වෙඩි හඬින් නිහඬ කළ කට හඬක සාඩම්බරය! ප්‍රේමකීර්ති ද අල්විස්‌

මෙම ලිපිය පළවන්නේ ප්‍රේමකීර්ති ඝාතනය කොට 
වසර 22 ක්‌ පිරීම නිමිත්තෙනි.

"ලොවින් එකෙක්‌ එක්‌ දෙයකට වෙයි සමත" යන පැරැණි සිංහල කියමන සනාථ කරන නිර්මාණ ශිල්පීන් දෙදෙනකු මෑත ඉතිහාසයේ අපට හමුවෙයි. ඒ විශිෂ්ට කලාකරුවන් දෙදෙනා මහගමසේකර සහ සමරවීර මුදලිගේ දොන් ප්‍රේමකීර්ති ද අල්විස්‌ නම් වෙති. 60 දශකයේ අග භාගයේ කලඑළි බසින ප්‍රේමකීර්ති චරිතය, නූතන FM මාල ගිරවුන්ට සහ ගිරවියන්ට සේම, විවිධ විද්යුත් නාලිකා ඔස්‌සේ එක්‌ රැයෙකින් දැල්වී, නිවී යන කෝකිල කෝකිලාවන්ට ගැඹුරින් අධ්‍යයනය කර චරිතායනය කරගැනීමෙන් හරවත් පෞරුෂයක්‌ හා සාර්ථක අනාගතයක්‌ උරුම කරගත හැකි චරිතයකි. මරා දමා 22 වසරක්‌ ගතවීත් මෙතෙක්‌ කිසිදු ශාස්‌ත්‍රීය අධ්‍යයනයකට හසු නොවූ මෙම කුඩා මිනිසාගේ උත්තුංග නිර්මාණ මෙහෙවර පිළිබඳ යමක්‌ සටහන් කිරීම ඔහු සජීවීව දුටු පළමු පරපුරේ පුරවැසියකු සතු වගකීමක්‌ ලෙස මම සලකමි.

Deadly blast hits Norway's capital - Europe - Al Jazeera English

Deadly blast hits Norway's capital - Europe - Al Jazeera English

Buddhism denigrated on Facebook

Courtesy - Daily Mirror By Lakna Paranamanna 

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT) said yesterday it had received many complaints from Facebook users regarding profiles that contain material derogatory to Buddhism.

Senior Information Security Engineer Rohana Palliyaguru of SLCERT, the national centre for cyber security, speaking to Daily Mirror said several complaints had been made concerning Facebook users who had circulated material that degraded Buddhism. 

However, Mr. Palliyaguru said they were not in a position to block such accounts under the current conditions.

Therefore he urged Facebook users with similar grievances, to make their complaints directly to the Facebook.

“If they receive a considerable amount of such complaints concerning a particular account, they will take measures to de-activate such accounts,” he added.

SLCERT earlier this year announced that it had received more than 650 complaints within about eight months concerning Facebook crimes and said the majority of them were on fake accounts and password thefts.

SLCERT, upon investigating the complaints, took measures to cancel the fake accounts. 

The monkey son

Once a young monkey wanted to leave his family and see the world. Jumping from one tree top to another, he entered a village border. The village children flocked to see the monkey.

“He is all alone,” one said.

“Let’s catch and cage him,” said another.

Several other boys wanted to pelt stones at the animal thinking it will throw some fruits in return. But that did not happen. Looked as if the monkey was molested.

“Oh, these kids,” the young monkey was thinking, “Why do they ill-treat me? I got to hide somewhere.”

So finally he reached a hut and saw an old woman on a wooden bench. She was meditative and looked kind hearted. The young monkey instinctively felt this is the ideal place to hide. So he jumped onto the roof, and from a roof crevice he jumped down.

“Oh you, what brought you here?” She asked.

“Dear mother,” pleaded the monkey.

“Please save me from those naughty boys. They want to kill me, I don’t know why.”

“You can hide under the bed in the room.”

After awhile the boys came and asked the woman:

“Did you see a monkey coming this way?”

“Yes, I saw a young one. Go that way, you will find him,” she pointed her finger towards the forest. Then the old woman called the boys and said: “You should not harm that creature. He looked a good-hearted animal. He also needs human care and kindness.”

The village boys did not respond negatively. One of them said, “We just want him to be with us.”

Sri Lanka, a wildlife 'Hot Spot' - The West Australian

Sri Lanka is a wildlife Hot Spot, boasting more than 400 species of birds and large game such as buffalo, crocodile and elephant, while also reputedly being the best place in the world to spot leopards, The West Australian said. Writer Liam Creedon states after throwing off the shackles of a war, Sri Lanka has woken up to its vast tourist potential.

As a result, Sri Lanka is fast becoming a top wildlife destination and a six-day tour promised to provide a glimpse of the island's impressive diversity, he said.

Sinharaja rain forest reserve is an amphibian hotspot, with new specimens still being discovered, The West Australian added. "Our next destination was the Yala national park the island - the home of Sri Lanka's other great feline icon - the leopard," the writer said. Courtesy www.priu.gov.lk