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මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මිලියන 2.5 මතභේදය: ‘වැරදීමකට’ එහා ගිය බරපතළ ප්‍රශ්නාර්ථයක්

භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ මිලියන 2.5 මතභේදය හුදු තාක්ෂණික දෝෂයක් නොව, පාලන පද්ධතියේ බිඳවැටීමකි. මාස ගණනාවක් තොරතුරු වසන් කිරීම, විමර්ශ...

02 May 2026 · 1 min read
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මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ සයිබර් ප්‍රහාරය සහ ගල්අඟුරු ගනුදෙනුව – අපට නොසලකා හැරිය නොහැකි දැඩි පාඩමක්

මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ සයිබර් සොරකම සහ ගල්අඟුරු ගනුදෙනුව හුදු තාක්ෂණික දෝෂ නොව, පාලන තන්ත්‍රයේ දුර්වලතාය. පැරණි පාලනයන්ට වඩා වත...

25 Apr 2026 · 1 min read
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