As a nation we are very happy to see Sinhala Unicode is spreading & people making use of it. Thanks to the Sinhala Unicode, now Sri Lankans can access web using a Sinhala web browser, that’s one & only Sinhala Firefox.

In this success story, only one man was there behind the scene. His name is Danishka Navin. Personally I know how he worked day & night for on behalf of all Sri Lankans who are willing to access web in their own mother tongue.

But after seeing those articles & news, I realize that ICTA is trying to get the credit of doing this along with University of Moratuwa & Danishka is totally thrown away.

We should appreciate Danishka for this invaluable work & if he wasn’t here there won’t be any Sinhala Firefox.

So Danishka this is my appreciation for the tremendous work you did for the NATION!

PS: Machan Danishka, I will prepare those Sinhala FF3 web banners when I get back to Sri Lanka on end of next week.

Aranxa is a Software Products and Services delivery company based in Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2. Our business focus is product Implementation services of our own Medical Booking System and Website Content Management System (CMS) on the Java/Open Source and Microsoft platforms.

Our CMS product is being used by one of UK’s largest Book publishers and requires us to build and maintain a large number of Websites using technologies such as Streaming Video, e-books and Internet TV.We offer exciting job opportunities and an attractive remuneration package for candidates with the right qualifications and abilities in these fields.

You will be part of an enthusiastic team of software engineers carrying out software development in a professional environment where you will have the opportunity to work with these new and emerging technologies as well as leading edge development tools and methods for our international client base.

Key Responsibilities;

• Proactive involvement in design, Coding and perform developer level testing.
• Prepare and understand developer level documentation of the system.

Experience & Qualifications;

• Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent training and experience.
• 2-3 years of work experience.
• Web development expertise using ASP.NET, C# .NET, VB.NET, MS SQL 2000/2005, ASP, Javascripts.
• CMS (Content Management System) development experience using DNN (Dot Net Nuke).
• Object-oriented programming experience.
• Web services knowledge would be an asset.
• Ability to perform under pressure with time sensitive delivery situations.
• Ability to work and contribute in team-based software development environment and perform in self directed environment.
• Excellent communication skills in English and interpersonal skills.

Candidates should be prepared to travel overseas on project related work for short periods of time.

Please send in your application to naresh@aranxa.com with the mail subject line indicating clearly which position you are applying for. If there is a match between your profile and the requirements of this position, we will contact you for an interview.

Aranxa Software (Pte) Ltd., is a Software Products and Services delivery company in Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 02. Our UI team requires the following skilled UI Engineer to support our on-going development projects.

You’ll be creating layouts, user interfaces, client ads, as well as developing the creative for in-house marketing and branding initiatives.

Skills:

• Superior concept development.
• Excellent knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator & Flash.
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS & Javascript.
• Thorough understanding of cross-browser, front-end development issues.
• Solid grasp of web standards, information architecture and enhancing the user experience.
• Ability to perform under pressure with time sensitive situations.
• Ability to work and contribute in team environment.
• Ability to perform in self directed environment.
• 2+ years of industry experience with portfolio of atleast 5 websites/UI.

Candidate should be prepared to travel overseas on project related work for short period of time.

Please send in your applications to naresh@aranxa.com with the mail subject line indicating clearly which position you are applying for. If there is a match between your profile and the requirements of this position, we will contact you for an interview.

Aranxa Software (Pte) Ltd., is a Software Products and Services delivery company in Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 02. Our development team requires the following skilled Web Content Administrator to support our on-going development projects.

REQUIRED SKILLS;

• Upload new content, and update existing content on websites when needed, using mainly the Content Management System.
• Quality check texts to be published on the web.
• Contribute to optimizing content for web publishing.
• Manage the Webmaster mailbox and follow up issues raised in incoming mails.
• Provide support to web quality assurance, control and perform functional tests on websites.
• Ensuring the proper functioning of websites and making sure that the links are correct.

RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS;

• Experience of using a Web Content Management Systems.
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and SQL.
• High general IT skills, including professional experience of MS Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access).
• Ability to understand and manage Database applications.
• Experience of format conversions, production of PDF files and graphic manipulation.
• Good communication skills.
• Fluent in spoken & written English.
• Team player.

Candidate should be prepared to travel overseas on project related work for short period of time.

Please send in your applications to naresh@aranxa.com with the mail subject line indicating clearly which position you are applying for. If there is a match between your profile and the requirements of this position, we will contact you for an interview.

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UK based web design studio is seeking mid/senior level resources to fill following vacancies.

Resources should have a decent access broadband internet from their home.

Should have a dev box running using WinXP or Linux with, PHP, MySQL, Apache installed on it.

Working hours will be the normal UK work hours (ideally from 9.00 AM – 6 PM (GMT 0)).

Both these positions required minimum of 18 months work experience in the relevant environments.

Mid/Senior Level PHP Developer/Consultant (Work from home)

• Excellent knowledge on PHP, MySQL
• Fairly good knowledge in JavaScripting
• Awareness in PHP frameworks including CakePHP, Symfony, Zend
• Good in object oriented approach
• Awareness of third party tool integration (i.e. Paypal, Google Analytics, Zen Cart, osCommerce)
• Good in developing web sites, web based applications using PHP, MySQL
• Good in database design
• Expert in XML related technologies
• At least two to three years experience in developing web applications using the above technologies
• Most of the time you will be getting the detail job description plus the materials such as UI templates in either JPEG or PSD formats
• You should know how to build re-usable components in order to cut down the development time for the future engagements
• Should be a fast learner and good reader

Mid/Senior Level Developer/Consultant for Joomla and/or Drupal Customization (Work from home)

• Good knowledge in customizing Drupal/Joomla modules knowledgeable on what we can do and cannot do via the existing modules and the plugins
• Previous experience in customizing Joomla/Drupal including the eCommerce
• Expertise in integrating or building new modules for Joomla/Drupal
• Knowledge on how to build skins for Joomla/Drupal is an advantage

Please send your resumes with previous work samples. Share a portfolio which cover the project engagement history and the technologies been used. It’s better to mention the live references such as web site addresses etc.

Attractive remuneration package and an excellent career growth plan is available for the right candidates and company will provide you a competitive, challenging and multi cultural work environment.

Please forward your resumes to talents@rentalalliance.co.uk within 7 day.

ඊයේ මම ඔෆිස් ඉඳල ගෙදර ආවෙ මැරතන් එක දුවන ගමන් IPL 20-20 එක බලන්න. කොහෙද ඉතින් කනේ ගෑවෙන නොගෑවෙන තරමට අකුණු ගහනව, ADSL වැඩත් නැහැ Dialog TV එකත් වැඩ නැහැ.

ඊට පස්සෙ ඉතින් පොතක් කියවන්න ගත්තා, අයියෝ අකුණකුත් එක්ක විදුලියටත් ඇනයක් හිටියා. වෙන කරන්න දෙයක් නැති නිසා නිදා ගත්තා. දැන් ටිකකට ඉස්සෙල්ලා තමයි ඇහැඇරුනේ.

කට්ටියම සරුවට මැරතන් එක දුවල තියෙනවා. සීතල වතුර, පොල් කිරි, උනු තේ… මලින්ත රෑ නිදාගෙන තියෙන්නෙ පූසොත් එක්ක වගේ.

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Today, 3rd March 2008, Sri Sumangala College, Panadura celebrating her 99th birthday.

Sri Sumangala College was established in Panadura on March 03, 1909 (popularly known as “Town Branch” at latter stages), in a land belonging to Rankoth Vihara Temple just 25 km south of Colombo, fulfilling the vision of six Philanthrophists of Panadura, namely, M Cornelis Perera, together with Mudliar Thomas Rodrigo, M. Mathes Salgado, P. C. H. Dias, P. Lewis Dias and P. Domingo Dias. The prime idea was to deliver an education to the children of Panadura, in English at a standard equal that of a Colombo school. The first Principal was Mr. Thomas E. Gooneratne who held the principalship for three years.

The school was further expanded with the help and contributions from the philanthropists / old boys. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 24th of March 1940 by Mr. P de S Kularatne, an Educationist of great repute on a land gifted by the first student of the College, Mr. M. Walter Salgado and situated at Nalluruwa, about one-and-a-half Kilometres south of Panadura town. The new building was to be ceremonially opened by the Governor of Ceylon, H.E. Andrew Caldecott on the 7th of August 1942, but due to unavoidable circumstance it was declared opened by the Governor’s Legal Secretary, Mr.H. B. Nihill on behalf of the Governor. This event marks the beginning of expansion of our Alma Mater in the new premises and the first Principal was Mr. P.J. Jayaratne. The establishment of Sri Sumangala College was a boon to those who sought higher education in English.

Sri Sumangala College with Principals like Abeyseela Ginige, during whose time the College executed a variety of extra – curricular activities.

Even the Old Boys’ Association was established under his auspices on 28th of October 1922, after 13 years after the establishment of the College. The management, which complied with the wishes of the Principals, granted Free Education in 1946. University Entrance classes were commenced in 1955 under Mr. K L V Alagiyawanna with a host of highly qualified Teachers, and had a success rate of about 85% in the very first year. During this period College achieved the Island’s Best Results in the University Entrance Examination.

Sri Sumangala College Junior Old Boys’ Association was formed in 1999.

The “Town Branch”, which housed the primary section of the school, was shifted to Nalluruwa in 1993 and the Principal at this time was Mr. D. E. Jayanetti. During this period, the College was among the 35 schools in Sri Lanka to be classified as a National School in the very first year of the classification system introduced and is considered the leading school in Kalutara District. However, due to ever-increasing demands for student admissions to Sri Sumangala College, and restrictions in the funds available to College from the Government, it has become an urgent need to carry out identified Priority Projects for the upliftment of the College for the welfare of the students and to make the environment conducive for students. The College has a student population around 4000 by year 2004.

Sumangalians | Joy is the result of wisdom

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