ARMY.LK WINS THREE AWARDS
Army website www.army.lk wins Government and Language category awards beating more than 400 competitors
The official flagship website of the Sri Lanka Army, www. army.lk was the one and only website, adjudged and qualified to carry one Silver Award and two Merit Awards, all three honours in the same awards night, held at the Marino Beach Hotel auditorium, in the ‘Bestweb.lk 2019’ competition, organised by the .lk Domain Registry last Thursday (8).
The annual competition recognizes excellence among Sri Lankan websites, and this year more than 400 websites vied for awards in specific categories, such as Advertising & Marketing, SME Category, Corporate, University and Education Institutes, E-commerce, Personal, Government, Media, Sports & Entertainment, Non-profit, Travel & Tourism, Banking & Finance, Health & Wellness, Sinhala and Tamil and the Best web Developer section.
The army.lk which contested under the overall Government Category was awarded this Merit Award for its visual
appeal, constant updates, usability and popularity during the colourful award evening, graced by Mr D.C. Dissanayake, Secretary to Ministry of Digital Infrastructure Development, former State Secretaries Prof Gihan Dias CEO, Domain Registrar, Mr Jayantha Fernando Chairman, LK Domain Registry and a galaxy of distinguished experts in the sphere. In 2018, army.lk received a similar Merit Award in the same category.
The Silver Award in the Special Language Category (Tamil) and another Merit Award in the same category (Sinhala) were also won by army.lk claiming three achievements in one single competition, beating more than 400 entries.
The Awards were jointly received by Brigadier Sumith Atapattu, Director Media at the Army Headquarters, Brigadier Prasad Akurantilleke, Director, Directorate of Information Technology, Mr Sisira Wijesinghe, Consultant Chief Editor and Media Adviser to the Army, together with editorial and technical representatives, Major Aruna Hewage (Web Master) and Major Malith Pathirana (IT Directorate).