The official launch ceremony of STEM Feed Sri Lanka, a new feature for information related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects more confidently in the TikTok social media space, took place on September 11 at the ITC Rathnadeep Hotel premises.

The event was held by Hon'ble Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Hon'ble Deputy Minister of Digital Finance Eranga Weeraratne as the chief guests.

The Honorable Prime Minister showed that instead of trying to protect them by keeping children away from technology, we should work to guide them to use technology wisely, effectively and creatively and then technology will become a tool that helps children's growth rather than harmful Gave it.

Mr. Ferdous Motakin, senior government policies and state relations head of South Asia, senior government officials, education officials, and a group of officials from TikTok were also gathered for the event.

The official launch of STEM Feed, a new TikTok feature dedicated to providing reliable content on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), was held on 11 September at the ITC Ratnadeepa Hotel in Colombo.

The event was graced by Hon. Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Training, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, and Hon. Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, Eranga Weeraratne, as Chief Guests.

In her remarks, the Prime Minister emphasized that rather than shielding children from technology, it is vital to guide them to use it wisely, effectively, and creatively, transforming technology into a tool for growth and learning instead of a source of harm.

The gathering was attended by Mr. Ferdous Mottakin, TikTok’s Head of Public Policy and Government Relations for South Asia, along with senior government officials, education leaders, and TikTok representatives.

Marking a new chapter in digital transformation, the "Supreme Court Lawsuit Management System and Website" (eCourts) is unveiling with a range of new features, including digital payments. Marking a new chapter in Sri Lanka’s digital transformation, the “Supreme Court Case Management System and Website” (eCourts) is launched, introducing digital payments along with a range of new features

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Deputy Ministers observation tour to Verahara branch of Automotive Department.

Yesterday (25) the Honorable Deputy Minister of Digital Finance Mr. Eranga Weerarathne and Honorable Deputy Minister of Port and Civil Aviation Janitha Kodithuwaku took part in a surveillance tour to the Verahara branch of the Department of Automobile Transportation belonging to the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Harbour and Civil Aviation.

Deputy ministers showed there, the medical certificate issued as a print copy by the National Institute of Transport Medical in Nugegoda to the people who are currently coming to obtain the driver's license, has also been disclosed that transparency is free and disorderly occurred, those irregularities are minimum. Online technique should be used for doing.

Also when the driver's license expires it will have to come out to Verahara to renew it has made the people huge uncomfortable. Accordingly, within a month, the technique was changed and showed that the driver's license is expected to set up an easy technique for renewal, and the basics for that have just started.

Avanti Senarathne, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Transport Highway Harbor and Civil Aviation (Development) Commissioner General Kamal Amarasinghe of Automotive Department, President of National Transport Medical Institute, Mr. Arosha Vidyabhushane, senior officers from the Department of Motorport Transportation including Mr. Arosha Vidyabhushane, Chairman of National Transportation Medical Institute, were participated.

Deputy Ministers visit the Werahera Branch of the Department of Motor Traffic On 25th August, the Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, together with Hon. Janitha Kodituwakku, Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation, undertook an observation visit to the Werahera Branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles, which operates under the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation.

During the visit, the Deputy Ministers highlighted concerns regarding the medical certificate currently issued by the National Transport Medical Institute in Nugegoda for obtaining driving licenses. They noted that the printed certificates lack transparency and have been subject to irregularities, emphasizing the need to adopt an online system to reduce such issues. They also pointed out the difficulties faced by the public when renewing expired driving licenses, as renewals must currently be done only at the Werahera office. To address this inconvenience, steps are being taken to introduce a simplified renewal system within the next month, with initial work already underway.

The observation tour was also attended by Ms. Avanthi Senaratne, Additional Secretary (Development) of the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Mr. Kamal Amarasinghe, Commissioner General of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Ms. Arosha Vidyabhushana, Chairperson of the National Institute of Transport Medicine, and other senior officials of the Department.

මෙටා සමාගමේ නියෝජිතයන් විසින් ඩිජිටල් මාධ්‍ය භාවිතය පිළිබඳ අමාත්‍යාංශ මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්වරුන් සහ රාජ්‍ය මාධ්‍ය ආයතනවල නියෝජිතයන් වෙනුවෙන් පවත්වන ලද විශේෂ වැඩමුළුවක් ඊයේ (25) ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු සහ සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණ නියෝජිතායතනයේදී (ICTA) පැවැත්විණි. ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යාංශය සහ ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය විසින් සංවිධානය කළ මෙම වැඩමුළුවට අමාත්‍යාංශ මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්වරු, ජාතික රූපවාහිනි සංස්ථාව, ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනිය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, රජයේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ඇතුළු රජයේ මාධ්‍ය ආයතනයන්හි ඩිජිටල් මාධ්‍ය කටයුතුවල නිරතව සිටින නිලධාරීහු එක්ව සිටියහ.

මෙටා සමාගමේ ආසියා-පැසිෆික් කලාපයේ රජයේ සහ සමාජ බලපෑම් අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා කයා වඩෙල් (Kaiya Waddell), හවුල්කාර කළමනාකරු නේහා මාතූර් (Neha Mathur), දකුණු ආසියාවේ ආරක්ෂක ප්‍රතිපත්ති කළමනාකරු ආචාර්ය ප්‍රියංකා භල්ලා (Dr Priyanka Bhalla), මධ්‍යම ආසියාව, මොන්ගෝලියාව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ මාලදිවයින සඳහා රාජ්‍ය ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රධානී සෙනුර අබේවර්ධන යන මහත්ම මහත්මීන් විසින් මෙම වැඩමුළුව මෙහෙයවන ලදී.

මෙම අවස්ථාවට ගරු ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය එරංග වීරරත්න, ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යාංශයේ උපදේශක සුමුදු රත්නායක, ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශයේ විද්‍යුත් මාධ්‍ය අධ්‍යක්ෂ ඉසුරු අනුරාධ යන මහත්වරුද මෙම අවස්ථාවට සහභාගී වූහ.

டிஜிட்டல் ஊடகப் பயன்பாடு குறித்த மெட்டா நிறுவனத்தினால் நடத்தப்பட்ட செயலமர்வு

டிஜிட்டல் ஊடகப் பயன்பாடு தொடர்பாக மெட்டா நிறுவன பிரதிநிதிகளினால் அமைச்சுக்களின் ஊடக செயலாளர்கள் மற்றும் அரச ஊடக நிறுவனங்களின் பிரதிநிதிகளுக்காக நடத்தப்பட்ட விசேட செயலமர்வு நேற்று (25) காலை இலங்கை தகவல் மற்றும் தொடர்பு தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனத்தில் (ICTA) நடைபெற்றது.

டிஜிட்டல் பொருளாதார அமைச்சு மற்றும் ஜனாதிபதி ஊடகப் பிரிவால் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட இந்த செயலமர்வில், அமைச்சுக்களின் ஊடகச் செயலாளர்கள், தேசிய தொலைக்காட்சி கூட்டுத்தாபனம், சுயாதீன தொலைக்காட்சி, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் கூட்டுத்தாபனம், அரசாங்க தகவல் திணைக்களம் உள்ளிட்ட அரச ஊடக நிறுவனங்களின் டிஜிட்டல் ஊடக செயற்பாடுகளில் ஈடுபடும் அதிகாரிகள் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.

மெட்டா நிறுவனத்தின் ஆசிய-பசுபிக் பிராந்தியத்தில் அரச மற்றும் சமூக தாக்கம் தொடர்பான பணிப்பாளர் கயா வடெல் (Kaiya Waddell), கூட்டு முகாமையாளர் நேஹா மாதூர் (Neha Mathur), தெற்காசியாவிற்கான பாதுகாப்புக் கொள்கை முகாமையாளர் கலாநிதி பிரியங்கா பல்லா (Dr Priyanka Bhalla), மற்றும் மத்திய ஆசியா, மங்கோலியா, இலங்கை மற்றும் மாலைதீவுகளுக்கான அரச கொள்கைப் பிரதானி செனுர அபேவர்தன ஆகியோர் இந்த செயலமர்வை முன்னெடுத்தனர்.

டிஜிட்டல் பொருளாதார பிரதி அமைச்சர் எரங்க வீரரத்ன, டிஜிட்டல் பொருளாதார அமைச்சின் ஆலோசகர் சுமுது ரத்நாயக்க, ஜனாதிபதி ஊடகப் பிரிவின் பணிப்பாளர் ( இலத்திரனியல் ஊடகம்) இசுரு அனுராத உள்ளிட்டோர் இந்த செயலமர்வில் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.

Meta Digital Government Day Summit

In partnership with the Ministry of Digital Economy and the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), Meta launched a Digital Government Day program to upskill media secretaries and representatives of state media institutions.

This is the first workshop that provided the necessary skills in using digital media such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads effectively to communicate the digital transformation journey.

The sessions were conducted and lead by Kaiya Waddell, Director of Government & Social Impact, APAC Neha Mathur, Partner Manager, Government & Social Impact Dr Priyanka Bhalla, Safety Policy Manager, South Asia Senura Abeywardena, Head of Public Policy, Central Asia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka & Maldives.

The discussions focused on several themes:

• Digital transformation journeys for governments maximising reach and impact.
• Best practices on community building
• Engaging citizens through storytelling and best practices on reels and emerging formats

Highlighting the government’s commitment to strengthening digital communication, the event was attended by Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne, Consultant at the Ministry of Digital Economy Sumudu Ratnayake and Director of Electronic Media at the President’s Media Division Isuru Anuradha.

මාලබේ පිරිමි විද්‍යාලයේ අලුතින් ඉදිකරන ලද තෙමහල් තාක්ෂණ අංශය පසුගිය දා නිල වශයෙන් සිසුන්ට භාර දෙන ලදී. මෙම උත්සවය බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර හනීෆ් යූසුෆ්, ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගරු එරංග වීරරත්න සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අසිත නිරෝෂන එගොඩවිතාන යන මහත්වරුන්ගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්විණි.

මෙම ආරම්භය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අනාගත දක්ෂයින්ට අවශ්‍ය අඩිතාලම දමමින්, තාක්ෂණික හා ඩිජිටල් ඉංජිනේරුවන්ගේ මීළඟ පරම්පරාව නිර්මාණය කිරීමේ නව පරිච්ඡේදයක් සනිටුහන් කරනු ඇත.

මෙම අවස්ථාවට විදුහල්පති සිසිර ගුණරත්න මහතාගේ ආරාධනයෙන්, කඩුවෙල නගරාධිපති රන්ජන් ජයලාල්, ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කලාප අධ්‍යාපන අධ්‍යක්ෂ සමන්මලී දිනමුණි, කඩුවෙල කොට්ඨාශ අධ්‍යාපන අධ්‍යක්ෂ අනුරාධා සමරකෝන් ඇතුළු සම්භාවනීය අමුත්තන් රැසක් සහභාගී විය.

The newly built three-storey Technology Faculty of Malabe Boys' College was officially handed over to the students recently. The event was held under the patronage of the Governor of the Western Province, Mr. Hanif Yusuf, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, and Member of Parliament, Asitha Niroshana Egodavithana.

This important initiative marks a new chapter in nurturing the next generation of technical and digital engineers, laying the foundation for Sri Lanka's future talent pool.

At the invitation of Principal Mr. Sisira Gunaratne, distinguished guests, including Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan Jayalal, Sri Jayewardenepura Zonal Education Director Samanmali Dinamuni, Kaduwela Divisional Education Director Anuradha Samarakoon, along with several dignitaries, also attended the ceremony.

GovPay has officially onboarded 100+ government organizations —a landmark achievement in Sri Lanka’s journey toward a digitally inclusive nation.

This milestone reflects our collective progress in making government services simpler, faster, and smarter for every citizen, while driving transparency, efficiency, and trust in public service delivery.

GovPay continues to power Sri Lanka’s digital transformation agenda, ensuring secure, convenient, and citizen-first digital payments across the country.

Here’s to building a truly cashless and future-ready Sri Lanka!

The Ministry of Digital Finance and the United National Development Programme for Sri Lanka (UNDP) together signed a Cooperation Agreement for "Disrupt Asia 2025" (MOU) on August 20, 2025.

The United National Development Programme for Sri Lanka (UNDP) and the Ministry of Digital Economy signed this Agreement of Understanding (MOU) at the United Nations Center in Colombo.

Through this agreement, UNDP has been recognized as strategic collaborations of the Ministry of Digital Finance for “Disrupt Asia 2025”, known as the conference for Sri Lanka’s leading new entrepreneurs and innovation festival. This is a national level platform where innovators, investors and new entrepreneurs with vision.

For this was signed by Mr. Dhanapala, Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Mr. Asusa Kubota, Deputy Representative of UNDP Sri Lanka, Hon'ble Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Mr. Eranga Weeraratne, Senior Advisor to the President on Digital Economy, Dr. Hans Wijesuriya, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Marina Ten Madam, Mr. Fadil Bakir Markar, Head of Strategy Application Department of UNDP Sri Lanka - Digital & Innovation Team, Mr. Yasas Thalagala, Manager of Citra Lab - UNDP Sri Lanka Representative, and Citra Lab - UNDP Sri Lanka Digital & Service Planning Officer Deshani Senanayake Mr and Mr. Going also attended the event.

Through this collaboration, also emphasized that the UNDP organization is constantly cooperating with the Ministry, to achieve the goals of the National Digital Economic Plan in Sri Lanka.

Ministry of Digital Economy and UNDP Sri Lanka sign MOU to support ’Disrupt Asia 2025.

Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20 August 2025: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Digital Economy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently at the UN Compound.

The agreement recognises UNDP in Sri Lanka as a strategic partner to the Ministry of Digital Economy for ‘Disrupt Asia 2025’, Sri Lanka’s premier startup conference and innovation festival, where visionaries, investors, and disruptors come together. The agreement was signed by Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala, Acting Secretary for the Ministry of Digital Economy and Ms. Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative, UNDP in Sri Lanka, in the presence of Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy; Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka on Digital Economy; Ms. Marina Ten, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP in Sri Lanka; Mr. Fadhil Bakeer Markar, Team Leader – Strategic Engagement, Digital and Innovation Team, UNDP in Sri Lanka; Mr. Yasas Thalagala, Lab Manager, Citra Lab – UNDP in Sri Lanka and Ms. Deshani Senanayake, Digital and Service Design Officer, Citra Lab – UNDP in Sri Lanka.

Through this collaboration, UNDP will continue to work closely with the Ministry in order to achieve the ambitious goals set forth in the government’s national digital economy blueprint for Sri Lanka.

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A discussion on introduction of #OneRegistry technique to this country, in collaboration with the Government of Sri Lanka and the United Nations for Sri Lanka. For this, Hon. Minister of Government Administration, Local Councils and Local Government Dr. A. H. M. Mr. H. Abayaratne, Hon'ble Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Mr. Eranga Weeraratne, Presidential Advisor on Digital Economy, Secretary of Government Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry S. Aloka Bandara, Secretary of Digital Finance Ministry Varuna Dhanapala, Mr. Mark Andre Fransh, Resident Coordinator of the UN Development Program, Sri Lanka, Mrs. Asusa Kubota, Resident Representative of the UN Development Program, Sri Lanka; Registrar General W.R.A.N.S. Vijayasinghe were together.

This national effort can be considered as a key step in Sri Lanka's civil registration and the plan to digitally transform the key statistics (#CRVS) system.

#OneRegistry jointly implemented by UNDP Sri Lanka (United Nations Development Program) and WHO (World Health Organization) under the UN Sri Lanka SDG Fund is to create an inclusive, interactive and citizen centered platform for legal identity and public services. A major step in the forest scheme. Also this initiative was an important part of the government's digital economic plan and focused on reviewing the progress made so far, aligning on emerging priorities, preparing the next phase for implementation. Ministry of Health for this transformative initiative | Integrated SDG Fund | UNDP Sri Lanka | Asian and Pacific Regional UNDP | WHO Sri Lanka | UN Sri Lanka | Citra Lab | General Commissioner of Canada for Sri Lanka and Maldives Office | European Union of Sri Lanka and Maldives | British General Commissioner Office | Senior officers gathered together representing the Colombo US Embassy.

Ministry of Digital Economy, in collaboration with the Government of Sri Lanka and the United Nations in Sri Lanka, convened a high-level stocktaking meeting on the #OneRegistry initiative. The meeting saw the participation of key officials, including Hon. Dr. A.H.M.H. Abeyratne, Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, and Local Government; Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy; Hans Weerasuriya, Presidential Advisor on Digital Economy; S. Alokabandara, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, and Local Government; Varuna Dhanapala, Secretary to the Ministry of Digital Economy; Marc-André Franche, Resident Coordinator, United Nations Development Programme in Sri Lanka; Ms. Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme in Sri Lanka; and W.R.A.N.S. Wijesinghe, Registrar General. This critical national endeavor is a cornerstone of our efforts to digitally transform Sri Lanka’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (#CRVS) system.

Jointly implemented by UNDP Sri Lanka and WHO Sri Lanka under the United Nations Sri Lanka SDG Fund, #OneRegistry is a key step towards creating a more inclusive, interoperable, and citizen-centric platform for #LegalIdentity and #PublicServices. This initiative is a vital component of the Government's Digital Economy Blueprint. The focus was on reviewing the progress achieved so far, align on emerging priorities, and shape the next phase of implementation.

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