Sinhala Unicode: A Real Problem or Just Fabrications

This is an explanation and/or constructive criticism on some claims made on the already standardized Sinhala Unicode system.

Claims
1) The letters like “ඩු” (DU) has not been stored in UNICODE. Instead it creates ඩු (DU) in this way = ඩ + පාපිල්ල = ඩු (DA + Papilla = DU) which is wrong!
2) All letters that [...]

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Music and Sri Lanka | සංගීතය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

In this strange country..
No ugly Art, can win national prizes!
No disoriented Dance, can entertain mass public!
No horrible Film, can break box office records!
But,
Any terrible song, can hit all TV / radio stations overnight!
An amateur who cannot sing even the 7 major notes, can become the most popular!
Any voiceless person, can record his own album and [...]

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Dear Press People, Stop the Bloody Copying!

I saw some posts listed on kottu regarding an issue of copying blog posts (gedi pitin) and publishing on so called national newspapers without adding proper references. I have seen this several times and also It’s becoming an issue. Not only they copy from blogs but from several places such as Wikipedia as an example.
I [...]

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Choise of Sri Lankans

A propaganda is building up against current government of Sri Lanka. Some people are on Human Rights Violations and some people on Economy Downfall. Both are crucial for a country and not very well managed here in Sri Lanka as far as I feel.
Even all of us accept the fact that Politicians created and fertilized [...]

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Top 11 facilities of Private Buses

This is a brief description about facilities that Sri Lankan Private Buses are offering.
1) Busss are timely arranged. So that people reach their destinations without a problem.
2) Bus Stops(Halts) are only spots where they stop
3) Always wait for people to get on and do that even more when people get down.
4) Bus Conductors communicate with [...]

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