Nimesha Thiwankara's New Books





Sri Lanka Administrative Service officer, Nimesha Thiwankara Senevipala presented his recent research publications : Vijayadharani the bomb attack on the temple of sacred tooth relic in 1998 and Kurunegala Viataraya Historical manuscript edition to His excellency President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena 

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