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තමන්ගේ කුණු ගැන මුලින්ම බලා ගමු

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මෑතකදී ලංකාවේ මීතොටමුල්ලේ සිදුවූ ව්‍යසනයෙන් පසු බොහෝ දෙනා කසල ප්‍රතිචක්‍රීකරණය ගැන කතා බහ වන කරුණකි. මෙවැනි විපත් හිදී අන් අයට ඇඟිලි දිගු කරනවා වෙනුවට, ඒවා මින් මතු සිදු නොවීමට වග බලා ගත යුතුය.

කසල යනු කොතරම් දියුණු රටකට වුවද මඟ හැරිය නොහැකි ගැටළුවකි.  ඉතිරි වන ආහාර, කැඩුණු බිඳුණු උපකරණ වැනි දේ බැහැර කලයුතු බව සැබෑවකි. අපට කලහැක්කේ ඒවා අවම කිරීම පමණකි.

කසල වල වැඩිම තර්ජනයක් ඇති කරන්නේ පොලිතීන් මගිනි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වාර්ෂිකව පොලිතින් මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් 500,000 ක් ආනයනය කරන අතර ඉන් 30% පමණ නැවත අපනයන සඳහා භාවිතා වී 70% ක්ම රට තුල ඉතිරි වේ. එය මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් 350,000 ක් පමණ අධික ප්‍රමාණයකි. ඒවායින් 40% පමණ ප්‍රතිචක්‍රීකරණයට ලක් කරණ අතර ඉතිරි 60% ම කසල වශයෙන් බැහැර වේ. එනම් සියළුම ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන්ගේ ඇවෑමෙන් මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් 200,000 ක ප්‍රමාණයක් වාර්ෂිකව පරිසරයට මුදා හරින බවයි. මෙහි සැලකිය යුතු ප්‍රමාණක් බත් කොල (lunch sheets) සහ පොලිතීන් උර (shopping bags) වන අතර සමීක්ෂණ වලට අනුව ශ්‍රි ලාංකිකයන් දෛනිකව බත් කොල මිලියන 15ක් ද පොලිතීන් කවර මිලියන 20ක් ද පරිබෝජනය කරන බව පසක් වී ඇත.

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Google I/O Extended 2017 – Sri Lanka

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Google I/O 2016

Yes, it’s that time of the year. It’s the time that everyone has been waiting for. Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2017 is just around the corner, and the registrations will start soon. This is about what Google I/O Extended is and why you should not miss it.

Google I/O is the annual conference of Google where they announce their upcoming technologies and products in both software and hardware departments. The conference is held for two days in San Francisco, California, USA and this time it’s on May 17th and 18th. Google invite people all around the world to watch their live stream and to host extended events parallel to theirs. Google Developer Group (GDG) chapters will be the ones who take the lead in organizing and hosting the official extended events for their country or region.

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PureLankan – Sri Lankan eBook Store

Are you a bookworm? Do you travel so often?? Love to read Sri Lankan authors’ books but don’t like to carry them all wherever you go??? Well, guess what! Purelankan is the ultimate solution just for you.

Purelankan is an app that you can find eBooks by Sri Lankan authors for those who live far away from Sri Lanka or for those who like to keep the weight light when travel. Now you can quit searching for Sri Lankan books in physical stores abroad. Just download the ‘purelankan’ app to your iPad and start reading. Isn’t that smart and simple?

Purelankan was founded by Lahiru Wickramasinghe and his life partner Chathurani Abeyratne in 2014. Lahiru was an Anandian and did his higher studies in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire and is currently working in Singapore. Chathurani Abeyratne completed her Masters from the University of Melbourne and Bachelors from the National University of Singapore.

Go and check out the website for more info: www.purelankan.com

ලාංකික චිත්‍රකතාවේ සිංහ උදානය – Lionborn

Sachi Ediriweera

සචී එදිරිවීර

අප සැවොම දන්නා සිංහබාහු පුරාවෘත්තය යළිත් අප අතර කතාබහට ලක්කරවමින්, ඉතිහාසගත කතාන්දරයක් මත පදනම් වූ ප්‍රථම ශ්‍රී ලාංකික චිත්‍ර කතාව ලෙස Lionborn එළි දැක්වෙන්නේ සචී එදිරිවීර නම් වූ තරුණ කලාකරුවාගේ උත්සාහයක ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙසිණි. Filmbox ආයතනයේ ආරම්භකයා වන සචී එදිරිවීර කෙටි සිනමා අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරයෙකු ද වන අතර මෙය ඔහුගේ ප්‍රථම චිත්‍රකතා සංග්‍රහයයි. මොහු විශිෂ්ට නිර්මාණකරුවෙකු වන අතර, එම සිතුවම් වලින් ඔහුගේ Instagram ගිණුම විචිත්‍රවත් වී ඇත.

Lionborn හි කතා රචනය සහ සිතුවම් නිර්මාණය සචී එදිරිවීර විසින් වන අතර සිතුවම් වර්ණ ගැන්වීම සිදුවී ඇත්තේ ඇමරිකානු ජාතික ක්‍රිස් ලිස්මාන් විසිනි. මෙම මස 20 සහ 21 දෙදින තුළ පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ලංකා කොමික් කොන් 2016 උළෙලේදී මෙම චිත්‍ර කතා සංග්‍රහය එළි දැක්වීමට නියමිතය. Read More

The 10 Most Useful Apps on PlayStore in SriLanka

Smartphones have made life really easier for the masses, thanks to the numerous apps which have enhanced the overall productivity. In case you were wondering how you can increase your productivity and get the best out of your smartphone, the following 10 apps will help you in this regards.

BBC News

BBC news app is one of the best apps in the Play Store. It allows you to get both worldwide and local news on the go. To the point reporting makes this app really useful as you can get updates of all major news events on your phone.

LinkedIn Job Search

LinkedIn is one of the most compact and reliable platform where you can engage with potential employers and make connections with industry gurus. With the LinkedIn Job Search app, you can search jobs in major companies in Sri Lanka.

Facebook

Facebook is the largest social media platform. The Facebook app allows you to perform all Facebook activities with complete ease on your smartphone. You can share photos, do check-ins etc.

Kaymu Online Shopping App

Kaymu is one of largest online shopping communities in Sri Lanka. The app allows you to browse through your favorite products and buy with ease. The app is comprehensive enough and has a clean, simple design for easy navigation.

AccuWeather

If you are looking to get all the weather updates on your smartphone, then AccuWeather is a great app to have. It gives you weather schedule of 14 days, allowing you to plan your days well in advance.

Dictionary – Merriam-Webster

It is always useful to have a dictionary with you. Sometimes, you may not know the meaning of a word, and an instant check on the phone can help you out. Merriam-Webster is a comprehensive dictionary, which is completely free to use.

eBay

eBay is one of the most popular online marketplaces in Sri Lanka. There are numerous sellers selling their products online. Buyers can go online and find the best deals. The eBay app allows you to view all listings and makes bids right from your phone.

PhotoDirector Photo Editor App

We all love to take photos and selfies, but sometimes we just wish that we could edit the taken pictures slightly to make them look better. For such purposes, PhotoDirector photo editor app is perfect as it allows you to edit photos, make collages etc.

TuneIn Radio

Ever wished you could play your play some great music on the go or in free time? The TuneIn Radio is a great app for such purposes. It has radio stations from all over the world. You can listen to any radio station or podcast of your choice and have the time of your life.

Zomato App

Fond of getting your favorite pizza delivered to your doorsteps? You can now do so by the Zomato app from your phone. The app has all the restaurants in your area listed, along with their menu. You can simply add items to your cart and get them delivered to your home.

These are the 10 most useful apps idea on Play Store for people in Sri Lanka. These apps will help you get the most out of your phone and will make you more productive in your daily life. 

PayPal Android App is Now Available for Sri Lanka

Introduction

For those who don’t know what is PayPal; It is a place where you can add multiple credit/debit cards, banks, and other money transaction methods in one place. It is most secured and easiest way to do online money transactions. Most people those who do online transactions and who has an eBay account are more likely to have a PayPal account. The web access to PayPal was granted some years ago but for Sri Lankans, Android App wasn’t available to download until recently.

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Why PayPal?

There are many advantages having a PayPal account. Most of all, major online companies such as eBay, Amazon, etc prefers to do transaction through PayPal account. It is secure and fast. One place to manage your all online transaction accounts.

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What Are the Benefits?

Let’s see some advantages that PayPal offers.

  1. TAP INTO YOUR MONEY

    • Send money to almost anywhere in the world in just seconds.

    • Manage all the ways you send, receive, and spend money at a glance.

  1. SEND MONEY IN SECONDS

    • Send money to PayPal users in over 100 countries using just their email address or mobile number.

  1. GET PAID WITH EASE

    • Send a request for money that allows people to pay you back with just a tap. Whether you’re collecting money for a group gift or something you sold online, we make it easy for them and even easier for you.

  1. STAY ON TOP OF IT ALL

    • Whenever you send, receive, and spend money with PayPal, the app sends an instant notification to help you keep track of it all. Whether you use PayPal Credit, your balance, your bank, or your debit and credit cards to pay with PayPal – you can find everything and anything you need to simply manage it all in this secure app.

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Where Can I Get It?

Yes! Long waited app is finally here!

Here is the link to quick Android download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paypal.android.p2pmobile

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University of Moratuwa wins world THIRD at IEEEXtream programming competition

IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE Student members, supported by an IEEE Student Branch, advised and proctored by an IEEE member, compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems. Competition is conducted by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), which is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.

This is an annual competition IEEE student branch of University of Moratuwa participates each year and surely secures a set of places. This year the competition occurred for the 8th consecutive year, and our budding engineers competed with the world to bring down five places in the first hundred, including the 3rd place which is the highest percentage of any participating university.

Team Oops’ from UOM with members Thilina Sameera Ambagahawaththa, Nipuna Randunu Samarasekara and Varuna Jayasiri proudly bagged the global 3rd place competing with 2000+ other teams. ‘Team Ewoks’ from UOM secured the rank 15 as well.

Congratulations all the winners and thanks for bringing the glory to the country.

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Check some example questions of this competition