It’s a great greeting. Wish you and your team a very good new year full of work loads.
Gamini Sarath Godakanda
Best wishes and happy new year to you, Sujatha and Indi. May this coming year bring yous life’s best.Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts for all of you.
Gamini Sarath Godakanda
Sunethra Siriwardena
Wish you, Sujata and the Lirneasia group a great New Year.
Even though the Constitution of the Philippines protects citizens’ right to access official records and research data used in policymaking, the absence of a comprehensive right-to-information law has left implementation subject to executive discretion. In a recent article published in InsiderPH on April 6, 2026, J.
The idea of turning Sri Lanka into a regional data centre hub is an attractive one, particularly in the context of growing global demand for digital infrastructure and AI-driven services. However, it raises important economic questions, especially whether this is a viable and high-return investment strategy for a small, fiscally constrained economy like Sri Lanka.
Nepal’s evolving digital landscape highlights a growing tension between constitutional guarantees of privacy and access to information, and a fragmented, outdated data governance framework. In a recent article published in Republica on March 17, 2026, Avash Mainali, Country Researcher for Nepal for LIRNEasia’s D4D Asia project, argues that while the introduction of the Personal Data Protection Policy, 2082 (2025), marks a positive step, its impact will depend on whether it can move beyond aspirational language to enforceable rights.
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sajjadur rahman
It’s a great greeting. Wish you and your team a very good new year full of work loads.
Gamini Sarath Godakanda
Best wishes and happy new year to you, Sujatha and Indi. May this coming year bring yous life’s best.Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts for all of you.
Gamini Sarath Godakanda
Sunethra Siriwardena
Wish you, Sujata and the Lirneasia group a great New Year.
Ramchandra Bhatta
Best wishes to Mr. Rohan sir & whole Lirneasia team. Happy New Year 2012.
Muhammad Yousaf
Happy new year to all. May this year bring more hapiness and success to all of us. I miss the excellent time spent in CPR south 6 in Xian.
Missed opportunities in Philippine data governance
Even though the Constitution of the Philippines protects citizens’ right to access official records and research data used in policymaking, the absence of a comprehensive right-to-information law has left implementation subject to executive discretion. In a recent article published in InsiderPH on April 6, 2026, J.
Rethinking Sri Lanka’s Data Centre Hub Ambition
The idea of turning Sri Lanka into a regional data centre hub is an attractive one, particularly in the context of growing global demand for digital infrastructure and AI-driven services. However, it raises important economic questions, especially whether this is a viable and high-return investment strategy for a small, fiscally constrained economy like Sri Lanka.
Nepal’s digital crossroads: building a transparent data governance framework
Nepal’s evolving digital landscape highlights a growing tension between constitutional guarantees of privacy and access to information, and a fragmented, outdated data governance framework. In a recent article published in Republica on March 17, 2026, Avash Mainali, Country Researcher for Nepal for LIRNEasia’s D4D Asia project, argues that while the introduction of the Personal Data Protection Policy, 2082 (2025), marks a positive step, its impact will depend on whether it can move beyond aspirational language to enforceable rights.
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