Posted on May 18th, 2021
by Amila Prasanna Sumanapala on 18 May 2021 Courtesy Mongabay
Nearly half of the 130 known species of dragonflies and damselflies in Sri Lanka are found nowhere else on Earth.
The highest endemic species density is found in the island’s central highlands, attributed to the variations in the geography and climatic conditions as different mountain ranges have different ecological characteristics providing unique evolutionary pressures for speciation.
But for long, knowledge of these odonates had been confined to scientific names and basic descriptions and locational information, until a new surge of interest drove the country’s odonates research to new heights.
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SLT-MOBITEL Provides Enhanced Voice and 4G/Data Connectivity Solutions to Meemure in Historic First
Complements President s 10th Gama Samaga Pilisandara Programme
Colombo, February xx, 2021 - As the National ICT and Telecommunications service provider, SLT-MOBITEL recorded yet another first by deploying enhanced Voice & 4G/Data connectivity solutions at Meemure - an iconic village in the island nation - in conjunction with the President s 10
th Gama Samaga Pilisandara programme, on 13
th February, 2021.
To power the village of Meemure, SLT-MOBITEL implemented a permanent base station, enabling them to get aboard the digital revolution taking place in the country. A village amidst the beauty of nature, located near the border between the Kandy and Matale Districts in the Knuckles Mountain Range, Meemure is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Sri Lanka.