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- සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #235: බලශක්ති ස්වාධීනත්ව අරගලයට මුල පිරූ ඞී. ජේ. විමලසුරේන්ද්ර
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- 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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