New Ink Forum Goes Online for 2021

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New Ink, a forum for books published within the calendar year, is set to take place online this year, from 4-6 June. Focused on new pub...

Get A Unique Wedding Card Designed For Your Big Day

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With a liking towards handwork from her younger days, Menaka Amerasinghe had always wanted to put her creativity to good use. What resu...

Buongiorno Italia – The Birth and Making of Mille Soya: Bo...

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It was two movies, A Fish Called Wanda and Caravaggio that rooted my love for the Italian language. In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee C...

UK’s National Television Awards 2021- Nimmi Harasgama nomi...

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Putting Sri Lanka on the map yet again, actress Nimmi Harasgama has been nominated for the Best Drama performance award at the UK’s N...

Through the ages: A film on the evolution of the sari

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Harbouring a love for the sari, actress Dinara Punchihewa has created a short film titled “Through the ages”, which charts the evol...

Sri Lankan Singer ‘Duava’ On His Hit Song Colombo Rain

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Sri Lankan/Canadian singer ‘Duava’ has been making music for as long as he can remember. He found his voice as an artiste at the ag...

Yevan David - The First Sri Lankan Karter To Win Internation...

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Yevan Ranasinghe David at just 13 years of age made history for Sri Lanka on 2 May 2021 as the first Sri Lankan to win a European Heat ...

Minoli De Silva - MasterChef Australia 2021 Contestant

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Making her mark on the Australian MasterChef series 13, contestant Minoli De Silva won the hearts of the audience when she showcased he...

Dish It Out: Pravin Jayasundere

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How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food photographer and amateur home-cook Pravin takes our Q&A!

Cake Vault

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Cake Vault by Shehani Perera was a lockdown project that kicked off in June 2020. Having been fond of cooking and baking since she was ...

Tag me @DANU – Twins Café

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Today I was tagged on an interesting page run by twins and I must say they are cute and the food tastes amazing. These two boys speak t...

Sri lanka’s Wild Elephants - Culling by proxy?

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As of May 5, 2021, 118 wild elephants had died this year, thus far; that is almost a death a day. The majority of these deaths were at...

In Conversation With Ruwani Hettiarachchi

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Ruwani Hettiarachchi (37) is many things all at once. She’s the Chief Growth Officer at Hemas Holdings PLC, past Board Member of the ...

Designer 1-2-1: Maria Domingos and Menusha Gunawardhana

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Bubu with its tagline of Find Your Beautiful is the creation of Creative Designer Maria Domingos and Marketing specialist Menusha Gunaw...

2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Regional Winners: Sri La...

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Doing Sri Lanka proud author Kanya D’Almeida has been announced as a regional winner at the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Cakealicious By Pinky

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At a very young age, Pawani Attanayake learnt to love the art of cakes. “I’ve always loved eating cake! And very often it was homem...

Popo’s Bakes

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Pawani Neligama has been a baker since she was 10 – starting off a fledgeling side business as a sous chef to her mother (whisking eg...

Dish It Out: Hashini Manamendra

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How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food blogger Hashini of @homeyfoodies – well known for her creative obento boxes, ta...

Voice Print Music Academy Scores Big Win

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Brightening up the current pensive mood in Sri Lanka, the Voice Print Music Academy’s win at the Children’s Choir Category at the 3...

Buzz with Danu - Promoting Unity through Photography

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This week on the Buzz I speak to Jagath De Almeida, who is working with a team of young and talented people who are making Sri Lanka lo...

Designer 1-2-1: Shahani Gunawijaya

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Launched in February 2021 RINA by essgee is a new jewellery label created by Shahani Gunawijaya. An ardent fan of accessories since he...

Aunty Mani Celebrates 100 Years

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It’s very rarely that you meet a centenarian. What’s more, one who is fit, healthy, mentally alert, fiercely independent, cheerful ...

Chaiwala Colombo - A brew to spice-up your taste buds

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A small tea kiosk down Marine Drive has been the talk of the town as of late. Serving spice-infused tea, better known as Chai, Chaiwala...

Bacon Jam - A versatile spread

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Trying any type of new food is a challenge I accept with glee. Therefore when I was tasked with reviewing Bacon Jam by Anjo’s I took ...

Celebrate this Mother’s Day With Park Street Gourmet

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Park Street Gourmet is back again with an amazing hamper collection to celebrate yet another important day. Following the success of t...

Stigmata - 21 Years of Heavy Metal

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Stigmata is back on the map (Not like they ever left, but you know what I mean), and they are back with a brand new, hair raising, exci...

Buzz with Danu - Kumudini David

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The Buzz takes a visit this week into the quarantine centre all thanks to Kumudini who has been making positive waves on social media i...

Raising Awareness for a Safe Environment for Women

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For a country that made history around the world by electing the first female Prime Minister many decades ago, Sri Lanka has made slow ...

Tales From The Crypt: A Conversation On Visibility, Advocacy...

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Creating a safe space for experiences, thoughts, fears and dreams, ‘Tales From The Crypt’ is a collection of Tamil and English stor...