Defence.lk is the official web portal of the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka. At the conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War it was the Sri Lanka's 7th most viewed web site, with an average daily hit rate of over 8.8 million in May, 2009.[citation needed] Traffic and popularity have fallen sharply since the end of the civil war - as of 28 March 2012 it was Sri Lanka's 647th most viewed web site.