Local news websites are requested to be registered at the Ministry of Mass Media on or before March 31. The registration will expect the respective sites to acknowledge and follow ethical media practices and maintain standards.
The Ministry said many websites had already been registered and the websites which had not been registered so far would be considered as unlawful, with effect from March 31.
Details on the news website registration could be obtained from website www.media.gov.lk or via 011 251 3460/ 011 251 3943.
The Government official news portal is maintains by the New Media Unit of the Department of Government Information and it was titled "news.lk" and commenced in mid1996 and release to Internet from March 01st, 1997.
News.lk publishes in three languages – Sinhala, Tamil and English.
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