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The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) is getting ready  to display  several information technology projects at the Deyata Kirula 2012  Exhibition to be held at Oyamaduwa, Anuradhapura from 4th to 10th February. 

Sri Lanka earned Rs 150 million revenue from the recently introduced on line visa payment system for January. The online visa system was introduced last month and response from the international travellers has been good for this initiative. The UK travellers rank top in the list of making the highest online visa payments for the same period, followed by travellers from Germany, France , India and Sweden, Immigration and Emigration Controller Chulananda Perera said.

The World Bank has approved a US $ 11 million concessional credit to Sri Lanka in the form of additional finance to assist Sri Lanka enhance its ICT services that would help gain a considerable competitive advantage in the region post becoming a Middle Income Country, the World Bank said in press release.

Hanthana Linux team, in collaboration with the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka, is to conduct an awareness camp on Free and Open Source Software and Hanthana Linux on 7th and 8th of February at “Deyata Kirula 2012″ Education and Trade exhibition which is held at Oyamaduwa, Anuradhapura in line with the 64th Independence Day.

The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) will display several information technology projects at the Deyata Kirula 2012 Exhibition at Oyamaduwa, Anuradhapura from February 4-10. ICTA Chairman, Professor P. W. Epasinghe said that among the projects highlighted in the ICTA stall at Deyata Kirula 2012 would be Telemedicine, Lanka Gate Lanka Gate, FOSS and Career Guidance.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in collaboration with the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), will be holding an international conference on ‘Legal Process Outsourcing’ in partnership with the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA).  

EDEX 2012 the National Higher Education and Careers Expo will be unveiled for the 9th consecutive year today at BMICH, Colombo and at Kandy City Centre, Kandy on January 27 and 28.

For the very first time in Sri Lanka, doctors in government hospitals will be able view a patient’s comprehensive medical records on their computer screen, all thanks to the newly developed Hospital Health Information Management System (HHIMS).

Repeated reminders of the goals of ‘Mahinda Chintana – Vision for the Future’ will go a long way in ensuring their fulfilment, said Telecommunication and Information and Communication Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

BMD enabled the issue of birth, marriage and death certificate within a few of minutes thanks to computerisation. This was said by ICTA Re-engineering Government Programme Head D.C. Dissanayake at a function in Polonnaruwa recently.

Sri Lanka’s first government sector IT payment gate ,Lanka Gate Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) which is created by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) has become a major attraction among foreign nationals who intend to obtain Sri Lanka visas online.

The Mass Media and Information Ministry will grant registration certificates to 41 websites next week under its programme to register websites disseminating news on Sri Lanka.

A  project  for  initially making  50,000 persons IT literate within a month was officially launched by MP Namal Rajapaksa on the invitation of Telecommunication and IT Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya recently. 

The government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa aims at seeing everyone use IT in their living for greater comfort and ease, said Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, while participating in the launch of the issue of copies of birth, marriage and death certificates in a few minutes in the Polonnaruwa District recently.

Information Technology literacy is vital for truly reaping the fruits of development, said Hambantota District MP Namal Rajapaksa. The MP pointed out that there should be an IT literate society if the benefits of development are to effectively accrue to Sri Lanka which is currently progressing in the path of development.

Specialising in the development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Bileeta (Private) Limited has earned a reputation – both here and abroad - for providing a cutting-edge solution to both medium and large-scale enterprises. The CEO Mr.Sanji De Silva and COO Mr.Sanka Weerasinghe, of Bileeta is on an aggressive growth path that continues to gain recognition, specifically with the affirmation of ICTA – the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

By Cassandra Mascarenhas

Tackling the global issue of bridging the digital divide, Eisenhower Fellow Brigitte Daniel was in Colombo for a couple of days as part of her tour of South East Asia, looking at various technology solutions and infrastructure models and different types of emerging technologies to address the digital divide issues in the United States.

The best way to make the benefits of ICT to reach all the people, especially the disadvantaged as envisaged by the President is to develop local e-content talent, says President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga. The Presidential Secretary said so while participating as the Guest of Hounour at the e-Swabhimani Awards 2011 held in Colombo recently.

The ‘e-Diriya’ the national  ICT literacy initiative was  officially inaugurated at the Kotiyakumbura Vidyasagara Pirivena Buddhist Temple premises in Kegalle at 10 a.m. on 26th instant. That was under the patronage of Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Hambonthota District MP Namal Rajapaksa.

The 2011 budget contains several proposals which are a shot in the arm for using ICT in all sectors targeting national development, said Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya while participating as the chief guest at the e-Swabhimani 2011 Awards presentation held at Water’s Edge in Colombo last week. Continuing the address the Minister said that through the budget the President had assigned a pivotal role to ICT and the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA).

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka   (ICTA) successfully carried out yet another of its endeavours of taking the benefits of ICT to the villages recently.

The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) will be hosting the e-Swabhimani Awards Gala 2011 under the patronage of President’s Secretaty Lalith Weeratunga at Water’s Edge Colombo on 22 Nov ember.  

The Sri Lanka-Norway Business Matchmaking Programme (BMMP) officials of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), along with the representatives of 11 major players from the Sri Lankan IT industry who took part in the ICT delegation visit to Oslo, Norway in October, met Norway's Ambassador to Sri Lanka Hilde Haraldstad at her residence recently.

The Cyber Security Week (CSW) 2011 conducted in mid-october featuring many activities, some of them introduced for the first time was a tremendous success. This was stated by Prof. P. W. Epasinghe, Presidential Advisor/chairman-ict Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA).

The Sri Lanka-Norway Business Match Making Programme (BMMP) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) with a view to build a dependable and advantageous relationship, to promote joint ventures and exchange of technical expertise between Sri Lanka and Norway, organised an ICT delegation to Oslo, Norway in collaboration with Advance Business partner AS Norway recently.