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- ආතර් සී. ක්ලාක් සහ ශ්රී ලංකාව: නිවැරදි තොරතුරු මෙන්න!
- Remembering Asia’s Titanic: The Doña Paz tragedy that killed over 4,000 in Dec 1987
- Geography lesson that saved many lives: The story of Tilly Smith and Asian Tsunami of 2004
- What's the universal icon for the Internet? Is there one?
- 'Chief Seattle speech': Global environmental legend, or pervasive myth?
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Recent Posts
- Fake News in Indian General Election 2019: Interview with Nikhil Pahwa
- Avoiding ‘Cyber Nanny State’: Challenges of Social Media Regulation in Sri Lanka
- Dreaming of a Truly Civilised Society in Sri Lanka…where everyone’s dignity is ensured!
- LGBT Rights: සියලු මානවයන්ගේ අයිතීන් රකින ශිෂ්ට සමාජයක් කරා…
- සිවුමංසල කොලු ගැටයා #373: පෑදි දියට බොර දිය එක් කරන ව්යාජ පුවත් මවන්නෝ කවරහුද?
- සිවුමංසල කොලු ගැටයා #372: ආරංචිද වැඩේ? ඕපාදූපවල පරිණාමීය වැදගත්කමක් තිබෙනවාලු!
- සිවුමංසල කොලු ගැටයා #371: සමූහ සම්මාදම් නවීකරණය හා විවිධාංගීකරණය ඕනෑ කර තිබේ!
- සිවුමංසල කොලු ගැටයා #370: පුරෝගාමී කිමිදුම්කරු හා සාගර ජීව විද්යාඥයා රොඩ්නි ජොන්ක්ලස්
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