The Sri Lankan government followed up its State of Emergency declaration with an islandwide curfew, and now with a sweeping ban on social media and messaging apps. The ban comes on the heels of the rising waves of protests, most notably, the planned massive protest on April 4. This time, the social media ban covers 12 apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, ...

With the current economic crisis taking a turn for the worst, citizens have taken up to the streets in protest against the Sri Lankan government. Among these, the March 31 Mirihana protest was the biggest and most noticeable one so far. An overwhelmingly massive crowd gathered near the president’s private residence in Mirihana and carried out a protest that lasted ...

With the current economic crisis taking a turn for the worst, citizens have taken up to the streets in protest against the Sri Lankan government. Among these, the March 31 Mirihana protest was the biggest and most noticeable one so far. An overwhelmingly massive crowd gathered near the president’s private residence in Mirihana and carried out a protest that lasted ...

Recently, you might have noticed your 3G/4G data speeds drop noticeably whenever there’s a power cut. In case you’re wondering, no you’re not imagining it. Amidst the many things that are hindered due to the power cuts, you can now add include local telecommunications to the list. The electricity problem Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time Sri Lanka had a ...

Recently, you might have noticed your 3G/4G data speeds drop noticeably whenever there’s a power cut. In case you’re wondering, no you’re not imagining it. Amidst the many things that are hindered due to the power cuts, you can now add include local telecommunications to the list. The electricity problem Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time Sri Lanka had a ...

Thinking big on the growing cloud security industry, ICC Hall of Famer, global cricket consultant, and serial venture capitalist Mahela Jayawardene has co-founded ‘Dygisec’, a next-gen technology company focused on cloud security compliance. Jayawardene has teamed up with Chandita Samaranayake and Stefano Harding, two industry experts with over 25 years of experience at global technology companies including Google, Oracle, IBM, ...

Thinking big on the growing cloud security industry, ICC Hall of Famer, global cricket consultant, and serial venture capitalist Mahela Jayawardene has co-founded ‘Dygisec’, a next-gen technology company focused on cloud security compliance. Jayawardene has teamed up with Chandita Samaranayake and Stefano Harding, two industry experts with over 25 years of experience at global technology companies including Google, Oracle, IBM, ...

Thinking big on the growing cloud security industry, ICC Hall of Famer, global cricket consultant, and serial venture capitalist Mahela Jayawardene has co-founded ‘Dygisec’, a next-gen technology company focused on cloud security compliance. Jayawardene has teamed up with Chandita Samaranayake and Stefano Harding, two industry experts with over 25 years of experience at global technology companies including Google, Oracle, IBM, ...

Singapore-based remote work platform Multiplier has raised USD 60 million in Series B funding, putting the company at a USD 400 million valuation. The round of funding was led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India and tallies the company’s total investment to USD 77.2 million to date. According to Co-founder Sagar Kharti, the funding will enable Multiplier “to further ...

Singapore-based remote work platform Multiplier has raised USD 60 million in Series B funding, putting the company at a USD 400 million valuation. The round of funding was led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India and tallies the company’s total investment to USD 77.2 million to date. According to Co-founder Sagar Kharti, the funding will enable Multiplier “to further ...

A new citizen-led initiative dubbed SafeWebLK was recently launched with the aim of setting up a Code of Practice pertaining to online safety. This is in particular to how global internet companies self-regulate content originating from Sri Lanka. As such, the initiative will work together with these global companies to agree to a set of commitments on responses to issues ...

A new citizen-led initiative dubbed SafeWebLK was recently launched with the aim of setting up a Code of Practice pertaining to online safety. This is in particular to how global internet companies self-regulate content originating from Sri Lanka. As such, the initiative will work together with these global companies to agree to a set of commitments on responses to issues ...

Sri Lankan startups are getting help for one of the biggest issues that have troubled them:attracting talent that would love the challenges of a startup. The Information andCommunication Technology Agency (ICTA) partnered with XpressJobs, Sri Lanka’smarket trendsetter for recruitment technology, to support and transform the recruitmentprocess for the Sri Lankan startup ecosystem. XpressJobs and ICTA are collaborating via ICTA’s Startup ...

Sri Lankan startups are getting help for one of the biggest issues that have troubled them:attracting talent that would love the challenges of a startup. The Information andCommunication Technology Agency (ICTA) partnered with XpressJobs, Sri Lanka’smarket trendsetter for recruitment technology, to support and transform the recruitmentprocess for the Sri Lankan startup ecosystem. XpressJobs and ICTA are collaborating via ICTA’s Startup ...

LB Finance PLC (LBF), has reinforced its vision to be the pioneer in digitizing business processes via automation practices of mundane tasks. As such LBF has partnered up with POTENZA, a global digital transformation company along with UiPath, a leading name in the global Robotics Process Automation (RPA) space. With the comprehensive stack of digital transformation services covering a vast ...

LB Finance PLC (LBF), has reinforced its vision to be the pioneer in digitizing business processes via automation practices of mundane tasks. As such LBF has partnered up with POTENZA, a global digital transformation company along with UiPath, a leading name in the global Robotics Process Automation (RPA) space. With the comprehensive stack of digital transformation services covering a vast ...

The entire world is currently facing a global pandemic in the form of the coronavirus. However, the disease that we have all been fighting for the longest time, with no particular cure to be found in the foreseeable future is cancer. Way before the world faced this pandemic, the global cases of cancer were steadily on the rise with an ...

The entire world is currently facing a global pandemic in the form of the coronavirus. However, the disease that we have all been fighting for the longest time, with no particular cure to be found in the foreseeable future is cancer. Way before the world faced this pandemic, the global cases of cancer were steadily on the rise with an ...

The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) has urged the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to declare the Mannar wetlands area as a no-fly zone. This is due to the impact of continuous drone operation on the birds in the area. In a letter addressed to the Director of CAA the WNPS stated, “We appeal to you and the relevant authorities ...

The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) has urged the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to declare the Mannar wetlands area as a no-fly zone. This is due to the impact of continuous drone operation on the birds in the area. In a letter addressed to the Director of CAA the WNPS stated, “We appeal to you and the relevant authorities ...