Newspapers launched virakesari.lk, a 24x7 breaking news website, in 2002, and in 2005 they launched Virakesari's E-paper, which was the world's first Tamil E-paper. The websites boasts of over 2.5 million hits from across the world. Virakesari also plays a significant role in the field of social media having large numbers of young audience engaged on their websites. The Alexa rank of this website is under 250. Editors R.Prabhakan – Editor for Sunday Edition S.Srikajan – Editor for Daily Edition Robert Anthony – News Editor for Daily Edition Sethuraman Ramasamy – Editor for Metronews Ponmalar – Editor for Mithran Mohamed Fairooz – Editor for Vidivelli Achievements Virakesari was voted the "Best Designed Newspaper" at the "Journalism Awards for Excellence 2005" by the Editors Guild and the Sri Lanka Press Institute. In 2010 virakesari.lk won the title of "Sri Lankas' Favorite Tamil Website" in polling conducted by bestweb.lk. Foreign editions Due to the significant numbers of SriLankan Tamil population (diaspora) spread across the world, Virakesari has become a world-renowned name in Tamil. Virakesari has a Weekly edition printed in Doha and distributed around the states of Middle East. The Sunday Virakesari is distributed in over 15 countries including United States, Canada, UK, France, Germany, India, Middle East, New Zealand and Australia. References External links E-paper Daily newspapers published in Sri Lanka Newspapers established in 1930 Tamil-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka 1930 establishments in Ceylon Indian Tamil journalists of Sri Lanka