Remarkable discovery by team of scientists:

Sri Lanka abounds with rare flora

Sri Lanka stands unique among the biodiversity hotspots of the world. A remarkably high number of endemic species is found among our fauna and flora with around 23 percent of the flowering plants being endemic. Sri Lanka is home for about 3,360 flowering plant species belonging to 200 plant families.

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The feminine factor in 2011

To begin with, it is the year, that brought the human population to the seven billion level. Officially, the global population reached this crucial number exactly on October 31, 2011. As demographers aver, modern man Homo sapiens first appeared on Earth around 50,000 BC. From then on, todate,

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