Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- All District and Divisional Secretariats across the Southern Province are now empowered to accept digital payments following the adoption of GovPay, the Government Digital Payments Platform.

This historic milestone was officially launched yesterday (15), at the Matara District Secretariat under the patronage of Eng. Eranga Weeraratna, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy.

Accordingly, the Southern Province has become the first province in the country where all District and Divisional Secretariats are supported through digital payments via GovPay, the Ministry of Digital Economy said.

The ceremonial launch was graced by Members of Parliament Akram Ismail, Lal Premananth and MP Harsha Purasinghe - Board Director of I...