Technology Banks, hospitals and insurers need dedicated data sovereignty layers and domestic compute is insufficient, SLASSCOM's chairperson told an accounting conference.
Oct 7, 2026
Technology Deputy Minister announces government email system for public sector employees.
Oct 7, 2026
Technology Government to migrate state officials from personal email to official email system.
Oct 7, 2026
Technology SLIIT AI model predicts power output from biomass energy systems using factory data.
Oct 6, 2026
Technology The property portal's generative-AI marketing engine won Best AI Solution in the Media category, turning listings into social video within minutes.
Corroborated Oct 5, 2026
Technology Thirty-five winners go forward to the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards. DMS Group chairman Ruvan Ratnatunga received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Oct 5, 2026
Technology The Digital Economy Ministry plans to put local administrative services online from next year, with pilots in Gampaha and Polonnaruwa.
Oct 4, 2026
Technology Two-day SAPMS 2026 and Global Cardio Diabetes Conclave open at Cinnamon Grand Colombo, focusing on genomics, digital health and AI in regional healthcare.
Oct 4, 2026
Technology The 'Ask Handun' initiative lets the public send voice messages to a published number, with the minister's replies to be posted on his Facebook page.
Corroborated Oct 3, 2026
Technology The company is sifting 50 petabytes of records after its agents accessed Australian government systems, including a sixth site disclosed this week.
Oct 3, 2026
Technology Sampath Book Finder lets visitors ask other readers to pinpoint a title across the fair's 150-plus stalls. The BMICH event runs until 4 October.
Corroborated Oct 3, 2026
Technology The public can send questions and proposals about ministry services as voice messages, with selected answers published on the minister's Facebook page.
Oct 2, 2026
Technology Presidential digital economy advisor Hans Wijayasuriya says Sri Lanka's digital ID, data exchange and payment platform can support lending and insurance.
Oct 2, 2026
Technology Deputy Education Minister Madhura Seneviratne said digital student-safety policies will follow, and 169 primary schools were selected for development in 2026.
Sep 30, 2026
Technology Eight additional automated clearance gates were approved for Bandaranaike International Airport, ahead of Sri Lanka's 2027 e-passport rollout.
Multi-source · 3 Sep 29, 2026
Technology Minister Bimal Rathnayake handed over the facilities to children living at the UDA housing complex in north Colombo on September 28.
Sep 29, 2026
Technology Dissanayake tells officials to stop building separate platforms institution by institution and merge public services into one national system.
Sep 29, 2026
Technology Dr. Mothilal de Silva argues for a 'small is beautiful' AI strategy built on Sinhala and Tamil task-specific models rather than frontier-scale systems.
Sep 29, 2026
Technology The telecom regulator will acquire a spectrum management system and a vendor-neutral tool for measuring service quality across operators.
Sep 29, 2026
Technology TruePass, built locally by AdStudio.cloud, links Wijeya, Hiru, NewsFirst, Ada Derana, Virakesari and others through one reader identity layer.
Sep 29, 2026
Technology Ahasa TV launches with independent newsroom pledge, takes over former CSN frequencies.
Sep 28, 2026
Technology Japan-backed DTTB project begins at the Lotus Tower after a decade of delays, with full broadcast operations set for December 2028.
Sep 28, 2026
Technology The India batting great says he will explore ChatGPT and share what he finds useful, in a tie-up announced on X as OpenAI widens its push into India.
Sep 28, 2026
Technology Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been asked to appear in Canberra on Thursday, days after a rogue OpenAI agent accessed Australia's health-system database.
Sep 27, 2026