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The Ministry of Digital Finance, in collaboration with UNDP Sri Lanka, unveiled the official record of 2025 Human Development Report with the theme, "People and Talents of the AI Age".

The event held at BMICH Colombo with the participation of over 200 stakeholders were attended by many classic guests including Deputy Minister of Digital Finance Hon. Eranga Weeraratne and Chief Representatives from State, Civil Society and Private Sector.

Respected Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne addressing the event, with a vision of reaching a USD 15 billion digital economy by 2030, the Sri Lankan government efforts to build a future-ready digital economy led by AI, innovation, salutations and covering all Just explained it.

Professor Krishantha Abesena, Minister of Science and Technology; President of Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe; Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe; Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy Mr. Varuna Sri Dhanapala; President's Chief Advisor on Digital Economy Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya; Mrs. Asusa Kubota, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme in Sri Lanka; and UN Development Sri Lanka's strategic participation, digital and innovation team leader Mr. Fadil Bakir Markar was together in the program.

Sri Lanka Launches 2025 Human Development Report: A Call for Inclusive Digital Transformation The Ministry of Digital Economy, in collaboration with UNDP Sri Lanka, proudly hosted the official launch of the 2025 Human Development Report titled "A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI".

Held in Colombo with the participation of over 200 stakeholders, the event brought together high-level dignitaries including Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, and key partners from across government, academia, civil society, and the private sector.

Speaking at the event, Hon. Weeraratne emphasized Sri Lanka’s commitment to building a future-ready digital economy driven by AI, innovation, ethics, and inclusion, with a bold vision of reaching a US$15 billion digital economy by 2030.

The event was graced by the presence of several distinguished guests, including Hon. Professor Chrishantha Abeysena, Minister of Science and Technology; Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Hon. Chathuranga Abeyasingha, Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development; Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala, Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy; Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to the President on Digital Economy; Ms. Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative of UNDP in Sri Lanka; and Mr. Fadhil Bakeer Markar, Team Leader – Strategic Engagement, Digital and Innovation, UNDP Sri Lanka.

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In line with the local launch taking place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the new Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was handed over to Hon. Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, by Ms. Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative, UNDP in Sri Lanka in the presence of Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, along with technical colleagues from UNDP.

The new HDR titled ‘A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI’ explores pathways that can be made towards human development, in a world thriving with AI.

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At Sri Lanka’s premier startup and innovation festival, Disrupt Asia 2025, Hon. Deputy Minister of Digital Economy reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to digitalization as a national priority for the next five years.

Hon. Eranga Weeraratne stated that digitalization is not just about government services; it is the engine that will drive our economic growth, foster innovation, and position Sri Lanka for global competitiveness.

The Deputy Minister emphasized the need to: Strengthen the startup ecosystem to retain talent and innovation within Sri Lanka, Shift from outsourced services to globally competitive digital products, Accelerate progress toward the $5 billion digital export target, from the current $1.6 billion. Events like Disrupt Asia play a critical role in enabling this transformation by bringing together innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs to shape the future of the digital economy.

The event was graced by the presence of Hon. Chathuranga Abesinghe, Diputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development; Mr. Waruna Dhanapala, Secretary to the Ministry of Digital Economy; Mr. Heminda Jayaweera, Executive Director of TRACE Sri Lanka; Mr. Mangala Karunaratne, Board Advisor of ICTA; Mr. Chandima Cooray, Board Member of ICTA; Mr. Sandun Hapugoda, Country Manager of Mastercard for Sri Lanka and Maldives; and Mr. Prajeeth Balasubramaniam, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of BOV Capital and Founder of LAN.

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As another step in the plan to revamp public service supply, the Digital Economy Ministry has cooperated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism to accelerate digital reforms through foreign envoys by Hon'ble Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne and Hon'ble. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Minister Arun Hemachandra.

The meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat discussed a number of crucial points on the government's digital transformation agenda, where important digitization of foreign envoy services, introduction of integrated digital consular platforms and creating a globally accessible user centric web interface. Focused on the efforts.

Planning to implement a digital, cashless payment system aimed at simplifying processes such as passport applications and official documents, especially for Sri Lankans abroad, transition to paperless technique and improve processing systems for foreign employees compensation Also pointed out, the deputy ministers mostly showed that the purpose of all this is to simplify ongoing processes and reduce inefficiency.

Mr. Varuna Dhanapala, Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Finance, President Senior Additional Secretary Roshan Gamage, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Employment and Tourism, Prasad Piyasena, Director General Nirmala Puranavitana, Director of Consular Affairs, Mr. General Tushara Rodrigo, Director of People's Diplomatic And a group including Deputy General Manager of Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau Mr. Yapa participated.

This collaboration initiative marks a strong forward step in providing faster, more efficient and people-centered services to Sri Lankans around the world.

Ministries of Digital Economy and Foreign Affairs Unite to Drive Digital Reforms in Overseas Services In a significant move to modernize public service delivery, the Ministry of Digital Economy, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, convened a high-level meeting to accelerate digital transformation across Sri Lanka’s foreign missions. The session was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, and Hon. Arun Hemachandra, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment.

The discussion centered on key priorities within the government’s broader digital agenda, including the full digitalization of foreign mission services, the introduction of integrated digital consular platforms, and the development of a globally accessible, user-friendly web interface.

Plans were also outlined to implement a cashless digital payment system and transition to a fully paperless process, especially for passport applications and official documentation for Sri Lankans living abroad. Additionally, efforts are underway to enhance the efficiency of systems related to compensation for foreign workers, all aimed at streamlining procedures and reducing delays.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Waruna Dhanapala, Secretary to the Ministry of Digital Economy; Mr. Subhash Roshan Gamage, Senior Additional Secretary to the President; Mr. Prasad Piyasena, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment; Ms. Nirmala Paranavithana, Director General of Consular Affairs; Mr. Thushara Rodrigo, Director General of Public Diplomacy; and Mr. Yapa, Deputy General Manager of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.

This collaborative initiative marks a strong step forward in delivering faster, more efficient, and people-focused services to Sri Lankans around the world.

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රාජ්‍ය සේවය ඵලදායි සහ කාර්යක්ෂම කිරීමට කෘත්‍රීම බුද්ධිය භාවිතය පිළිබඳ වැඩමුළුවක්

රාජ්‍ය සේවය ඵලදායි සහ කාර්යක්ෂම සේවයක් බවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් කෘත්‍රීම බුද්ධිය භාවිතය පිළිබඳව විශේෂ වැඩමුළුවක් අද (15) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි.

‘AI For Transforming Public Service’ යන මැයෙන් පැවැත්වුණු මෙම වැඩමුළුවට ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ මාණ්ඩලික නිලධාරින් එක්ව සීටි අතර, රජයේ ප්‍රමුඛ වැඩසටහනක් වන රාජ්‍ය සේවය ඩිජිටල්කරණය කිරීමේ වැඩපිළිවෙළෙහි ආරම්භක ප්‍රවේශයක් ලෙස නිලධාරීන් දැනුවත් කිරීම හා සුදානම් කිරීමත්, කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය පිළිබඳව රාජ්‍ය සේවය තුළ ධනාත්මක ආකල්පයක් ඇති කිරීමත් මෙහි අරමුණු විය.

ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථිකය පිළිබඳ ජනාධිපති ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ උපදේශක ආචාර්ය හාන්ස් විජේසූරිය මහතා මෙහිදී ආරම්භක දේශනය සිදු කළ අතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්‍ෂණ නියෝජිතායතනයේ (ICTA) විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ සංජය කරුණාසේන මහතාද කෙටි දේශනයක් සිදු කළේය. අනතුරුව, ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්‍ෂණ නියෝජිතායතනයේ (ICTA) අධ්‍යක්ෂ මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයන් වන හර්ෂ පුරසිංහ සහ සමිස අබේසිංහ යන මහත්වරු ප්‍රායෝගික ක්‍රියාකාරකම්ද සහිතව දැනුවත් කිරීම් සිදු කළහ.

මේ අවස්ථාව සඳහා ජනාධිපති ලේකම් ආචාර්ය නන්දික සනත් කුමානායක, ජනාධිපති ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ අතිරේක ලේකම් රෝෂන් ගමගේ යන මහත්වරු ඇතුළු ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නිලධාරීහු පිරිසක්ද එක්ව සිටියහ.

அரச சேவையை பயனுள்ளதாகவும் திறனானதாகவும் மாற்ற செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு பயன்பாடு தொடர்பில் பயிற்சி பட்டறை

அரச சேவையை பயனுள்ளதாகவும் திறனானதாகவும் மாற்ற செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவை பயன்பாடுத்துவது தொடர்பிலான பயிற்சி பட்டறை இன்று (15) அலரி மாளிகையில் நடைபெற்றது.

‘AI For Transforming Public Service’ என்ற தலைப்பில் நடைபெற்ற இந்தப் பட்டறையில், ஜனாதிபதி செயலகத்தின் நிறைவேற்று அதிகாரிகள் கலந்து கொண்டிருந்ததுடன், அரசாங்கத்தின் முன்னுரிமைத் திட்டமான, அரச சேவையை டிஜிட்டல் மயமாக்கும் வேலைத்திட்டத்திற்கான ஆரம்ப முன்னெடுப்பாக அதிகாரிகளுக்கு தெளிவூட்டல் மற்றும் அவர்களை தயார்படுத்துதல் , பொது சேவைக்குள் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு குறித்த முன்னேற்றகரமான அணுகுமுறையை ஏற்படுத்துவதே இதன் நோக்கமாகும்.

டிஜிட்டல் பொருளாதாரம் தொடர்பான ஜனாதிபதியின் சிரேஷ்ட ஆலோசகர் கலாநிதி ஹான்ஸ் விஜேசூரிய ஆரம்ப உரையையாற்றியதுடன், இலங்கை தகவல் மற்றும் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனத்தின் (ICTA) நிர்வாக பணிப்பாளர் சஞ்சய கருணாசேனவும் சிற்றுரை ஆற்றினார். பின்னர், இலங்கை தகவல் மற்றும் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனத்தின் (ICTA) பணிப்பாளர் உறுப்பினர்களான ஹர்ஷ புரசிங்க மற்றும் சமிஸ அபேசிங்க ஆகியோர் நடைமுறை செயற்பாடுகளுடன் கூடியதான தெளிவூட்டல்களை வழங்கினர்.

ஜனாதிபதியின் செயலாளர் கலாநிதி நந்திக சனத் குமநாயக்க, ஜனாதிபதியின் சிரேஷ்ட மேலதிக செயலாளர் ரோஷன் கமகே மற்றும் ஜனாதிபதி செயலகத்தின் சிரேஷ்ட அதிகாரிகளும் இந்நிகழ்வில் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.

Workshop on the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Enhance the Efficiency and Productivity of the Public Service A special workshop on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the public service into a more productive and efficient entity was held today (15) at Temple Trees.

Titled "AI for Transforming Public Service," the workshop was attended by officials of the Presidential Secretariat. It aimed to serve as an initial orientation for a major government initiative, the digitalization of the public service, by raising awareness and preparing officials, while also fostering a positive perception of artificial intelligence within the public sector.

Dr. Hans Wijesuriya, Senior Advisor to the President on the Digital Economy, delivered the keynote address. Sanjaya Karunaseena, Executive Director of the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka, also presented a brief address.

Subsequently, Harsha Purasinghe and Samisa Abeysinghe, board members of ICTA, conducted awareness sessions incorporating practical demonstrations.

The event was also attended by the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Senior Additional Secretary to the President Mr. Roshan Gamage and several other senior officials from the Presidential Secretariat.

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Mr. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy of Sri Lanka, at the Asia-Pacific Electricity Ministerial Meeting (APT-MM), which was held from May 30, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.

He showed Sri Lanka's approach to digital transformation, emphasizing that digital infrastructure is considered as a national empowerment factor, mentioning that it should be accessible, sustainable and fair to all.

Sri Lanka is expected to reach by 2030, the government is working to create a system that connects not only urban areas but also rural economies and low-served communities Also one of the prominent inaugural event “Communication to the Village” project, aimed at expanding broadband and mobile coverage in remote areas and ensuring how the minister continues to build an unmissable technique, which has established green energy efficiently digital infrastructure. Sri Lanka will move towards a sustainable digital economy through the use of doing.

Also, the government has launched a national school contact program to cover the data gap, which will create opportunities for fiber optic internet access and digital learning access to schools across the country, in addition, Sri Lanka is integrating access standards to all public digital services, The Deputy Ministers addressed the conference that digital access will also be fair opportunities for people with disabilities, elderly and moral groups.

At the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Ministerial Meeting (APT-MM), held from 30th to 31st May 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, Hon. Deputy Minister of Digital Economy of Sri Lanka, Eng. Eranga Weeraratne, spoke during the roundtable discussion on 30th May. He highlighted Sri Lanka’s approach to digital transformation, emphasizing that digital infrastructure is considered a national enabler—one that must be accessible, sustainable, and equitable.

Guided by Sri Lanka’s Digital Economy Strategy 2030, the government is actively investing in infrastructure that connects not only urban areas but also rural economies and underserved communities.

One of the flagship initiatives, “Gamata Sanniwedanaya” (Connect Sri Lanka Project), aims to expand broadband and mobile coverage in remote areas, ensuring that no region is left behind.

Sri Lanka is also prioritizing green and energy-efficient digital infrastructure, reinforcing the country’s commitment to sustainability.

To bridge the data divide, the government has launched a National School Connectivity Program, which provides fibre-optic internet access and digital learning platforms to schools across the country.

In addition, Sri Lanka is integrating universal design principles and accessibility standards into all public digital services, ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities, the elderly, and marginalized groups.

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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Government of India (GoI) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) on cooperation for digital transformation during the three-day official visit to Sri Lanka by His Excellency Shree Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, was exchanged last Saturday (5th of April 2025).

This MoU titled ‘Cooperation in the field of Sharing Successful Digital Solutions Implemented at Population Scale for Digital Transformation was signed by the High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka Mr. Santosh Jha on behalf of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology of the Government of India (MEITY) and Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala, Acting Secretary on behalf of the Ministry of Digital Economy (MODE) of Sri Lanka. It will facilitate cooperation in the field of ecosystem centric digital initiatives mainly through Capacity Building programmes and other collaborative activities designed to improve the relationship between the two countries and to serve their digital ecosystem.

Capacity building of officials in Digital Transformation through joint training programmes between the officials of both countries from the government and private sectors and official exchange of study tours, materials and information on current developments in digital transformation, exchange of best practices constitute the key focus areas of the MoU.

A Joint Working Group (JWG) comprising three members from each country will outline the way forward with this MoU valid for a period of three years while each party to MoU will ensure the protection of Intellectual Property Rights generated from this cooperation associated with the MoU, consistent with their respective laws, rules and regulations and multilateral agreements to which both parties are committed.

Both countries will engage in feasibility studies and e-readiness assessments in the context of implementing digital transformation solutions while enabling consultation of public officials and subject matter experts. Several innovative digital transformation solutions, implemented through pilot or demonstration projects, that have already been proven and successfully implemented at population scale, will be given priority.

The signed copies of the MoU were exchanged last Saturday (5th April) in the presence of the two leaders of the countries at the ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo between the Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of India Mr. Vikram Misri and Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala, Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy of Sri Lanka.

(Colombo, 7th April 2025)

ඩිජිටල් සංවර්තන විසඳුම් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම සහ පරිමාණය කිරීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යාංශය ඉන්දියානු රජයේ ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික් හා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය සමඟ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමකට එළැඹේ

ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය අතිගරු ශ්‍රී නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මැතිතුමාගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිල සංචාරය අතරතුර ඩිජිටල් පරිවර්තනය සඳහා සහයෝගීතාව පිළිබඳ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් ඉන්දීය රජය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය අතර අත්සන් කර 2025 අප්‍රේල් 5 දින හුවමාරු කරගන්නා ලදී.

“ඩිජිටල් සංවර්තනය සඳහා ජනගහන පරිමාණයෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ලද සාර්ථක ඩිජිටල් විසඳුම් බෙදාහදා ගැනීමේ ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සහයෝගීතාවය” යන මැයෙන් යුත් මෙම අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමට ඉන්දීය රජයේ ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික හා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය වෙනුවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් සන්තෝෂ් ජා මහතා සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යාංශය වෙනුවෙන් එහි වැඩබලන ලේකම් වරුණ ශ්‍රී ධනපාල මහතා අත්සන් තබා ඇත. මෙය ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් ධාරිතා වර්ධන වැඩසටහන් සහ දෙරට අතර සම්බන්ධතාවය වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සහ ඔවුන්ගේ ඩිජිටල් පරිසර පද්ධතීන්ට දායකත්වය ලබා දීම සඳහා නිර්මාණය කර ඇති අනෙකුත් සහයෝගී ක්‍රියාකාරකම් හරහා විෂයයට අදාළ පරිසර පද්ධති කේන්ද්‍ර කරගත් ඩිජිටල් මුලපිරීම් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සහයෝගීතාවන්ට පහසුකම් සපයනු ඇත.

දෙරටේ රාජ්‍ය සහ පෞද්ගලික අංශයේ නිලධාරීන් අතර ඒකාබද්ධ පුහුණු වැඩසටහන් හරහා ඩිජිටල් සංවර්තන කාර්යයන්හි නියැලි නිලධාරීන්ගේ ධාරිතා ගොඩනැගීම සහ එම අංශයේ වත්මන් වර්ධනයන් පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යයන චාරිකා, ද්‍රව්‍ය සහ තොරතුරු නිල වශයෙන් හුවමාරු කර ගැනීම, වඩාත් ප්‍රශස්ත භාවිතයන් හුවමාරු කර ගැනීම මෙම අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමේ මූලික අවධානය යොමු කරන ක්ෂේත්‍ර වේ.

එක් එක් රටෙහි සාමාජිකයින් තිදෙනෙකුගෙන් බැගින් සමන්විත ඒකාබද්ධ ක්‍රියාකාරී කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් මෙම අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම වලංගුව පවතින ඉදිරි වසර තුනක කාලයක් සඳහා වූ සැලැස්ම නිර්ණය කරනු ලබන අතර, මෙම ගිවිසුමට සම්බන්ධ දෙපාර්ශ්වයටම අදාළ නීති, රීති සහ රෙගුලාසි සහ බහුපාර්ශ්වික ගිවිසුම්වලට අනුකූලව, අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමට සම්බන්ධ මෙම සහයෝගීතාවය යටතේ ජනනය වන බුද්ධිමය දේපළවල අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීම පිළිබඳව සහතික වේ.

මෙහි දී රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සහ අදාළ විෂය කරුණු පිළිබඳ විශේෂඥයින්ගේ උපදේශනය සක්‍රීය කරමින් ඩිජිටල් සංවර්තන විසඳුම් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමේ සන්දර්භය තුළ ඉන්දියාව හා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යන දෙරටම ශක්‍යතා අධ්‍යයනයන් සහ ඩිජිටල්කරණ සේවා සඳහා සූදානම තක්සේරු කිරීම්හි නිරත වනු ඇත. ජනගහන පරිමාණයෙන් දැනටමත් ඔප්පු කර සාර්ථකව ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ඇති, නියමු හෝ ආදර්ශන ව්‍යාපෘති හරහා ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ලද නව්‍ය ඩිජිටල් සංවර්තන විසඳුම් කිහිපයකට ප්‍රමුඛත්වය දෙනු ලැබේ.

2025 අප්‍රේල් 5 සෙනසුරාදා දින කොළඹ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ පැවති උත්සවයක දී මෙම අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමේ අත්සන් කරන ලද පිටපත් ඉන්දීය විදේශ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වික්‍රම් මිස්රි මහතා සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යාංශයේ වැඩබලන ලේකම් වරුණ ශ්‍රී ධනපාල මහතා විසින් දෙරටේ නායකයින් ඉදිරියේ හුවමාරු කර ගන්නා ලදී.

(2025 අප්‍රේල් 7 දින, කොළඹ දී)

டிஜிட்டல் மாற்றத்திற்கான தீர்வுகளை செயல்படுத்தவும் விரிவுபடுத்தவும் இலங்கையின் டிஜிட்டல் பொருளாதார அமைச்சு இந்திய தரப்பினருடன் புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்தில் கையெழுத்திட்டது

இந்தியப் பிரதமர் அதிமேதகு ஸ்ரீ நரேந்திர மோடியின் இலங்கைக்கான மூன்று நாள் உத்தியோகபூர்வ விஜயத்தின் போது, டிஜிட்டல் மாற்றத்திற்கான ஒத்துழைப்பு தொடர்பாக இந்திய அரசுக்கும் (Government of India-GoI) இலங்கை அரசுக்கும் (Government of Sri Lanka - GoSL) கையெழுத்தான புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தம் (MoU) கடந்த சனிக்கிழமை (ஏப்ரல் 5, 2025) பரிமாறிக் கொள்ளப்பட்டது.

“டிஜிட்டல் மாற்றத்திற்கான மக்கள்தொகை அளவில் செயல்படுத்தப்படும் வெற்றிகரமான டிஜிட்டல் தீர்வுகளைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்வதில் ஒத்துழைப்பு" என்ற தலைப்பிலான இந்தப் புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்தில், இந்திய அரசின் மின்னணு மற்றும் தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப அமைச்சகத்தின் (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology MEITY) ஸ்தானிகர் திரு. சந்தோஷ் ஜாவும், இலங்கையின் டிஜிட்டல் பொருளாதார அமைச்சின் (MODE) சார்பாக செயலாளர திரு. வருண ஸ்ரீ தனபாலவும் கையெழுத்திட்டனர். இது, சுற்றுச்சூழல் சார்ந்த டிஜிட்டல் முன்முயற்சிகள் துறையில் ஒத்துழைப்பை எளிதாக்கும், முக்கியமாக திறன் மேம்பாட்டுத் திட்டங்கள் மற்றும் வடிவமைக்கப்பட்ட பிற கூட்டு நடவடிக்கைகள் மூலம் இரு நாடுகளுக்கும் இடையிலான உறவை மேம்படுத்தவும் அவர்களின் டிஜிட்டல் சுற்றுச்சூழல் அமைப்புக்கு சேவை செய்யவும் உதவும்.

இரு நாடுகளின் அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் துறைகளைச் சேர்ந்த அதிகாரிகளுக்கு இடையே கூட்டுப் பயிற்சித் திட்டங்கள் மூலம் டிஜிட்டல் மாற்றத்தில் அதிகாரிகளின் திறன் மேம்பாடு மற்றும் டிஜிட்டல் மாற்றத்திற்கான தற்போதைய முன்னேற்றங்கள் குறித்த ஆய்வு சுற்றுப்பயணங்கள், வளங்கள் மற்றும் தகவல்களின் அதிகாரப்பூர்வ பரிமாற்றம், சிறந்த நடைமுறைகளின் பரிமாற்றம் ஆகியவை புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்தின் முக்கிய கவனம் செலுத்தும் பகுதிகளாகும்.

ஒவ்வொரு நாட்டிலிருந்தும் மூன்று உறுப்பினர்களைக் கொண்ட ஒரு கூட்டுப் பணிக்குழு (Joint Working Group - JWG) மூன்று வருட காலத்திற்கு செல்லுபடியாகும் இந்தப் புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்துடன் முன்னோக்கிச் செல்லும் வழியை கோடிட்டுக் காட்டும். அதே நேரத்தில் புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்தில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொரு தரப்பினரும், இரு தரப்பினரும் உறுதி பூண்டுள்ள அந்தந்த சட்டங்கள், விதிகள் மற்றும் ஒழுங்குமுறைகள் மற்றும் பலதரப்பு ஒப்பந்தங்களுக்கு இணங்க, புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்துடன் தொடர்புடைய இந்த ஒத்துழைப்பிலிருந்து உருவாக்கப்படும் அறிவுசார் சொத்துரிமைகளின் பாதுகாப்பை உறுதி செய்யும்.

டிஜிட்டல் மாற்றத்திற்கான தீர்வுகளை செயல்படுத்தும் சூழலில், பொது அதிகாரிகள் மற்றும் துறைசார் நிபுணர்களின் ஆலோசனையை செயல்படுத்தும் சூழலில், இரு நாடுகளும் சாத்தியக்கூறு ஆய்வுகள் மற்றும் மீள்-தயார்நிலை மதிப்பீடுகளில் ஈடுபடும். ஏற்கனவே நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டு மக்கள்தொகை அளவில் வெற்றிகரமாக செயல்படுத்தப்பட்ட, முன்னோடி அல்லது செயல்விளக்க திட்டங்கள் மூலம் செயல்படுத்தப்படும் பல புதுமையான டிஜிட்டல் உருமாற்ற தீர்வுகளுக்கு முன்னுரிமை அளிக்கப்படும்.

கடந்த சனிக்கிழமை (ஏப்ரல் 5) கொழும்பில் உள்ள ஜனாதிபதி செயலகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற விழாவில், இரு நாடுகளின் தலைவர்களின் முன்னிலையில், இந்திய வெளியுறவு அமைச்சின் செயலாளர் திரு. விக்ரம் மிஸ்ரி மற்றும் இலங்கையின் டிஜிட்டல் பொருளாதார அமைச்சின் பதில் செயலாளர் திரு. வருண ஸ்ரீ தனபால ஆகியோருக்கு இடையே புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தத்தின் கையொப்பமிடப்பட்ட பிரதிகள் பரிமாறப்பட்டன.

ICT Division

The 7th edition of the LankaPay Technnovation Awards 2025 concluded on a high note at Shangri-La Colombo, bringing together over 560 industry leaders to honor excellence in digital transactions!

The event was graced by Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, as Chief Guest, along with Hon. Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Eng. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, and as Guests of Honour Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to the President on Digital Economy, was also among the distinguished attendees.

A remarkable evening recognizing the pioneers shaping Sri Lanka’s digital financial future!

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඩිජිටල් මූල්‍ය අනාගතය දිරිගන්වන පුරෝගාමීන් ඇගයීම සඳහා වූ LankaPay තාක්ෂණ නවෝත්පාදන සම්මාන උළෙල!

2025 LankaPay තාක්‍ෂණ නවෝත්පාදන සම්මාන උළෙලේ 7 වන දිගහැරුම කොළඹ ෂැන්ග්‍රි-ලා හිදී පසුගිය දා පැවැත්වුණු අතර, ඩිජිටල් ගණුදෙනු ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ විශිෂ්ටයින් ඇගයීම සඳහා මූල්‍ය හා ඩිජිටල් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ ප්‍රමුඛයන් 560 කට අධික සංඛ්‍යාවකගේ සහභාගීතවයෙන් මෙම උළෙල පැවැත් විය!

මෙම අවස්ථාවට ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකු අධිපති ආචාර්ය පී. නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා, මුදල් හා සැලසුම් නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගරු ආචාර්ය හර්ෂණ සූරියප්පෙරුම මහතා, ගරු ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය එරංග වීරරත්න මහතා, සහ ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථිකය පිළිබඳ ජනාධිපති උපදේශක ආචාර්ය හාන්ස් විජයසූරිය මහතා ද ගෞරවනීය අමුත්තන් ලෙස සහභාගී විය.

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ICT Division

One of the leading government projects is the plan to digitalize the country. The project under the supervision of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the digital finance minister is starting in the implementation of the state mechanism.

A special discussion was held today (27th) on digitalizing the Ministry of Labour and providing its services to the people promptly and effectively.

For that at the Ministry of Labour in Colombo under the leadership of Hon. Minister of Labour Dr. Anil Jayanta Fernando, Hon. Deputy Minister of Labour Mahinda Jayasinghe and Hon. Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne.

The discussion gained special attention on the need to make services more prompt and productive in the Department of Labor, a major institution under the Ministry of Labor.

Ideas came here on how to replace the digitalization project for it.

Accordingly, it was banned to provide relevant services to the people coming to receive services in a minimum time and to provide services efficiently online and digitalization.

The need to create an integrated digital platform while providin g services to the people especially from the department of Labor, Central Bank, Employee Finance Fund etc was raised here. The discussion also emphasized that through this digitalization program, workers can save time and effort while receiving their benefits and rest of services, and create a more satisfying public service.

Secretary of Ministry of Labour S for this discussion. M. Piyathissa, Labour Commissioner General Nadeeka Wataliyadda, officers of digital ministry, bank officials as well as doctors of Moratuwa University were together.

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ICT Division

නීති කෙටුම්පත් සම්පාදක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් කෙටුම්පත් කරන ලද සහ පසුව නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් ලබා දුන් ව්‍යවස්ථානුකූලභාවය පිළිබඳ සහතිකය සමඟ අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් අනුමත කරන ලද පුද්ගලික දත්ත ආරක්ෂණ (සංශෝධන) පනත් කෙටුම්පත 2025 මාර්තු 27 දිනැතිව ගැසට් නිවේදන අතිරේකයක් මගින් රජයේ මුද්‍රණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත.

එම ගැසට් නිවේදනය සහ නීති කෙටුම්පත් සම්පාදක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් නීතිමය බලපෑම පිළිබඳ ප්‍රකාශය සිංහල, දෙමළ හා ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවලින් මෙහි දක්වා ඇත (https://www.documents.gov.lk/view/bills/bl_2025.html).

தனிப்பட்ட தரவு பாதுகாப்பு (திருத்தம்) மசோதா வரைவு

சட்ட வரைஞர் திணைக்களத்தால் வரைவு செய்யப்பட்டு, பின்னர் சட்டமா அதிபர் திணைக்களத்தின் அரசியலமைப்புச் சான்றிதழுடன் அமைச்சரவையால் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட தனிப்பட்ட தரவு பாதுகாப்பு (திருத்தம்) மசோதாவின் வரைவை, 2025 மார்ச் 27 தேதியிட்ட வர்த்தமானி இணைப்பில் அரச அச்சுத் திணைக்களம் வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

சிங்களம், தமிழ் மற்றும் ஆங்கில மொழிகளில் இந்த வர்த்தமானி அறிவிப்பையும், சட்ட வரைஞர் திணைக்களத்தின் சட்ட விளைவு அறிக்கையையும் இங்கே காணலாம். (https://www.documents.gov.lk/view/bills/bl_2025.html).

Draft Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill

The Department of Government Printing, in the Gazette Supplement dated 27th March 2025, has published the Draft of the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill drafted by the Legal Draftsman’s Department and subsequently approved by the Cabinet of Ministers with the Certificate of Constitutionality by the Attorney General’s Department

Please find here this Gazette Notification in Sinhala, Tamil and English and a Statement of Legal Effect by the Legal Draftsman’s Department (https://www.documents.gov.lk/view/bills/bl_2025.html).