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රෝහල් වල මෝචරි ගැටලුවට මෙන්ම ආදාහනාගාර සඳහා නිසි වැඩපිළිවෙලක්

By: අශන්ති වරුනසුරිය රෝහල් වල මෝචරි ගැටලුවට මෙන්ම ආදාහනාගාර සඳහා නිසි වැඩපිළිවෙලක් මේ වන විට ක්‍රියාත්මක වන බව නිමල් ලංසා පවසයි. ආදාහනාගාර සම්බන්දයෙන් උද්ගතවී ඇති තදබදය...
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