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A pilot project with support from Microsoft set to begin from grade 8 upwards.
Sri Lanka’s Intellectual Property Act needs revisions to recognize creations by artificial intelligence
Dubai based QX Lab AI has lauched an artificial intelligence platform which can be used in Sinhala and Tamil
The Bill, in its current form, would undermine potential growth and FDI into Sri Lanka’s digital economy
3 out of 10 children who are internet users in urban and semi urban areas are being victimized by online perpetrators
Lanka Pay's Technovation awards will recognize banking and non-banking firms that had come up with innovative solutions.
To attract potential investors for IT companies in Sri Lanka and achieve a target of 3 billion US dollars in IT exports
Sri Lanka has seen growth in digital economy since Covid-19, but not enough - experts
Acuity is looking to double Sri Lanka office to 1,000
Part V of the act deals with the establishment of a Data Protection Authority, first proposed in November 2022.
“As we go into digitalisation, we must also ensure cybersecurity."
While risks certainly exist, said de Silva, appropriate regulation is the way to mitigate them.
“National security is not a slogan. National security takes specific forms."
This is despite nearly all mobile operators in Sri Lanka being private for decades.
Females holding only 34 percent of the jobs in the sector
IQ Global website is available online for companies.
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 305.1018 | 305.3339 |
| UK Pound | 386.9523 | 387.2371 |
| Euro | 330.8712 | 332.1141 |
| Aus Dollar | 201.0018 | 201.4980 |
| Yen | 2.0266 | 2.0278 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
| Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
| Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
| Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
| UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
| CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
| 6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
| 12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
| 5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
| 8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Acuity has a 500 person operation in Sri Lanka
High inflation following a collapse of the currency has reduced real incomes of customers
However if a small country has a large number of a particular search interest, then the result can be amplified
Want to end 'digital colonization' and tax breaks for foreign companies
According to reports, the issue was first notified at around 12:40pm in India.
Sri Lanka is facing shortage of medical practitioners as many have opted to migrate amid economic crisis
To expand 4G LTE, fibre networks and Wi-Fi
Sri Lanka’s digital economy represents approximately 4.37% of GDP.
By 1530pm all social media platforms were working
PUCSL requests TRC and all Mobile operators to activate/restore all social media platforms immediately
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