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Spread the love නිමල් රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ ආරාධනයකට අනුව මාලදිවයින් ජනාධිපති ආචාර්ය මොහොමඩ් මුයිසු මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දෙදින රාජ්‍ය සංචාරයක් ආරම්භ කරමින් අද (03) පස්වරුවේ දිවයිනට

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The Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Isabelle Martin, met with representatives of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) in the East on Saturday (May 2), in talks that focused

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ගුවන් තොටුපළ ඉතිහාසයේ කොටුවූ දැවැන්තම කුෂ් මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය තොගය… මහානායක හිමිවරු කම්පා වුණා භික්ෂුන් තුන්වෙනි සහ පස්වෙනි සිල්පදත් කඩලා ඒ සිදුවීමෙන් රටම තිගැස්සුණේ ය. මහා නායක හිමිවරු කම්පා වූහ. එය කිසිසේත