Digital Government: Sri Lanka is pushing a plan to set up as many as 500 Digital Transformation Units inside government bodies, starting with critical infrastructure agencies, to modernise legacy systems and connect services via a national architecture. Revenue Tech & Tax Reform: Parliament’s Ways and Means committee urged broader tax coverage, stronger compliance, and faster digitalisation of revenue collection, including upgrades to RAMIS and better use of newer technologies. Transport Drug Testing: A state-of-the-art mobile lab bus was handed to the National Transport Medical Institute to test suspected drug use among public transport drivers and conductors. Energy & Grid Smartness: Hayleys Solar proposes “Flexumer” rooftop-solar users who shift, store, and export power to ease transformer limits and expand solar connections. Wildlife vs Solar: Solar projects in Hambantota are raising concerns about impacts on elephant habitat as multiple small developments may add up to a larger barrier. Mobility Security: Sri Lanka’s rental market is growing, but organised car theft and fraud using forged identities are driving up verification costs and risks. Telecom Competition: TRCSL is tightening broadband quality monitoring and competition rules, with mobile number portability targeted if operators don’t agree by end-September. Health Tech (Local): A mobile drug-testing lab is also part of broader road-safety tech moves, while clinical research coverage highlights amla and cinnamon as studied supplements for blood sugar and cholesterol.