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WELCOME TO LOCAL LANGUAGE TECHNICAL HELP CENTRE
Theekshana R & D, a company by Guarantee and founded by the University of Colombo School of Computing, established the Local Language Technical Help Centre in 2019. It is a pioneering initiative sponsored by LK Domain Registry.

Online Technical Training Program on 01 March at 3.00 pm by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry.
Online Technical Training Program on 01 March at 3.00 pm by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry. Free and Open to the PublicMarch 01, 2023 3.00 PM – 4.30 PM Speaker:Harsha Wijayawardhana B.Sc.(Miami), FBCS, CITPChief Operating Officer /Theekshana R & DChairman – Local Language Working Group Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84820493699?pwd=WW1Nc0tWYmRvUXovN3E3OE50OUthUT09 Meeting ID: 848 2049…

Online Technical Training Program on 31 January at 3.00 pm by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry.
Online Technical Training Program on 31 January at 3.00 pm by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry. Free and Open to the Public January 31, 2022 3.00 PM – 4.30 PM Speaker:Harsha Wijayawardhana B.Sc.(Miami), FBCS, CITPChief Operating Officer /Theekshana R & DChairman – Local Language Working Group Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89761373719?pwd=OCtTNmpJOWN3TUxFdHJySndyOEtUZz09 Meeting ID: 897…

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE WORKSHOP – ON 24TH and 25th JANUARY 2023 AT SLIDA
UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE WORKSHOP – ON 24TH and 25th JANUARY 2023 AT SLIDA Universal Acceptance Local Initiative in Sri Lanka – ICANN workshop was held on 24th Tuesday and 25th Wednesday January, 2023 at SLIDA. Mr. Champika Wijayatunga and Mr. Harsha Wijayawardhana were the main resource persons of this event. Following topics were discussed at the…

Universal Acceptance Local Initiative Project – Press Conference
Universal Acceptance Local Initiative Project – Press Conference ICANN, Theekshana R&D, and LK Domain Registry successfully carried out the two-day workshop of the project on the 28th and 29th of November 2022. Mr. Champika Wijayatunga, Technical Engagement Manager for Asia Pacific region at ICANN, carried out the first workshop with Mr. Harsha Wijayawardhana, COO/CTO Theekshana…

ICANN WORKSHOP – DAY 02
Universal Acceptance Local Initiative in Sri Lanka – ICANN Workshop – Day 02 Universal Acceptance Local Initiative in Sri Lanka – ICANN workshop was held on 29th Tuesday November, 2022 at SLIDA. Mr. Champika Wijayatunga and Mr. Harsha Wijayawardhana were the main resource persons of this event.

ICANN Workshop – Day 01
Universal Acceptance Local Initiative in Sri Lanka – ICANN Workshop – Day 01 Universal Acceptance Local Initiative in Sri Lanka – ICANN workshop was held on 28th Monday November, 2022 at SLIDA. Prof. Sarmad Hussain, Mr. Champika Wijayatunga and Mr. Harsha Wijayawardhana were the main resource persons of this event.

Successfully Conducted a Sinhala Unicode Training Program to All Ceylon Buddhist Congress – සිංහල යුනිකේත පුහුණු වැඩසටහන, සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනය
සිංහල යුනිකේත පුහුණු වැඩසටහන සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනය මගින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලැබූ සිංහල යුනිකේත පුහුණු වැඩසටහන 2022 නොවැම්බර් මස 21 වෙනි දින සාර්ථකව පවත්වනු ලැබීය. මෙහෙයවීම තීක්ෂණ R&D ආයතනය සංවිධානය සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනය සාකච්ඡා කරනු ලැබූ මාතෘකා සිංහල යුනිකේත පිළිබඳ හැදින්වීම සිංහල යතුරු පුවරුව භාවිතය විවිධ සිංහල යුනිකේත අක්ෂර වර්ග හදුන්වාදීම සිංහල…

Free Online Technical Training Program – Organized by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry.
Online Technical Training Program – Organized by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry. Free and Open to the Public – October 31, 2022 3.00 PM – 4.30 PM Join Zoom Meeting using this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84774920269?pwd=azh5YlUrbGRmSEs4K0pKVHo3bk5hdz09 Speaker: Harsha Wijayawardhana B.Sc.(Miami), FBCS, CITP Chief Operating Officer /Theekshana R & D Chairman – Local Language Working…

ICANN75 session – Celebrating the Multistakeholder Model in the Development of RZ-LGR
ICANN75 had a session to celebrate the accomplishments of all Generation Panels (GPs).With great effort from GP members, ICANN now has 26 scripts integrated into the RZ-LGR version 5.This session was held at 21st September 2022. Please visit to ICANN Web Site – https://www.icann.org/en

Resolving the Sinhala Rendering Issue – Installing the latest Iskoola Pota on Microsoft Windows 10 and 11
In Sinhala words with the letter ර්, the letter ර් switches position with any letter which is in the right of the above letter, in web browsers and Microsoft Office version.Examples වර්ග displays as වගර් අන්තර්ගතය displays as අන්තගර්තය To resolve this problem, you can install the latest Iskoola Pota version with the following steps….

Sinhala Unicode Rendering and Displaying issues on Chrome, Microsoft Word and Firefox
Note that the following rendering issues are occurred when typing Sinhala words with the letter ර්, the letter ර් switches position with any letter which is in the right of the above letter.Following are the identified web browsers and MS Office versions.We have managed to verify those on Chrome and some Firefox browsers. Any of…

සිංහල යුනිකේත පුහුණු වැඩසටහන – Sinhala Unicode Training Program
Aug 26, 2022 10:00 AM සංවිධානය – කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ සිංහල අධ්යයන අංශය සහ Local Language Working Group
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Detailed discussion on Unicode, UTF and How to handle Unicode in Database Online Webinar held on 2022_03_08
Topics of Discussion *Discussion on UTF-8 and Unicode – Database Handling – Sorting – Optimization Queries * How to handle Database Connection using Python, Php, and Java * Input methods for Sinhala and Tamil * Using different Unicode Fonts – Available Fonts – About Printing

Detailed discussion on Unicode, UTF and How to handle Unicode in Database Online Webinar held on 2022_02_14
Topics of Discussion ———————————- * Discussion on UTF-8 and Unicode – Database Handling – Sorting – Optimization Queries * How to handle Database Connection using Python, Php, and Java * Input methods for Sinhala and Tamil * Using different Unicode Fonts – Available Fonts – About Printing

Listen to SLBC “Smart World” Program on 2nd April(Friday) at 5.30PM on Sinhala Commercial Service (FM 94.3 / 94.5). This programme will be proudly sponsored by .LK Domain Registry.
Listen to SLBC “Smart World” Program on 2nd April(Friday) at 5.30PM on Sinhala Commercial Service (FM 94.3 / 94.5). This programme will be proudly sponsored by .LK Domain Registry.

Listen to “Smart World” on this Friday (5th February 2021) at 5.30 pm on SLBC Sinhala Commercial Service (FM 94.3 / 94.5)
Listen to SLBC “Smart World” Program on 5th February(Friday) at 5.30PM on Sinhala Commercial Service (FM 94.3 / 94.5). This programme will be proudly sponsored by .LK Domain Registry.

THE ONLINE “SINHALA UNICODE” TRAINING PROGRAM WAS HELD BY MR. HARSHA WIJAYAWARDHANA FOR BANK of CEYLON.
The online “Sinhala Unicode” Training program was held on 23rd December 2020 by Mr. Harsha Wijayawardhana with Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka. The training session mainly discussed about following topics. Introduction to Sinhala Unicode Importance of using Sinhala Unicode Sinhala Unicode char

Listen to “Smart World” on this Friday (11th December 2020) at 5.30 pm on SLBC Sinhala Commercial Service (FM 94.3 / 94.5).
Make all your inquiries with related to Sinhala Unicode. Listen to SLBC “Smart World” Program on 11th December(Friday) at 5.30PM on Sinhala Commercial Service (FM 94.3 / 94.5). This programme will be proudly sponsored by .LK Domain Registry.

SINHALA UNICODE RADIO PROGRAM on “SMART WORLD” on SLBC- JUNE 2020
Listen to us on Friday, 26th June 2020 from 17:30-18:00 UTC+05:30 on “SLBC – Welada Sewaya” – FM 94.3 / 94.5. This program has done by Mr. Harsha Wijayawardhana, COO of Theekshana R & D, in collaboration with LK Domain Registry.
Objectives of Local Language Technical Help Centre
- To assist in addressing Sinhala and Tamil Localization issues when using Digital devices in local languages by having interactive mechanisms to submit technical issues and problems either through the website or by calling the helpline, and to document those issues
- To carry out Localization training through face-to-face workshops, seminars, webinars, etc.
- To maintain online training materials, presentations, and articles on Sinhala and Tamil Unicode through a comprehensive website and social media and also to maintain a database of technical issues online with any solutions, workaround, etc.
- To disseminate information on the latest patches and workarounds
- To liaise with developers, such as Microsoft, Google, Adobe, etc., on localization products and tools to solve identified technical issues and problems
- To conduct a national awareness in Sinhala and Tamil Unicode
- To assist Policy Making such as ICTA and SLSI to create new policies on localization; to liaise with International bodies such as Unicode Consortium, ISO, etc. if changes or alterations require in Sinhala and Tamil Unicode standards
- To assist ICTA Local Language Working Group (LLWG) in conducting its monthly meeting
Sinhala and Tamil Unicode function on all operating systems without any issues. Users have identified some technical problems and glitches unique to Software Applications. Help Centre intends to test and monitor and find solutions or workaround for those glitches and problems.