The island of Sri Lanka appears to have been colonized by the Balangoda Man (named based on the area where his remains were discovered) prior to 48,000 BP. Pahiyangala cave in Bulathsinhala (48,000 YBP), Batadombalena in Kuruwita (28000 YBP) Belilena in Kithulgala (27000 YBP) are the most famous sites that yielded the evidences of Sri Lankan Prehistoric Man. These time periods falls in to the Late Pleistocene (Pleistocene 126,000 to 11000) epoch in...Read More
Thai Pongal is celebrated on the first day of the month Thai of the Tamil calendar. The day normally falls between 12th and 15th of the month of January in the Christian calendar. Thus, Thai is the first month of the Tamil Almanac, and Pongal is a dish of sweet concoction of rice, moong dal, jaggery and milk. This festival is celebrated by one and all as it is non-relevance...Read More
The 2nd International symposium on Cyanobacteria and Public health, organized by the Centre for water quality and algae research was held on the 15th January 2018, at the Golden rose hotel, Boralesganuwa. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura graced the occasion as the chief guest while Dr. Jayantha Wattevidanage, director general, National Science foundation was the guest of honor. Renowned cyanotoxin experts, Prof. Linda Lawton and Dr. Christine...Read More
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