The Internet domain LK, Sri Lanka, is administered by the LK Domain Registry.

Registrations, such as additions and deletions of names, are handled by the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, on behalf of LK Domain Registry.

This document outlines the procedures for registering a domain name in the lk domain. Further information is available from the following:

E-mail:

hostmaster@nic.lk

Snail Mail:

LK Domain Registrar,
C/O Dr. Gihan Dias,
Dept. of Computer Science and Eng.
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa,
Sri Lanka.

Tel:

+94 114 216061, +94 114 219124 ,+94 112 650 301 Ext.3141

Fax:

+94 112 650912 ATTN: Dr. Gihan Dias / Hostmaster, .lk Domain Registry

Web:

http://www.nic.lk/

The LK Domain Naming Structure

The types of Domains registered by the LK Domain Registry are:

• Top Level Domains
• Closed Second Level Domains
• Open Second Level Domains

Top Level Domains

The LK domain, in common with many other countries, places most organisations at the 2nd level, immediately to the left of the .lk, irrespective of the type of organisation.

e.g., myorg.lk

All registrations under the top-level domain ensure that the domain name is blocked in all the open second levels provided the second level domain is available. If they wish to use the open second level domain names in addition to the top level domain, it can be done by configuring DNS entries for the open second level domain, but DNS for both top level and second level should be hosted on the same machine.

Closed Second Level Domains

Certain second level domains are restricted for use by certain kind of users only. The following domains are restricted by the LK Domain Registry.

.gov.lk, .sch.lk, .net.lk and .int.lk

Registrations under these closed second level domains are handled directly by the LK Domain Registry.

.gov.lk has been allocated to the Government of Sri Lanka. Only Government organisations and Departments are allowed to register under this category. Government organisations wishing to register under this second level domain should register as a 3rd level domain under gov.lk

 . gov.lk has been allocated to the Government of Sri Lanka. Currently all .gov.lk domains are managed under

tthe purview of Domain Convention Policy of ICTA. Please refer Policy of .gov.lk for further clarification.

There are .gov.lk domains under following categories.

Ministries & Departments - gov.lk

Provinces - wp.gov.lk, np.gov.lk, sp.gov.lk, nw.gov.lk, ep.gov.lk, cp.gov.lk, sg.gov.lk, up.gov.lk, ncp.gov.lk

District Secretariat - dist.gov.lk

Divisional Secretariat - ds.gov.lk

Municipal councils - mc.gov.lk

Urban councils - uc.gov.lk

Pradeshiya sabha - ps.gov.lk

Diplomatic Missions - dpl.gov.lk

.sch.lk - for registered schools in Sri Lanka. For new registrations and modifications of .sch.lk domains please refer www.schoolnet.lk.

.net.lk  - for licensed Internet Service Providers in Sri Lanka

.int.lk   - for International Treaty organizations.

Open Second Level Domains

The following open second level domains are available for registration under the .lk domain.

.com.lk - to be opened up as a second level domain

.org.lk - suggested for registered organizations in Sri Lanka

.edu.lk - suggested for educational sites

.ngo.lk - suggested for non governmental organizations

.soc.lk - suggested for registered societies in Sri Lanka

.web.lk - suggested for web sites

.ltd.lk - suggested for limited liability companies

.assn.lk - suggested for associations

.grp.lk - suggested for group of companies

.hotel.lk - suggested for hotels

Now LK Domain Registry is handling requests for registering open second level domains directly. Registrations under this category are also handled by registered agents of LK Domain Registry.  

Registrations and Reservations

Registering a name in the LK domain consists of two steps:

2.    Name Registration

Why Reservations?

• Any organisation within Sri Lanka can reserve names in the LK domain until they setup their Website/ Mailing Facilities in-house / through an Internet Service Provider.
  
• Any organisation outside Sri Lanka, can reserve names in the LK domain (either through Lk Domain Registry or Agents), but they cannot activate them (e.g., use them for e-mail or web sites) unless they have a presence in Sri Lanka. A presence may be a branch office, subsidiary, dealer, agent or representative which has established an office in Sri Lanka.

Domain Registration Procedure

A domain name may be registered as given below. However, the LK domain registry also allows names to be reserved prior to their use.

Name Reservation

A domain name is reserved by submitting the form available from http://www.nic.lk/form.html. The request for reservation will be evaluated by the panel. Once the panel approves the request, an email will be sent to the requester. Once the email is received by the requester, he/she should send a letter in the official letter head  of the requesting organization with the information shown below to the LK Domain Registry accompanied by the payment.

1. Name of the organisation
2. Name of the domain to be reserved.
3. Reason for choosing this name.
4. Name, designation, address, telephone, fax and e-mail of the person to contact regarding this domain.

For information on how to make the payment, visit facts at a glance page.

This payment will reserve the name for a period of one year from the first of the month in which the reservation is made, and includes the reservation of the name, inclusion of the name in LKNIC's databases, and a limited number of modifications.

The registration may be renewed at the end of the year.

Name Registration

A domain name is registered by submitting the form available from http://www.nic.lk/form.html . This should only be done after an Internet connection has been obtained and servers have been configured to handle the domain. There is no additional charge for name registration, if the name has been reserved beforehand.  For registration of a new domain name follow the procedure explained in the section above and indicate it is a new domain request.

Changes to the domain record may be done by using the same form available in www.nic.lk.