Sinhala, Tamil domains from December 7

Sinhala, Tamil domains from December 7

From December 7 onwards, people will be able to register domains names with the “.lanka” (in Sinhala) and the “.illange” (in Tamil) suffixes as opposed to current scenario where they can only register domain names under the almost 20 years old “.lk” domain, the only country designation currently on offer, according to Prof. Gihan Dias, the head of LK Domain Registry, the organization charged with offering these Sri Lanka specific domains.

This was revealed at a recent, inaugral edition of “Most Favourite Sri Lanka Website” awards, a competition organized by LK Domain Registry with the objective of promoting locally based websites and ultimately raising the number of LK Domain Registry subscribers.

Winners in the eight categories making up these inaugural awards included http://www.elakiri.lk/ and http://www.music.lk/ (joint winners in the English category), http://www.worldpeople.lk/ (Sinhala category), http://www.parliament.lk/ (Tamil and Government categories), http://www.odel.lk/ (e-commerce and Best Design & content categories), http://www.films.lk/ (Entertainment category), and Affno (Best Developer). Other websites showcased over the course of the evening included http://www.airforce.lk/ , http://www.news.lk/ , http://www.keellssuper.lk/ , http://www.singers.lk/ , http://www.derana.lk/ , http://www.hitzbox.lk/ , www.lankapuvath.lk/sinhala , http://www.my-blog.lk/ , http://www.nimnaya.lk/ , http://www.adaderana.lk/ , http://www.enews.lk/ and http://www.railwaymuseum.lk/ . A full list of websites recognized at the awards is available online at http://www.bestweb.lk/