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e-Championing Sri Lanka’s e-Government
“e-Champions” is an innovative programme created to equip a core group of thirty [30] Chief Innovation Officers (CIO) with the knowledge and skills necessary to drive the implementation of an effective e-government in Sri Lanka. This key initiative is being undertaken by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), in a strategic […]
Mahabir Pun wins Magsaysay Award for his innovative wireless computer technology in Nepal
Author: Mohammad Kawsar Uddin, From Nepal A Nepali from the remote Myagdi district, Mahabir Pun, has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay 2007 for his outstanding contribution to community leadership. He won Asia’s premier prize for his innovative application of wireless computer technology in Nepal, bringing progress to the remote mountain, connecting Nangi village to the […]
ICTA launches 400th Tele-centre at Colombo District Secretariat
The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) today established its 400th Nenasala (Tele-centre) at the Colombo District Secretariat. The Chief Guest at the event is Hon. Minister Karu Jayasuriya. The setting up of this Nenasala is aimed at providing visitors with services such as Internet access, computer access, telephone calls, scanning and […]
Global knowledge to the village in Sri Lanka
Tele-centres are opening up communication-challenged areas in Sri Lanka. Rs. 6 million package initiative to create 20 Internet ‘Nenasalas’ in the island nation, part of plan to create 1,000 centres by 2008. The problems posed by domestic strife has not distracted Sri Lankans from trying to bridge their own ‘digital divide’ and opening up the […]
Why must Khalishpur die?
Author: Hameeda Hossain July 27, 2007: Last week, I accompanied members of the “Jatiyo Tran Committee” (a voluntary group headed by Justice Gholam Rabbani, formed to provide assistance to distressed citizens) who had collected funds to help the jute workers of Khalishpur tide over the very difficult times they faced, with the sudden termination of […]
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