COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s key government online services, including some payment and police clearance systems, have been hit by disruption in Lanka Government Cloud (LGC), the state-owned Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) said.
“Due to a disruption in the Lanka Government Cloud (LGC), several online services managed by various government organizations have been temporarily affected,” the ICTA said in a statement.
These include the Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Certificate System of the Registrar General’s Department, the e-Revenue License System (eRL 2.0) of the Provincial Departments of Motor Traffic (except the Western Province), the Police Clearance System of the Department of Police, and the Country of Origin Certificate Issuance Online System of the Department of Commerce.
Pension system of the Department of Pensions, e Local Government System, and some of the website,s including those of the Department of Meteorology, Registrar of Companies, and Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Board, have also been disrupted, the ICTA said.
“Engineers from the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) and the service provider are actively working to restore the cloud services as quickly as possible,” it said.
“While restoration of LGC services is being given the highest priority, existing capacity and operational constraints are expected to be released through the ongoing execution of the next phase of LGC expansion, which commenced in October 2025.”
“ICTA regrets the inconvenience caused to the Public and to institutions hosted on the LGC and reiterates that all efforts are being expended to restore online services to their full capacity as soon as feasible.”
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