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Sugarcane Research Institute, Sri Lanka

Sugarcane Research Institute (Sinhala:ශ්‍රී ලංකා උක් පර්යේෂණ ආයතනය) is located in Udawalawe in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. History The Sugarcane Research Institute was established by the Act of Parliament no. 75 of 1981 (ratified on 29 Decembe…

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Bo Ella Falls

Not to be confused with Bopath Ella Falls Bo Ella Falls (Photo credit: Dulantha Sanjeewaka, Google Street View) Bo Ella Falls (Sinhala: බෝ ඇල්ල) is a waterfall located below the town of Mawanella in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It is formed …

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Mudalidu Amarasekara

Mudaliyar Abraham Christopher Gregory Sooriarachchi Amarasekara or A.C.G.S. Amarasekara (1883-1983) (Sinhala: මුදළිඳු ඒ සී ජී එස් අමරසේකර) was a well known Sri Lankan painter and amateur magician (Gunawardena, 2003). Life events Born on 2 March…

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Gunadasa Amarasekara

Gunadasa Amarasekara (Sinhala: ගුණදාස අමරසේකර) (b. 1929) is a Sri Lankan poet, novelist, critic and short story writer (Dharmadasa, 1987; Gunawardena, 2003) . He is considered one of the founding fathers of modern Sinhalese literature. Life even…

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Makandawa Forest Reserve

Makandawa Forest Reserve (Sinhala: මාකන්දාව රක්ෂිතය) is an evergreen lowland rainforest situated in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Extending in an area of about 195 ha., it is located in close proximity to the Kitulgala town which is a major ecotouri…

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Sri Pali College

Sri Pali College (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී පාලී විද්‍යාලය) is a government mixed school situated in Horana town in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History The school was established by Wilmot A. Perera, a well-known planter, philanthropist and politician, b…

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Ratnapura St. Aloysius College

St. Aloysius College (Sinhala: ශාන්ත ඇලෝසියස් විද්‍යාලය, රත්නපුර) is a government boys' school situated in the middle of Ratnapura town, Sri Lanka. History The school was established in 1888 as St. Peters Bilingual School by Father Pierre Bo…

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Bees of Sri Lanka

Being pollinators, bees have become the most useful group of insects and there are over 20,000 species of described bees in the world (Karunaratne & Edirisinghe, 2012). Of them, about 152 species belonging to four (of the seven) families Collet…

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Land Snails of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is situated in one of the world’s 34 "biodiversity hotspots". Its land snail fauna is very diverse and at least 80% of the 253 recorded species are endemic (Raheem et al., 2008; Ranawana, 2006; Ranawana & Priyadarshana, 2012…

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National War Heroes’ Monument

National War Heroes’ Monument  or Jathika Ranaviru Smarakaya (Sinhala: ජාතික රණවිරු ස්මාරකය) is a war monument located near the Parliament Building Complex in Battaramulla in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It was erected in memory of war heroes of …

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Kilinochchi War Memorial

The Kilinochchi War Memorial (Sinhala: කිලිනොච්චි යුද ස්මාරකය) has been set up in the middle of Kilinochchi town, Sri Lanka.  The monument was erected as a war hero cenotaph to mark the capturing of Kilinochchi town on 2 January 2009 from the Li…

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Elephant Pass War Memorial

The Elephant Pass War Memorial (Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ යුද ස්මාරකය) has been set up on the wayside of the Kandy-Jaffna highway (A9), near the Elephant Pass in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka. It was unveiled in the presence of the then defence secretar…

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Yapahuwa Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Yapahuwa , (Sinhala: යාපහුව පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology .  History The museum was first established in the premises of Yapahuwa …

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Panduwasnuwara Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Panduwasnuwara , (Sinhala: පඬුවස්නුවර පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology .  History A small museum was first established in Panduwasnu…

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Wasgamuwa National Park

Wasgamuwa National Park (Sinhala: වස්ගමුව ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය; Tamil: வஸ்கமுவை தேசிய வனம்) is a national park that spans Central and North Central Provinces, Sri Lanka. It is considered an important habitat in the country for swamp elephants ( Elepha…

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Maduru Oya

Maduru Oya (Sinhala: මාදුරු ඔය; Tamil: மதுரு ஆறு) is a river in eastern Sri Lanka. It originates in Mahiyangana and flows through Badulla, Monaragala, Ampara, Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts (Kirupacaran, 2020). It is the 8th longest river i…

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Hora (Tree)

Dipterocarpus zeylanicus is an evergreen perennial plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. It grows as a tree of about 170 ft. high and produces timber that can be used for bent works, plywood, boats, planks, casks and piles (Worthington, 1959).…

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