Homebased food venture, Yeheli’s which began operations back in May 2020 during Sri Lanka’s lockdown due to the pandemic, has successfully grown bigger over the course of a year and has become popular for its food that is ‘home-cooked, like mum would’! Run by husband-and-wife duo, Nisha and Mooneil, Yeheli’s is inspired and named after their daughter Yeheli and is a venture that finds its roots in a family of foodies.

Starting her business in 2020, Nafla Nazad has found a niche spot in the dessert market, Kulfi. Kulfi is an Indian dessert that is made out of fresh milk and sugars. Kulfi is still a new concept to many Sri Lankans here and it is mostly served at Indian restaurants. However, Nafla’s initiative to make it conveniently available for everyone has been successful as Kulfi Corner continues to gather new followers every day.

How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, the baker behind the famous Nandi’s Milk Toffees, Nanditha, takes our Q&A!

Today on the Buzz I feature the reigning Miss Earth for Sri Lanka who I think is absolutely stunning. She has such a refreshing face and also carries a personality which goes hand-in-hand with it. Diandra is a professional model, an ICT graduate, and a spokesperson for elephant conservation. We are just getting started with her on her amazing journey ahead. Today I speak to her in the true Buzz style.

Today I was tagged in Colombo Fashion Week. It was a short two-day event with eight designers making it to the ramp, only 8 designers in total and just four designers for a day, but I must say during these times it’s so hard to put even one designer together, so well done to the all who came forward to give us a show.

With the ongoing pandemic lasting nearly two years, Dubai felt like the perfect getaway from a monotonous routine that consisted of work and university studies. Having their travel restrictions relaxed for Dubai Expo 2020, we decided to take advantage of this opportunity and stay there for a week.

With restrictions easing a tad, the De Lanerolle Brothers will stage 4 concerts in 1 day to dispel the doom and gloom and thereby usher in the Christmas season with 4 physical performances in one day on the lines of ’’Can’t Wait for Christmas.’’

Filling a discernible gap in the lack of fun, adrenaline-pumping, adventure-based entertainment in the city of Colombo, Crate Adventures Ltd recently inaugurated “Colombo Dunes” at the Port City, in collaboration with the world’s leading All-terrain Vehicle (ATV) manufacturer - Can-Am by BRP - to feature top-in-the-class, high-end ATVs.

‘Your Community’ is a series that hopes to bring recognition and business to the amazing entrepreneurs of our country, to appreciate the wealth of talent and sheer resilience of spirit that exists among our people. When spoken to, the majority of the SME’s indicate that their challenges are similar. They are struggling with access to the market and access to finance.