Articles by Harsha Wijayawardhana | Harsha Wijayawardhana Archive

National systems · Election infrastructure

Election software, secure intranet and official results distribution

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1998–2007 · Rural connectivity

From Kothmale Internet Community Radio to the Virtual Village

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2018–2021 · National commission

Buddhist Rights Commission: technology, communication and public service

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2010–2014 · National systems & digital forensics

Launching Sri Lanka’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System

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2004–2005 · Sinhala Unicode history

Making Sinhala Unicode visible: the logo, fonts.lk and Harsha’s rendering breakthrough

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1998–2018 · Internet history & ICANN

ICANN Sinhala Generation Panel and the first live Internet stream from Sri Maha Bodhi

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May 2011 · Speech & Internet governance

Presidential address at INET Colombo 2011

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2026-01-12 · News & public work

Recent discovered issues in sinhala unicode keyboard inputs

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2025-09-20 · News & public work

Linguistic Zero by Harsha Wijayawardhana Journey through time Searching for the Zero (Contd.) By Harsha Wijayawardhana (BSc./CITP/FBCS) COO / CTO Theekshana R&D Chair, Local Language Working Group (LLWG) of ICTA An Internet and Sinhala Unicode Pioneer

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2025-09-12 · News & public work

The recent work on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)in South and East Asian Scripts and especially in Sinhala

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2025-09-02 · News & public work

Presentation on Indian Brahmi Numerals (Journey through time Searching for the Zero (Contd.)) By Harsha Wijayawardhana (BSc., CITP, FBCS) COO / CTO Theekshana R&D Chair, Local Language Working Group (LLWG) of ICTA An Internet and Sinhala Unicode Pioneer

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2025-08-21 · News & public work

Brahmi and Pocket Watch Explanation by Harsha Wijayawardhana

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2025-08-21 · News & public work

Journey through time Searching for the Zero

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2025-05-05 · News & public work

Sri Lanka Celebrates Universal Acceptance Day 2025

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2024-06-14 · News & public work

UA WORKSHOP ON IDNS AND MULTILINGUAL INTERNET – DAY 02

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2024-06-06 · News & public work

UA WORKSHOP ON IDNS AND MULTILINGUAL INTERNET – DAY 01

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2024-04-02 · News & public work

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE DAY 2024 IN SRI LANKA

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2024-02-29 · News & public work

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE, EMAIL ADDRESS INTERNATIONALIZATION AND SINHALA UNICODE POLICYMAKERS’ MEETING AND WORKSHOP – 2024

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2024-01-20 · Helpcentre knowledge base

The proposal to encode Sinhala Rakaaraanshaya and Yanshaya in Unicode

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2023-10-30 · Helpcentre knowledge base

යුනිකේත ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම සහ රකාරාංසය , යන්සය විදැහුම්කරණ කිරීම

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2023-10-30 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Unicode Implementation and Rakaransaya, Yansaya Rendering Issue

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2023-10-30 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Unicode Implementation and Rakaransaya, Yansaya Rendering Issue

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2023-10-30 · Helpcentre knowledge base

විජේසේකර යතුරු පුවරුව භාවිතා කරන ආකාරය

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2023-08-26 · News & public work

Launching the new website of the Sinhala Dictionary Compilation Institute

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2023-06-09 · News & public work

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE

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2023-06-02 · News & public work

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE STEERING GROUP(UASG) – LOCAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOPS IN SRI LANKA

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2023-05-18 · Helpcentre knowledge base

අපගේ දේශීය භාෂා තාක්ෂණික සහාය මධ්‍යස්ථානයට ලැබුණු වැදගත් විමසුම් කිහිපයක්

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2023-05-18 · Helpcentre knowledge base

A few salient queries received by our helpcentre.lk hotlines

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2023-05-18 · Helpcentre knowledge base

සිංහල යුනිකේත භාවිතය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තිබෙන ප්‍රධාන විමසුම් කිහිපයක්

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2023-05-18 · Helpcentre knowledge base

A few salient queries received by our helpcentre.lk hotlines

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2023-04-11 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Sinhala Spelling Dictionary or Akshara Vinyasha Shabdakoshaya

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2023-04-11 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Sinhala Spelling Dictionary or Akshara Vinyasha Shabdakoshaya

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2023-04-05 · Helpcentre knowledge base

බහුලව භාවිතා වන සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂ, පරිවර්තක සහ Microsoft Office හි සිංහල සෝදුපත් මෙවලම්

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2023-04-02 · News & public work

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE DAY 2023 SRI LANKA

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2023-03-08 · Helpcentre knowledge base

மைக்ரோசாஃப்ட் ஆபிஸில் பொதுவாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் சில சிங்கள அகராதிகள், மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்கள் மற்றும் சிங்களச் சரிபார்ப்புக் கருவிகள்

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2023-03-08 · Helpcentre knowledge base

බහුලව භාවිතා වන සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂ, පරිවර්තක සහ Microsoft Office හි සිංහල සෝදුපත් මෙවලම්

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2023-03-08 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Some of the Most Commonly Used Sinhala Dictionaries, Translators and Sinhala Proofing Tools in Microsoft Office

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2023-03-08 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Some of the most commonly used Sinhala dictionaries, translators and Sinhala Proofing tools in Microsoft Office

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2023-02-24 · News & public work

Online Technical Training Program on 01 March at 3.00 pm by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry.

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2023-02-08 · Helpcentre knowledge base

සිංහල භාෂාව සඳහා විවිධ ආදාන ක්‍රම (දෙවන කොටස: Android උපාංග සඳහා ආදාන ක්‍රම)

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2023-02-07 · Helpcentre knowledge base

සිංහල භාෂාව සඳහා විවිධ ආදාන ක්‍රම (දෙවන කොටස: Android උපාංග සඳහා ආදාන ක්‍රම)

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2023-02-07 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Different Input Methods for Sinhala (Part II: Input Methods for Android and Apple Devices)

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2023-02-07 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Different Input Methods for Sinhala (Part II: Input Methods for Android Devices)

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2023-01-27 · News & public work

Online Technical Training Program on 31 January at 3.00 pm by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry.

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2023-01-26 · News & public work

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE WORKSHOP – ON 24TH and 25th JANUARY 2023 AT SLIDA

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2023-01-11 · Helpcentre knowledge base

සිංහල භාෂාව සඳහා විවිධ ආදාන ක්‍රම (පළමු කොටස)

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2023-01-11 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Different Input Methods for Sinhala (Part I)

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2023-01-11 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Different Input Methods for Sinhala (Part I)

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2022-12-09 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Rendering Issues due to “ZWJ” in Sinhala Domain Names and Impact of IDNA 2003 and IDNA 2008 on Sinhala Domain Names Implementation

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2022-12-09 · News & public work

Universal Acceptance Local Initiative Project – Press Conference

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2022-12-09 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Rendering Issues due to “ZWJ” in Sinhala Domain Names and Impact of IDNA 2003 and IDNA 2008 on Sinhala Domain Names Implementation

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2022-12-01 · News & public work

ICANN WORKSHOP – DAY 02

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2022-11-30 · News & public work

ICANN Workshop – Day 01

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2022-11-08 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Issues pertaining to rendering and resolving Labels with Conjunct Consonants, Rakaransaya and Yansaya forms in Sinhala Script

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2022-11-08 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Issues pertaining to rendering and resolving Labels with Conjunct Consonants, Rakaransaya and Yansaya forms in Sinhala Script

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2022-10-26 · News & public work

Free Online Technical Training Program – Organized by Theekshana R&D in collaboration with LK Domain registry.

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2022-09-30 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) and Universal Acceptance (UA)

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2022-09-30 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) and Universal Acceptance (UA)

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2022-08-25 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Current Status of Sinhala Unicode with issues identified and workarounds, if available, based upon testing performed on selected Mobile and Desktop Operating Systems

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

யூனிகோட் அறிமுகம் மற்றும் யூனிகோட் எழுத்துருக்களைப் பயன்படுத்தி சிங்களத்தில் தட்டச்சு செய்து சேமிப்பது எப்படி

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

සිංහල පිටපතෙහි විකාශනය

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Sinhala as a living language in the Digital Age

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Sinhala Zero and Large Numbers in Sinhala Mathematics— an Analysis Based Upon the Pujavaliya

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Introduction to Unicode and how to type and store in Sinhala using Unicode Fonts

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Introduction to Unicode and how to type and store in Sinhala using Unicode Fonts

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Help Centre for Sinhala and Tamil Unicode

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Sinhala Zero and Large Numbers in Sinhala Mathematics— an analysis based upon the Pujavaliya

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base

Sinhala as a living language in the Digital Age

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2022-07-06 · Helpcentre knowledge base