The government has given emphasis to finding new ways of boosting Sri Lanka’s economic growth. Among these would be the need to improve the country’s utilization of digital technologies. The government has taken pride in the number of Sri Lankan experts it has mobilized to this cause. Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, who made Dialog a household…
Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) received 108 complaints related to online financial fraud in January alone. Among the reported cases, 15 involved fraudulent job offers through fake websites, with scammers deceiving victims into transferring money. Senior Information Security Engineer at SLCERT Charuka Damunupola highlighted the growing concern over such scams and urged the…
The Department of Meteorology says that mainly fair weather will prevail over most parts of the island. Meanwhile, cold weather can be expected in the Northern, North-central, Eastern, North-western and Central provinces during the early morning. Misty conditions can be expected at some places in North-central, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-western and Uva provinces during the morning,…
The Department of Meteorology says that mainly fair weather will prevail over most parts of the island today (13). Meanwhile, the department added that a cold weather can be expected over most parts of the island during the early morning. There is a possibility of ground frost at some places in the Nuwara-Eliya District during…
President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies (11th) to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk’s effort to shrink the federal workforce by identifying government employees who can be laid off and functions that can be eliminated entirely. Billionaire Musk stood next to Trump in the Oval Office at the White House before the order was…
The Department of Meteorology says that mainly fair weather will prevail over most parts of the island today (11). There is a possibility of ground frost at some places in Nuwara-Eliya district in the early hours of the morning, the department mentioned. Meanwhile, misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and…
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee has selected a 16-member squad to play in the two-match ODI series vs Australia. The RPICS in Colombo will host the first ODI on February 12 and the second on February 14. Both games are day games. The match starts at 10 am.
Sri Lanka Railways has decided to suspend third-class seat reservations on several train services, converting these compartments into regular third-class carriages. According to reports, the decision affects the trains operating from Colombo Fort to Badulla at 5.55 a.m. and 8.30 a.m., as well as the Colombo Fort to Talaimannar train at 3.45 p.m. While third-class…
Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices over concerns that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup poses security risks, the government said on Tuesday. The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued a mandatory direction for all government entities to “prevent the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services and where…
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is showing the change for the better that a single individual can bring by challenging old ways of doing things by those who have traditionally governed the country. According to the news media and first person accounts by reliable commentators contacted in Jaffna, the president’s visit to the Jaffna peninsula last…
