උතුරු ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා තුවාල ලබූ සිසුවා බැලීමට යයි
යාපනයේ විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ සිසුන් දෙපිරිසක් අතර ඇතිවූ ගැටුමින් තුවාල ලබා කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලට අතුලත් කළ ශිෂ්යගේ සුව දුක විමසා බැලිමට උතුරු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර රෙජිනෝල්ඩ් කුරේ මහතා පැමිණියේය.
යාපනයේ විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ සිසුන් දෙපිරිසක් අතර ඇතිවූ ගැටුමින් තුවාල ලබා කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලට අතුලත් කළ ශිෂ්යගේ සුව දුක විමසා බැලිමට උතුරු පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර රෙජිනෝල්ඩ් කුරේ මහතා පැමිණියේය.
ඉල්ලීම් කීපයක් මුල් කර ගනිමින් හෘද පෙණහලු නිවේෂකවරුවන් වැඩ වර්ජනයක් දියත් කිරීමට තීරණය කර ඇත. මෙම වැඩ වර්ජනය හේතුවෙන් කොළඹ, කරාපිටිය හා නුවර රෝහල්වල කරන හදවත් සැත්කම් සියල්ල ඇන හිටින බව රජයේ හෘද පෙණහලු නිවේෂක සංගමය අනතුරු අඟවා සිටියි.හෘද සැත්කම් සිදු කරනුයේ මෙම රෝහල් තුනෙහි පමණක් වන අතර දිනකට සැත්කම් දොළහක් පමණ මෙම රෝහල් තුළ Read More
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