I HAVE TIME

Mervyn Silva, sacked deputy minister, mooches around by a traffic light in Kirigbathgoda watching the clock tower he ceremonially unveiled, Friday. His security detail which incidentally was supposed to have been withdrawn, held up traffic at the busy junction.

ඩිම්බ කෝෂවලින් සිදුවන්නේ කුමක්‌ද?

කාන්තාවකට ආවේණික මූලිකම අවයවයන් ලෙස ඩිම්බ කෝෂ හැඳින්විය හැකිය. කුඩා බිළිඳෙකු උපදින විට ඇය ගැහැනු දරුවකු ලෙස හඳුනා ගන්නේ බාහිර ප්‍රජනන අවයවවල පෙනුමෙනි. නමුත් ගැහැනු දැරියකගේ ප්‍රජනක පද්ධතියේ වැදගත් ප්‍රජනන අවයව ශරිර අභ්‍යන්තරයේ ඇත. එනම් ඩිම්බ කෝෂ යුගලයක්‌, පැලෝපීය නාල, ගර්භාෂය සහ යෝනි මාර්ගයයි. මෙම ඩිම්බ කෝෂ තුළ උපතේදී මිලියන 2-4 ප්‍රමාණයක ඩිම්බ සංඛ්‍යාවක්‌ අන්තර්ගත වී ඇත. මේවා ක්‍රමයෙන් අඩු වී දැරිය වැඩිවිය පැමිණෙන කාලය වනවිට ඩිම්බ ලක්‍ෂ 2-4 පමණ ප්‍රමාණයක්‌ සහිත වේ. වැඩිවිය පැමිණීමත් සමග ඩිම්බ ක්‍රමයෙන් වර්ධනය වෙමින් මාසයකට එකක්‌ හෝ දෙකක්‌ පිටවීමට පටන් ගැනේ. මෙලෙස ඩිම්බ පිටවීම සෑම මාසයකදීම සිදු වේ. වයස්‌ගත වීමත් සමග ඩිම්බ ප්‍රමාණය අඩු වී ක්‍රමයෙන් ඩිම්බ කෝෂවල ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය නවතී. මේ තත්ත්වයත් සමග මාසිකව ඔසප් වීම නවතින බැවින් මෙය ආර්තවහණය ලෙස හෑඳින්වේ. උපතේ සිට වැඩිවිය පැමිනීම දක්‌වා කාලයේදී ඩිම්බ කෝෂවල ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වයක්‌ සිදු වන්නේ නැත. නමුත් වැඩිවිය පැමිණීමත් සමග ඩිම්බ පිටවීම ඇරඹෙන බැවින් මෙතැන් සිට ආර්තවහණය දක්‌වාම ඩිම්බ කෝෂ දිගටම ක්‍රියාකාරීව පවතී. මෙම ඩිම්බ කෝෂ තුළ ඩිම්බ මේරීමත් සමග සිදුවන වැදගත්ම ක්‍රියාකාරකම වන්නේ හෝමෝන නිපදවීමයි. ප්‍රධාන ස්‌ත්‍රී හෝමෝන දෙක වන ඊස්‌ට්‍රජන් හා ප්‍රෙජෙස්‌ටරෝන් නිපදවෙන්නේ ඩිම්බ තුළ ඩිම්බ මේරීම සමගයි. මෙම හෝමෝන ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් ස්‌ත්‍රී ප්‍රජනක පද්ධතියේ අවයවයන් වන ගර්භාෂය සහ යෝනි මාර්ගය මත ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. පිළිසිඳ ගැණීමක්‌ සඳහා මාසිකව ගර්භාෂය සූදානම් කරන්නේ ඉහත කී හෝමෝන මගිනි. යෝනි මාර්ගය තුළ ද විවිධ වෙනස්‌කම් ඇති කිරීම මෙමගින් සිදු වේ. මෙම හෝමෝන මාසිකව චක්‍රිය ආකාරයෙන් වෙනස්‌ වන බැවින් මාසිකව ඔසප් වීමද සිදු වේ. මීට අමතරව මෙම හෝමෝන ශරීරයේ වෙනස්‌ අවයව මත ද ක්‍රියා කරයි. අස්‌ථිවල ශක්‌තිමත් භාවය පවත්වා ගෙන යාමට මේවා උපකාරී වේ.ආර්තවහරණයෙන් පසු වේගයෙන් අස්‌ථි දුර්වල වීමට හේතුව මෙම හෝමෝන අඩු වීමයි. සම මත මෙම හෝමෝන විශේෂයෙන්ම ක්‍රියාකාරී වේ. සමේ කුරුලෑ හට ගැනීමට හේතු කාරක වන ස්‌නේහ ග්‍රන්ථින්ගේ ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වයටද මෙම හෝමෝන උපකාරී වේ. ඔසප් වීම සමග කුරුලෑ හට ගැනීම වැඩිවීම සහ කාන්තාවකගේ ගර්භණී සමය තුළ කුරුළෑ හට ගැනීම සිදුවනනේ මේ හේතුව නිසාය. තව ද මෙම හෝමෝන ප්‍රමාණයේ වෙනස්‌වීම නිසා සම මත ඇති වන රෝම වර්ධනයද වෙනස්‌ වේ. අනවශ්‍ය ප්‍රදේශවල රෝම හට ගැනීම මෙම තත්ත්වයේද දැකිය හැක. මෙවැනි තත්ත්වයක පසුවන කාන්තාවන් තුළ මුහුණ්‌ සහ පපු ප්‍රදේශයේ අනවශ්‍ය රෝම ඇතිවීම දැකිය හැක. කාන්තාවන් ඩිම්බ කෝෂය තුළ ලක්‍ෂ ගණනක ඩිම්බ සමගින් උපදින නමුත් ඉන්පසු ඩිම්බ නිපදවීමක්‌ සිදුවන්නේ නැත. එනම් ඇයගේ ඩිම්බද ඇය සමග වයස්‌ ගත වේ. එම හේතුව නිසා වයස්‌ගත වීමේදී ඩිම්බ වල ගුණාත්මක භාවය වෙනස්‌ වනු දැකිය හැක. මෙම තත්ත්වය කාන්තාවකගේ සරුභාවය මත විශේෂ බලපෑමක්‌ ඇති කරයි. තව ද කල් ගත වනවිට ඩිම්බ ප්‍රමාණයද ක්‍ෂය වන බැවින් සරුභාවයද වයස්‌ ගත වීමත් සමග අඩු වී යයි. එබැවින් කාන්තාවක්‌ වයසට යත්ම ගැබ් ගැනීමේ හැකියාවද අඩු වී යනු දැකිය හැක. තව ද වයස්‌ ගත වන ඩිම්බවල ගුණාත්මකභාවය අඩුවන එවැනි කාන්තාවන්ට උපත් අඩු පාඩු සහිත දරු උපත් සඳහා ඇති අවකාශය වැඩි වේ. අඩු වයසින් ඩිම්බ ප්‍රමාණය ක්‌ෂය වී යන අවස්‌ථා ඇත. කලාතුරකින් දැරියකගේ උපතේදීම ඉතා අල්ප ප්‍රමාණයක ඩිම්බ ප්‍රමාණයක්‌ සහිතවම උපත ලදහොත් ඇය තුළ ඇති ඩිම්බ ඉතාම අඩු වයසින් නිම වේ. මෙවැනි අවස්‌ථාවලදී ඉතා අඩු වයස්‌ කාන්තාවන් ආර්තවහරණයට පත් වේ. තවත් සමහර ඖෂධ වර්ග හෝ විශේෂයෙන්ම පිළිකාවලදී සිදු කෙරෙන විකිරණ ප්‍රතිකාර වලදී ඩිම්බ කෝෂ තුළ ඇති ඩිම්බ විනාශ වී යා හැක. එවැනි තත්ත්යන්හිදී ද ආර්තවහරණ තත්ත්වයට පත්වන අතර මෙවිට දරු ඵල ලබා ගැනීමට ඇති එකම විකල්පය වන්නේ වෙනත් කාන්තාවකගෙන් ඩිම්බ ලලා ගැනීමයි. ඩිම්බ කෝෂ තුළ ඇතිවන වෙනස්‌ රෝග මගින් සිදුවන ආසාදන නිසාද ඒවායේ ඇති ඩිම්බ ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය අඩාල විය හැක. ඩිම්බ කෝෂවල විවිධ පිළිකා වර්ග ඇතිවන අවස්‌ථාද ඇත. මේවා වැඩි වශයෙන් දැකිය හැකි වනනේ වයස්‌ ගත කාන්තාවන් තුළය. දරුවන් ලැබීම සහ උපත් පාලන පෙති හෝ එන්නත් භාවිතය මගින් මෙම පිළිකා වැළඳීමේ අවකාශය අඩු වන බව සොයා ගෙන ඇත. ඒ අනුව දරුවන් නොලද කාන්තාවක්‌ තුළ මෙවැනි පිළිකා ඇතිවීමේ අවකාශය වැඩිවීමේ තත්ත්වයක්‌ ඇති බව පෙනේ. එවැනි කාන්තාවන් මේ සම්බන්ධව කල්පනාකාරීව සිටිය යුතුය. යෝනි මාර්ගය ඔස්‌සේ සිදු කෙරෙන ස්‌කෑන් පරීක්‍ෂණ මගින් ඩිම්බ කෝෂ පරීක්‍ෂා කර ගැනීමෙන් මේවා සම්බන්ධව මූලික අවබෝධයක්‌ ලබා ගත හැක.වෛද්‍ය චම්පා නෙල්සන් ( නවලිය)

இலங்கை பெற்றோலிய கூட்டுத்தாபனம்:

இலங்கை பெற்றோலிய கூட்டுத்தாப னத்திலிருந்து விநியோகிக்கப்படும் எரி பொருட்களை பல்வேறு வழிமுறைகளில் சட்ட விரோதமாக பெற்று சேகரித்து வைத்துள்ள இடங்கள் சுற்றிவளைக்கப்பட்டு கைப்பற்றப்பட்டதாக பொலிஸ் ஊடகப் பேச்சாளர் தெரிவித்தார்.
பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சின் செயலர் மற்றும் பொலிஸ் மாஅதிபரின் நேரடி உத்தர வுக்கமைய விசேட அதிரடிப் படையினரும் புலனாய்வுத் துறையினரும் மேற்கொண்ட திடீர் சுற்றி வளைப்புகள் மூலம் இவை கைப்பற்றப்பட்டன.
இலங்கை பெற்றோலியக் கூட்டுத் தாபனத்தில் உற்பத்தி செய்யப்படும் பல்வேறு விதமான எரிபொருள் மற்றும் எண்ணெய் வகைகளை திருடி நிலத்துக்கு அடியில் குதங்களை அமைத்து சேகரித்து வந்துள்ளனர். இவர்கள் தரக்குறைவான எண்ணெய் வகைகளை கலவை செய்து இலங்கை முழுவதும் விநியோகித்து வந்துள்ளமையும் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
கடவத்த, சிரிமெட்டியாகார, தெஹிலவத்த, அத்துருகிரிய போன்ற பகுதிகளில் இவ் வாறான சட்டவிரோத எரிபொருள், எண்ணெய் களஞ்சிய சாலைகள் சுற்றி வளைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
சில பகுதிகளில் நிலத்துக்கு அடியில் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த எண்ணெய்க் குதங்களும், சில இடங்களில் வெளியே பாரிய எண்ணெய்க் குதங்களும் கண்டுபிடிக் கப்பட்டன. நீண்ட காலமாக செய்து வந்த பாரிய எரிபொருள், எண்ணெய் மோசடி என்றும் பொலிஸார் தெரிவித்தனர்.
மேற்படி எண்ணெய்க் குதங்கள் கைப் பற்றிய இடத்தில் தரக் குறைவான எண் ணெய் வகைகளை கலப்படம் செய்ததற்கான சான்றுகள் இருந்ததாகவும் பொலிஸார் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர்.
மேலும் சொலிக்கினம் (களு தெல்) மற்றும் டீசல் உட்பட பெருந்தொகையான எரிபொருட்களும் கைப்பற்றப்பட்டதாக பொலிஸ் ஊடகப் பேச்சாளர் ஜே. பி. பி. பிரிஷாந்த ஜயகொடி தெரிவித்தார்.
இந்த விடயம் தொடர்பாக இதுவரை எவரும் கைது செய்யப்படவில்லை. குற்றப்புலனாய்வுப் பிரிவினரும், குற்றத் தடுப்பு பிரிவினரும் மேலதிக விசாரணை களை மேற்கொண்டு வருகின்றனர். (ள) (தினகரன்)

Students made to suffer for Invigilators’ error – DNA

A group of candidates who sat the GCE Advanced Level exam in Ratnapura yesterday were kept "under arrest" due to a fault of the exam hall authorities, Parliament was told yesterday.
DNA MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament that the invigilators and other officials had by mistake distributed in the morning the English question paper (II) scheduled for the afternoon instead of paper (I).
Later they came to know of their mistake and did not allow candidates to go out of the exam hall during the lunch break and ordered that they sit for the English paper (I) too to avoid the leaking of questions.
That had happened at a leading school in Ratnapura and the candidates had not been allowed to have their lunch or go to the toilet, he said.
Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said that the examination authorities were humans and it was the nature of humans to err.
The examination authorities had taken appropriate action to prevent the contents of the paper leaking, he said.
MP Dissanayake: Is keeping children under house arrest without allowing them to go to toilet the most ideal action?
Minister Gunawardena said that there was nothing else to be done in such a situation and promised he would look into the matter. (News-The Island)

Anoma Prays For Fonseka’s Release, Ranil Goes Out With PM

In a study of contrasts, Apsara Fonseka continues to pray and work for the release of her husband and former Presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka, opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe continues his chummy relationship with the government, opening an art exhibition with Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne. (News-S.Leader)

Govt. seeks Rs. 60 mn for new vehicles

The government yesterday submitted nine supplementary estimates seeking approval for Rs. 60 million to purchase 12 new motor vehicles for the ruling party members.
Among the beneficiaries are the Minister and Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunication, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils, Deputy Minister of Plantations, Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development, Minister and Deputy Minister of Child Development and Women’s Affairs, Minister of Social Services and Deputy Minister of Petroleum Industries.
DNA parliamentary group leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake demanded a debate over the allocation of funds for vehicles. The national List MP emphasized that there could be no reason to acquire new vehicles as the number of ministries had been reduced.
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said that a decision to debate the allocation of funds should be taken at the party leaders’ meeting. ( News- Island)

Mervyn testifies

Former Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva gave evidence today before the SLFP disciplinary committee appointed to inquire into the recent incident where he tied a Samurdhi official to a mango tree, officials said

The three member committee met for over two hours today as they began the hearing into the former Deputy Ministers actions.

Former Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva tied a Samurdhi officer to a mango tree on August 3rd over his failure to attend a dengue prevention programme in Kelaniya. The official was however later released while two other women and a man were also reprimanded by the Deputy Minister over their failure to attend the same programme.

Several days later more than 3000 Samurdhi officers forced themselves into the Kelaniya Divisional Secretariat in order to stage a protest against Mervyn Silva. (Daily Mirror online)

Maids return to Lanka

Several maids who made use of the amnesty period offered by Lebanon returned to the country today. These maids are among the Sri Lankans working in Lebanon without valid visas.The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Lebanon M. Maharoof told Daily Mirror online that several Sri Lankans who made use of the amnesty period left for Sri Lanka yesterday after obtaining the required clearance from Sri Lankan Embassy in Lebanon.The three month amnesty period was offered by Lebanon following a request put forward by Ambassador Maharoof in order to ensure hundreds of Sri Lankans who are in the country illegally return to Sri Lanka without facing any penalty. (Daily Mirror online)

Raids on 768 illegal gem mines

The National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA) has earned an income of Rs 8.3 million by conducting 768 islandwide raids against illegal gem mining in 2009, Parliament was told yesterday. Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa revealed this in response to an oral question raised by UPFA MP YG Padmasiri.
Minister Yapa further said that the total income generated through the export of gems and jewellery was Rs 45,431 million in 2009.
"It is a decrease in the overall income compared to the previous year. The economic downturn that prevailed in the United States who is the principal buyer of Sri Lankan gems, had caused the decrease in demand for Sri Lankan gems."
He said the NGJA has focused on new gems and jewellery markets in China, Russia and India to promote local gems and jewellery as a result of the decrease in export demand for gems in the United States of America.
The "Sri Lanka forum" was organised at three international gems and jewellery trade fairs held in 2009 with support from the Sri Lankan Embassy in China and Sri Lanka Gems and Jewellery Association enabling 107 exporters to present their exhibits and gain access to the market there. In addition, the Sri Lanka Forum was held at International Exhibitions in Japan and America in 2009.
The Sri Lanka Forum was organised for the 18th time at the Hong Kong Gems and Jewellery Exhibition, which is a leading jewellery exhibition Hold in Hong Kong. At the same time the "Sri Lanka Forum" was organised at the international trade fairs held in India and Singapore, where a lucrative business has evolved for Sri Lankan gems and jewellery. (News- Daily News)

National program needed to develop export sector - PM

A national program is required to develop the country's export and domestic production sector, Prime Minister D M Jayaratne said.
He said intellectuals in the business field should help in this regard.
Prime Minister Jayaratne also affirmed that Government is committed to provide infrastructure requirements and financial assistance in this regard.
He made these comments at the "International Processed Food, Packaging and Agricultural Exhibition in Sri Lanka organised by the National Agribusiness Association for the fifth consecutive year at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall yesterday morning.
The exhibition will be held until tomorrow. Opening the event, the Prime Minister said that Sri Lanka is losing valuable foreign exchange due to the lag in domestic production of food products. He pointed out that time has come to put an end to this situation and immediate measures should be taken to develop the domestically produced food items.
These measures will improve the country's agricultural sector and expand employment opportunities, he said.
Prime Minister Jayaratne said although 233 million litres of milk were domestically produced in 2009, 620,350 metric tons of milk powder was imported which cost the country nearly Rs 19 billion.
The Mahinda Chintana program is continuously supporting the development of local industries therefore the task of improving the production sector is made easier under President Mahinda Rajapaksa's leadership, he said. (News-Daily News)