The Presidential Secretariat has opted to cease the maintenance of the itukama.lk website, initially employed for awareness and fundraising during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following the successful containment of the virus, the website’s operation concluded on the 28th of October, 2022. Presently, only a record of advertisements and funds related to it is available on the site.
Given the dormant status of the website, there is a risk of its name being exploited by unauthorized parties.
Consequently, the Presidential Secretariat has issued a cautionary notice, advising the public to remain vigilant against potential misuse.
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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