• 24 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
URBAN.LK INTRODUCES ‘GALLERY’: A RETAIL PLATFORM FOR LOCAL ARTISTS

Urban.lk is a fully Sri Lankan eCommerce web that offers customers an unparalleled online shopping experience at their fingertips. Urban.lk recently l

  • 24 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Launch of the Outcome Document of Diyawanna Tharanaya by the Yeheliya Foundation

Yeheliya Foundation’s signature project ‘Diyawanna Tharanaya’ (translation: ‘Crossing Diyawannawa) concluded on a successful note with the lau

  • 23 March 2021
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Frok enters the fashion landscape

A new contemporary fashion-forward online platform with a pragmatic and conscious brand ethos is how CEO Natalie Jayasuriya describes her new fashion

  • 23 March 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Designer 1-2-1: Manila Jayasinghe

Living up to the adage, the best things in life come in twos, is the brand Glace which was founded by Manila Jayasinghe and his twin brother. The two

  • 19 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Anime/Manga Addicts - Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s biggest Anime community

It’s the early 2000s and while Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z is every kid’s favourite cartoon – the term ‘anime’ is foreign and unheard of. Yet

  • 19 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Dish It Out - Monique Choksy

How do our food experts cook and eat? Monique’s Cakes and Desserts namesake, Monique takes our Q&A!

  • 19 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Spoonful

What started out as a home experiment of making homemade peanut butter inspired Kavindi Emmanuel to start her own business along the same lines. “I

  • 18 March 2021
  • Sheshan Dias
Brew 1867 by Dilmah: Perfect Brews from Paradise Island!

Brew 1867 by Dilmah is one of my favourite cafes ever! They already have three outlets at Nawam Mawatha, Flower Road and WTC. They just opened up thei

  • 18 March 2021
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Belly full of Biri! Bottomless Biriyani

One of the long-standing restaurants in the Galle Face area, Navratna - Taj Samudra’s traditional Indian restaurant serves up traditional Mughal cui

  • 18 March 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Sri Lanka makes it to inaugural ‘Essence of Asia’ collection

Three Sri Lankan restaurants, Café Kumbuk, Paradise Road: The Gallery Café, Colombo and Mettha’s Traditional Home Cooked Meals, Unawatuna are bas

  • 18 March 2021
  • Rihaab Mowlana
PowerCrunch Granola: Vegan Goodies Made Delicious

As someone who loves meat, I have never actively sought vegan food. But glancing through the PowerCrunch Granola website tempted me into giving it a t

  • 17 March 2021
  • Danu Innasithamby
Buzz with Danu - Taru

Today on the Buzz I feature a perfectionist and someone who believes in keeping everything fine and nice Nayantara Fonseka, better known as Taru, is t

  • 17 March 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
The Creative Forces: Cargills International Women’s Day Festival

Discussing topical issues faced by women in the creative sphere, moderator Savithri Rodrigo put the panellists through their paces at the third sessio

  • 16 March 2021
  • Fazmina Samat
‘Liyapatha’ - An Adult Colouring Book As A Stress Buster

When a famous international book fair was held in the country, people saw many adult colouring books flood the shelves. From bookshops to book fairs,

  • 16 March 2021
  • Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
What Is The Future Of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife?

Sri Lanka’s forests are being shaved for developmental purposes. While incidents of land clearances, tree felling and burning of timber are escalati

  • 16 March 2021
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Art! Meet The Cast

It is with great excitement that we sit down to write this. Theatre? Now? It seems there are more than a few eager beavers counting down the days till

  • 16 March 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Designer 1-2-1: Thushani Rodrigo

The founder of Todos, Thushani Rodrigo is a shining example of triumph over adversity. Born with partial hearing, Thushani never let that be a barrier

  • 13 March 2021
  • Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
Red Carpet Premiere Of The Billionaire

The premiere of ‘The Billionaire’, the first feature film by Los-Angeles based actor, independent filmmaker and classical singer Gehan Cooray shed

  • 12 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Crossing Diyawannawa

Befitting the UN Women theme for International Women’s Day 2021 ‘Women in Leadership’ – the Yeheliya Foundation is asking the big question; ar

  • 12 March 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
The Pioneers: Cargills International Women’s Day Festival

Featuring women who have chosen to challenge conventional career paths and now lead their disciplines with tenacity and purpose, panellists Triad Joi

  • 12 March 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
HSBC CFW: Fashion in a New Environment in 2021

Heralding the new season in fashion, Founder and Managing Director of Colombo Fashion Week, Ajai Vir Singh announced that Circularity in Fashion will

  • 12 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Dish It Out: Nishu And Sanu

How do our food experts cook and eat? Husband and Wife food bloggers and entrepreneurs Sanu and Nishu Gunawardana takes our Q&A!

  • 11 March 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Sugar Blossoms

Fresh out of school, Poojani Rathnayke knew nothing about cakes or baking but a work opportunity with a talented home baker only grew her passion for

  • 11 March 2021
  • Sheshan Dias
A Culinary Adventure at Cafe 64

Galadari’s official bakery/pastry shop Cafe 64 needs no introduction. It’s already an immensely popular spot among food lovers in Colombo. The qua

  • 11 March 2021
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Lazy Jazz… and All Day Breakfast!

A cure for every Friday night out that makes you just want to laze around the next morning, the folks down at Graze Kitchen - a name synonymous with t

  • 11 March 2021
  • Sheshan Dias
Mongolian Street: Asian Fusion Redefined!

Located down Chitra Lane Colombo 05 “Mongolian Street” by Shevon is an innovative street food restaurant that allows you to experience the wonders

  • 10 March 2021
  • Danu Innasithamby
Buzz with Danu - Insaaf Mohideen

Today on the Buzz I speak to an Investor and Serial Entrepreneur who was one of the 1st few to fly down with the Covid red tape - I wanted to speak to

  • 10 March 2021
  • Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
The Art of Ola Leaf Writing

Buddha’s teachings were spread as an oral tradition prior to the writing of the Tripitaka. One of the main objectives of writing the Tripitaka (Pali

  • 09 March 2021
  • Danu Innasithamby
Tag me @danu

  • 09 March 2021
  • Fazmina Samat
Voyeurism and Other Kinks

When technological advancements increase by the minute, high-tech sophisticated gadgets get smaller by the day. While this may be the epitome of the h