With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many industries increased their interest in future technologies, as they adapted to a changed world where digital connectivity is paramount for the survival of almost every industry. Each generation of connection technology, from 2G to 5G, has aimed to increase the user’s ease of access to the online world. Sri Lanka ...
Microsoft announced the launch of its 2023 Imagine Cup Southeast Asia New Markets (SEANM) regional competition at a virtual event recently. Addressing the participants were Microsoft’s senior regional representatives, who invited students to unleash their passion and purpose in developing inspiring leading-edge technology solutions. Celebrating its 21st year as the premier global student technology competition, the Imagine Cup offers students ...
The Wilpattu National Park is finally getting a touch of tech via brand new mobile app. Spanning across Anuradhapura and Puttalam districts, the park claims an area of about 131,656 hectares and is one of Sri Lanka’s prime travel offerings. The mobile app comes as a means of improving accessibility and visibility for the national park. Developed by “We Are ...
Over the past couple of days, local social media was flooded with a post pertaining to an Arimac Lanka employee who had taken his life over mounting workload pressure. The late employee, now known to be Mihiran Chathuranga had written a suicide note pointing to “high work pressure” and that he had attempted to resign four times citing due to ...
Conversations around Artificial Intelligence continues to ramp up over the past few years. This is particularly true considering how the sector is increasingly getting ingrained in today’s society. In such a context, it’s vital that discussions continue exploring the many opportunities the field has to offer. The AIESEC in SLIIT is looking to emulate that through the IntelliCon ’22 event. ...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said that the CBSL is researching the practicality of digital currencies, with a special focus on how the Central Bank of India is adopting the emerging technology. The Governor made these remarks at the Federation of Information Technology Sri Lanka’s (FITIS) Internet Day 2022, held on Tuesday (22). “We have ...
The country’s telecommunications service providers this week announced that the implementation of number portability in Sri Lanka is progressing, with a central company already set up, which is looking at recruiting the team needed for its deployment. Speaking at Sri Lanka’s Internet Day 2022, organized by the Federation of Information Technology Sri Lanka (FITIS), Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. CEO ...
The advent of streaming platforms have revolutionized the entertainment industry. When it comes to movies and TV series viewers from around the world are spoiled for choice with a plethora of content to choose from, largely thanks to the likes of Netflix. But often times, these choices come at the expense of localized content, particularly in smaller markets. Sri Lanka’s ...
At the budget 2023 reading, president Ranil Wickremasinghe stated that the government will look to building a new economy and that it will have three focal points, which includes a digital economy. As such, here are the tech related proposals made in the latest budget reading. Online payments for all government institutions Even in 2022 there are many institutions that ...
Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. (HUTCH) reaffirms its commitment to bridging the connectivity divide in Sri Lanka, by empowering the nation with high-quality mobile broadband experiences and affordable communication services for the times. Hutch is parented by CK Hutchison Holdings, the Global Fortune 500 Conglomerate in diversified industries. Hutch acquired the Call-link operation in 1997 and has deployed all generations ...
Freedom House has evaluated that Sri Lanka’s internet freedom reduced in 2022, compared to 2021, “as the government sought to repress historic protests.” An independent research and watchdog organization on democracy and freedom, Freedom House recently published its ‘Freedom on the Net 2022’ report which saw Sri Lanka’s overall internet freedom receiving a score of 48/100, a decline from last ...
Calcey Technologies has introduced a new scholarship program, one that aims to bring more people into Sri Lanka’s tech industry. Dubbed “Calcey Springboard”, it’s an open-for-all initiative that will train deserving students and help kickstart their careers as software engineers. ” In doing so, we also aim to eliminate the barriers students face in choosing computer science as a career path,” ...
Recently State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage talked about the possibility of bringing Disneyland to Sri Lanka. The minister stated that Disney management has talked with her and that the ministry is hoping to bring Disneyland to Sri Lanka. She further mentioned that she will inform the media when those talks materialize/when the officials visit Sri Lanka. The minister is ...
It seems to be that time of the year when a major global tech platform goes offline for many people around the world. So, if you’ve tried using WhatsApp you might have been greeted with the “connecting” message. Don’t worry it wasn’t just you. For almost two hours, WhatsApp services were down for a lot of users. As per Downdetector ...
Minerva Lithium, a startup co-founded by Hemali Rathnayake (CTO) and Sheeba Dawood (CEO) has won the top prize at TechCrunch Disrupt‘s annual Startup Battlefield. The startup, which was among the five finalists won this year’s competition for its innovative Nano Mosaic, a coordinated polymer framework that’s capable of extracting critical materials from brine in three days. Helping curb the all-electric ...
The goal of this list is two things. One is to keep track of all the notable security incidents and concise them into one place. The other is to highlight the growing need to ramp up security amidst the ever-so-digitalizing environment. It should be noted that this is not a complete list of all cybersecurity incidents in Sri Lanka, but ...
Leading recruitment platform XpressJobs has acquired MyJobs.lk and is now united as one company, marking a significant turning point in the recruitment platforms in Sri Lanka. The acquisition has effectively made XpressJobs one of the biggest players in the online recruitment field. The merger has an interesting and uplifting backstory. Somewhere in 2018, Dr. Oshadie Korale, COO of XpressJobs picks ...
The Committee on Ethics and Privileges is set to summon the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 18 October over allegations of tapping Opposition MP Patali Champika Ranawaka’s WhatsApp calls. Back in October 2021, Ranawaka accused the CID of listening to his WhatsApp calls made between 2018 and 2019. He claims that the CID has done so without ...
The official Twitter account of Sri Lankan Airlines has been hijacked in what appears to be the latest round of crypto scams running rampant on social media. Though crypto scams have been around for some time, these types of attacks have been occurring at an increasing frequency over the past couple of years. The latest iteration of these crypto scams ...
Dialog Axiata recently announced that it has entered two supplementary agreements with the Board of Investments (BOI) amounting to a whopping USD 152.4 million (~LKR 56.7 billion) investment in building the company’s telecommunications infrastructure in Sri Lanka. This investment comes in the form of USD 112.8 million from Dialog Axiata PLC and USD 39.6 million from Dialog Broadband Networks (Private) ...
