This story about humans and elephants was told to me by my late mother, Beta Leelawathie, in 1980. It is not a folktale.  This story really took place nearly seven decades ago, when the phrase ...

In a landmark achievement for Sri Lankan science, a team of local researchers has identified Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cinctellus, a rare mosquito species, in the country for the very first time. The ...