in India and other countries are being fulfilled"

April 29, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka re-imposes emergency COVID-19 restrictions in mosques

A maximum of 25 persons for the five-time daily prayers allowed

April 29, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka has acquired all COVID-19 jabs needed to vax population: SPC chief

Gunasena claimed the country's vaccine rollout is among the global top 10.

Sri Lanka Air Force sets up 24/7 vaccination centre at Colombo int'l airport

Around 4.2 million have been given the Pfizer jab as a booster dose so far.

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 ...

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March 14, 2018 2 min read

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...

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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

Austria's Rosenbauer wins Euro 10mn Sri Lanka fire engine deal

Rosenbauer International AG of Austria, a makers of firefighting and specialist industrial vehicles has won a 10.3 milli...

February 21, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's National Trust puts ancient stone monuments under spotlight

Sri Lanka's megalithic monuments, monuments made of stones as memorials or to mark burial will be the focus of a lecture...

February 19, 2018 2 min read
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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

Sri Lanka farmers cautioned on water use in 2018 despite La Niña

Sri Lanka is expected to receive normal rains in the first three months of 2018, but the period is the driest in the yea...

January 12, 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 to combat forest fires with fire belts, education

Sri Lanka is planning to take a series of measures to prevent forest fires, most of which are due to deliberate or accid...

December 23, 2017 1 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

S. Korea gives Sri Lanka zero interest loan for garbage collection

ECONOMYNEXT - The Export-Import Bank of South Korea has approved a zero interest loan of US$14 million for supply of gar...

December 8, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka needs US$3.5bn solid waste management investments: IFC

ECONOMYNEXT – Municipal solid waste management in Sri Lanka will create an investment opportunity of $3.5 billion...

December 5, 2017 1 min read