Chapter 11 - Sri Lankan Context for Electronic

Commerce

IT6304 e-Business Applications2015 – OpenArc Campus – UCSC BIT

Upekha Vandebonaupe.vand@gmail.com

Identify Sri Lanka’s e-Readiness

Describe e-Business environment in Sri

Lanka

Identify the web-based systems in Sri Lanka

Instructional Objectives

Most of the content are covered in the previous semester Professional Issues in IT.

Review it back.

Sri Lanka’s e-Readiness

Few of Popular Government Sites [2015 June]

Sri Lanka Government official e-Services portal (Lanka Gate)

https://www.srilanka.lk

The Parliament of Sri Lanka

http://www.parliament.lk

Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

http://www.icta.lk

 Ministry of Defence  - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

http://www.defence.lk

Government Information Center – Sri Lanka

http://www.gic.gov.lk

Ministry of Food Security – Sri Lanka

http://www.trade.gov.lk

http://www.mohe.gov.lk

Ministry of Higher

Education- Sri Lanka

Department of Examinations - Sri Lankahttp://www.doenets.lk

Web Portal of Government of Sri Lanka

https://www.gov.lk

Sri Lanka’s e-Readiness

How about Cyber Security?

Computer Emergency Readiness Team | Co-ordination Center - Sri Lanka

http://www.cert.gov.lk

Digital Forensic Lab - Sri Lankahttp://www.police.lk/index.php/component/content/article/45-nortice/219-digital-forensic-lab-

http://www.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/dfc

http://www.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/DFLab4D

eLaws Project

◦ http://icta.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&lang=en

Acts in PDF

◦ http://icta.lk/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=1&I

temid=269&lang=en

eLaws Brief Description

◦ https://www.gov.lk/elaws/wordpress/CMSWrapper/content/elaws?appcode=cp

&lang=en&gen_from=sch

Sri Lanka’s entry to Budapest Cybercrime Convention [25 May

2015]

◦ http://www.ft.lk/article/424633/ICTA-helps-fast-track-Sri-Lanka%E2%80%99s-

entry-to-Budapest-Cybercrime-Convention

e-Laws

e-Business Environment/ Web based systems in Sri

LankaFew of Popular Sri Lankan Sites in Sri Lanka [Alexa Ranking checked on 2015 June]

Sinhala Radio Channel

http://www.hirufm.lk Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hirufm.lkSri Lankan Alexa Rank - 6

Online Marketplace

http://ikman.lk Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ikman.lk Sri Lankan Alexa Rank -7

Tabloid Online Paper

http://www.gossiplankanews.com Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gossiplankanews.com Sri Lankan Alexa Rank -11

Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hirunews.lk Sri Lankan Alexa Rank -14

Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/lankadeepa.lk Sri Lankan Alexa Rank -15

Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/elakiri.com Sri Lankan Alexa Rank -19

Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/adaderana.lk Sri Lankan Alexa Rank -17

Recruitment Classifieds

http://www.topjobs.lk Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/topjobs.lk Sri Lankan Alexa Rank - 40

Daily Deal Market (Formally known as Anything.lk)

http://www.wow.lk Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wow.lk Sri Lankan Alexa Rank - 70

Online Banking

https://www.sampathvishwa.com

Ref - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sampathvishwa.com Sri Lankan Alexa Rank - 86

Prepare for the revisions next week.

Good Luck for the Final Exams

It’s lot more than this and lot more trends will be emerge in the days to come.

E-Readiness, e-Governance and cyber security are key topics to follow.

Online Payments, eAuctions, online Buying and Selling, Online Ordering are current trends.