Motorists can now verify the validity of digital motor insurance cards by dialling *1338#, SMS to 1338 or calling the hotline, all free of charge, police said.
PM Harini met Rotary International and tech leaders on digital education, targeting 100 smart classrooms and 6,000 digitally-trained teachers per year.
The UGC and US Embassy launched Sri Lanka's first national AI policy framework for higher education at a soft launch attended by PM Harini Amarasuriya.
Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa says AKD opposed foreign involvement as MP, now letting an Indian firm handle Sri Lankans' biometric data on a Rs.40 billion contract.
BIA will closely monitor arrivals from countries whose nationals have been arrested in Sri Lanka for cybercrime, the Immigration Controller General says.
Meta has abandoned plans to make end-to-end encryption default on Instagram DMs from May 8, citing low opt-in rates.
The Police Media Division has corrected an April 23 advisory that mistakenly listed SriLankan Airlines' real hotline among fraudster numbers.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala tells Parliament reported cases climbed 50% year-on-year, with deepfakes and AI-generated images driving harassment.
Police rearrest 21 Chinese and 9 Vietnamese nationals who fled Welisara detention and resumed online financial fraud from a rented Boralesgamuwa house.
Police picked up 74 Vietnamese at a Uttarananda Mawatha housing complex on Wednesday evening, hours after 60 foreigners were detained at a nearby building.
Prof. Anuradhi Hapuarachchi tells ITV the USD 2.5m theft could enable manipulation of fiscal policy and threatens public confidence in digital payments.
Wednesday afternoon raid widens the cybercrime crackdown into central Colombo days after 157 suspects were detained in Rajagiriya and Talangama.
North Western Province cyber unit arrested a 62-year-old woman over a video-call blackmail scam after a victim was forced to transfer Rs. 100,000.
Women and Child Affairs Minister says a PM-led committee has recommended barring children under 5 from screens and under 12 from social media.
Organised cybercrime syndicates from Myanmar and Dubai may be shifting to Sri Lanka; 157 people of nine nationalities arrested in three days, 37 deported.
Sri Lanka CERT urges users to ignore unknown WhatsApp video calls after a wave of recorded explicit-call blackmail demands money via foreign bank transfers.
Engineer Vasantha Saparamadu says any confirmation code can pull tourist passport data from the ETA visa page; flagged with SLCERT in October, still unfixed.
Presidential Secretariat circular sets up the 400-member Public-Impact Champions Network across 95 ministries, SOEs and PCs to drive digitalisation.
Vengadasalam Balagobi says ISO 42001 offers a practical framework as boardrooms grapple with bias, privacy and regulatory compliance risks from generative AI.
Cultus and AWS roll out free cloud, AI and Industry 4.0 courses for Sri Lankan students and unemployed youth, targeting the country's job-readiness gap.
Jana Aragalaya Movement alleges decision-making over Sri Lanka's biometric ID is being ceded to India, with a blacklisted firm now on the bidder list.
Citizens Development Business Finance has rolled out a merchant device that gives instant voice confirmation of QR transactions, with card support to follow.
Customs Department rolls out Cargo Flow, a remittances portal and an e-Vessel Service Charges system as part of its modernisation push.
A school group photo of 16 female teachers was manipulated and circulated on WhatsApp; police found the doctored images on four students' phones.