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සිංහල ගීතයෙන් ලොවපුරා ජනප්‍රිය වූ ඉන්දියාවේ මියා මෙහාක්
මේ දිනවල සමාජ මාධ්‍යයේ අතිශය ජනප්‍රිය ගීතයකි “මැණිකේ මගේ” සිංහල ගීතය. මෙම සිංහල ගීතය ඉන්දියාවේ කේරළ ප්‍රාන්තයේ වයස අවුරුදු පහක් වූ පුංචි මීයා කුට්ටි...
Kumar Sangakkara opens new Compton and Edrich stands at Lord’s Cricket Ground
MCC President and Sri Lankan cricket great, Kumar Sangakkara, officially opened the new £53 million Compton and Edrich stands at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Thursday,...
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පොලිස්පති, නීතිඥ ප්‍රියන්ත වීරසූරිය මහතා ගරු කථානායක වෛද්‍ය ජගත් වික්‍රමරත්න මහතා හමුවෙයි.
පොලිස්පති, නීතිඥ ප්‍රියන්ත වීරසූරිය මහතා පසුගියදා (22) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ගරු කථානායක වෛද්‍ය ජගත් වික්‍රමරත්න මහතා හමුවිය.
මෙහිදී ගරු කථානායකවරයා ප්‍රථමයෙන්...