Deputy Education Minister Madhura Seneviratne said digital student-safety policies will follow, and 169 primary schools were selected for development in 2026.
Eight additional automated clearance gates were approved for Bandaranaike International Airport, ahead of Sri Lanka's 2027 e-passport rollout.
Minister Bimal Rathnayake handed over the facilities to children living at the UDA housing complex in north Colombo on September 28.
Dissanayake tells officials to stop building separate platforms institution by institution and merge public services into one national system.
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.
The telecom regulator will acquire a spectrum management system and a vendor-neutral tool for measuring service quality across operators.
TruePass, built locally by AdStudio.cloud, links Wijeya, Hiru, NewsFirst, Ada Derana, Virakesari and others through one reader identity layer.
Ahasa TV launches with independent newsroom pledge, takes over former CSN frequencies.
Japan-backed DTTB project begins at the Lotus Tower after a decade of delays, with full broadcast operations set for December 2028.
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.
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.
Samsung launches Mini LED TVs in Sri Lanka: 75-inch at Rs. 649,999, 85-inch at Rs. 839,999 via Singer, Singhagiri.
The week-long programme launched in Colombo on Friday and runs to 30 September, with a conference, a free exhibition and the National AI Awards.
Attorneys can now file cases electronically around the clock, with voice-to-text recording of proceedings and online certified copies planned next.
A fraudulent recruitment link circulating on social media harvests NIC numbers and personal data. The Bureau has complained to Sri Lanka CERT.
Applicants can now book appointments online for the medical examination required to obtain a driving licence, the National Institute of Transport Medicine says.
Mobile data usage surged 31% to 1.03 million terabytes in Q2 2026, as UK consultancy APADMI engages Sri Lankan tech sector at digital forum.
Smart boards distributed to schools through three funding streams, with North Western Province receiving the largest provincial allocation.
The 5.53m catamaran was delivered to the Navy Water Sports Centre in April and is in use. It is designed to minimise wake alongside racing rowers.
Household computer ownership was 21.3% in 2025 — 34% in the Western Province, 5.2% in the estate sector. Digital literacy is 72%, because access has moved to
An Australian firm assessed the nation's critical information infrastructure and found security vulnerabilities, CERT and ADB said.
Census Department figures for 2025 show desktops and laptops down to 17.4% of device use, with digital literacy at 72% against computer literacy of 39.2%.
The AI model guessed passwords and found credentials in a public repository to access protected systems it wrongly believed were in scope, Google confirmed.
Sri Lanka Police say criminals are manipulating ordinary photographs of children into realistic abusive images, and list warning signs for parents.