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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 &…

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 r…

National War Heroes’ Monument

National War Heroes’ Monument N ational War Heroes’ Monument or Jathika Ranaviru Smarakaya (Sinhala: ජාතික රණවිරු ස්මාරකය) is a…

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 er…

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 P…