www.army.lk website wins Bronze award

The Sri Lanka Army’s official flagship website, www.army.lk won the Bronze award in the Government Sector Best Web category of the BestWeb.lk - 2022 competition during a ceremony at Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo on Tuesday.

This unique annual competition organised for the 12th time by the LK Domain Registry, recognises excellence in content and updates, technical features, page and site design, completeness, accuracy, grammar, interactivity, user-friendly nature, integration of social features, multilingual and community-oriented purpose, visual appeal, reliability, etc. and selects the winners in the Best Government Website Sector, Best Advertising and Marketing Website Sector, Best SME Website Sector, Best University and Education Institute Website Sector, Best Banking and Finance Website Sector, Best Media, Sports and Entertainment Website Sector, Best Health and Wellness Website Sector, Best Personal Website Sector, Best Travel and Tourism Website Sector, Best Non-profit Website Sector, Best Citizen Services Website Sector and Best Web Developer category.

On behalf of the Commander of the Army, Director Media and Army Spokesman Brigadier Nilantha Premaratne, together with the Army website Media Advisor and Chief Editor Sisira Wijesinghe, accepted the Bronze Award from ICT Agency of Sri Lanka Startup Ecosystem Development Director Sachindra Samararathne and IT Security Service TechCert Head of Enterprise Business Mishra Ranasinghe.

Axiata Digital Labs CEO Thushera Kawdawatta at the invitation of LK Domain Registry CEO and Domain Registrar Prof. Gihan Dias, attended the ceremony as the Chief Guest.

The competition, meant to popularise Sri Lankan Websites, increase awareness, recognise exceptional websites and improve the quality and security of Sri Lankan websites was competed by more than 500 websites in the country under each category.

The www.army.lk in the past award ceremonies carried a Bronze award as well as several merit awards and certificates. The Directorate of Media at the Army Headquarters manages the www.army.lk with the support of several officers and other ranks in close collaboration with the Directorate of Information Technology in the Army.