PARLIAMENT

Parliament of Sri Lanka’s official website (parliament.lk) received three awards at the “BestWeb.lk 2018” awards ceremony organized by the LK Domain Registry. The ceremony was held at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo on the 18^th of July 2018. Parliament’s website received Silver for the Government and Tamil categories, while gaining Bronze in the Sinhala category.

This year’s competition was organized for the 8th time, and as in the past, winners were chosen based on the number of votes, web traffic and marks given by judges. Websites are judged on creativity, quality of graphics & design, artistry, technological expertise and the quality of the content, made available to the user. A total of nearly 400 websites participated in the competition under 9 categories. Awards were presented for three special categories as well. Parliament.lk has previously won at this competition in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Many distinguished guests and academics together with the winners of the contest graced the award ceremony. Chairman of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka, Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, was the Chief Guest.