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Dish It Out: Ru Athukorala
How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food blogger of @ruscookbook, Ru, takes our Q&A!
The Bake Lounge
Baking her favourite goodies for family and loved ones for years, Rimaza Niyas hardly gave any thought to making a business out of her skills. But wit
Buzz with Danu - Harin Fernando
Tourism is the only solution say the experts, looking at Sri Lanka and the economic crunch. How can we get the dollars in and how can we bring some ki
Linsky Gamage - Creating short films to make a change
Sri Lanka’s short film industry got a new boost during the COVID lockdown as budding filmmakers started shooting short films on their mobile phones.
The Mad Hatters’ Collective Present ‘A Nightmare In Wonderland’
Lewis Carroll’s magical wonderland takes a dark twist down the rabbit hole in The Mad Hatter’s Collective’s adaptation of ‘Alice in Wonderland
Dish It Out: Kay Seneviratne
How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, Chef Kay of Kay’s Kitchen takes our Q&A!
Hospitality in the North: Fox Resorts Jaffna
With fuel shortages in the country, Fox Resorts encourages train travel with their new travel-inclusive hotel offers. It’s 5.30 AM and I’m standin
“Mastering” Sri Lankan craft for EU market
After a year of research of the fashion, handloom, and batik sectors in Sri Lanka, the Cultural Relations Platform announces a pilot training, as a fo
Upcoming Challenges in Protecting the Environment : Legally
There is little practical purpose in just dwelling on the evils of the past without taking action now to try and change all of its ills, and to ensure
Shortage of finances to feed zoo animals
Animal rights activists have continued to voice concerns about captive breeding programmes and the wastage of supplies obtained to feed animals at the
The Art of Caricature: In conversation with Dilshan Fernando
A series of caricatures of prominent political personalities recently did their rounds on social media. Many of them coincided with the prevailing pol
French Film Festival 2022
The annual French Spring festival organized by the Embassy of France and the network of Alliances Françaises in Sri Lanka and the Maldives was launch
Taco Isle
I’ve always been a huge fan of Mexican food because of how flavour-rich it is, so when I came across Taco Isle while mindlessly scrolling through Ub
Rainbow Bakes
With a passion for cooking and baking and experimenting with new dishes and sweets, Zainab Naleem started her baking business – Rainbow Bakes. “My
Dish It Out: Sanduni Karunarathna
How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food blogger @flavorsofadiva – Sanduni, takes our Q&A!
Buzz with Danu - Dr. George Cooke
Today on the buzz I speak to George about his new book which was published yesterday, together with The Royal Thai Embassy and the Awarelogue Initiati
‘Motherland’ an artistic rendition of the oppressed female
Sangeeth Madurawala, a self-taught digital collage artist believes that females continue to be oppressed in a society that highlights everything based
W@W - Shanika Somatilake
Cartoons are an effective mode of communication. In Sri Lanka, many cartoonists have portrayed corruption, nepotism, and short-sighted decisions taken
Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Britain enjoyed a four-day long weekend allowing her citizens to celebrate the Queen’s 70th anniversary on the throne. From the trooping of the colo
Dish It Out: Janitha Perera
How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food blogger of @jani_s_digitalcookbook, Janitha takes our Q&A!
Shalini’s Cakes
Shalini De Fonseka attributes the humble beginnings of Shalini’s Cakes to the teamwork of the mother-daughter duo. “It all started with the work o
Tag me @danu - Maqara
Today I was tagged on the MAQARA page - it’s a fun, happy, bright food page full of flavours. I had to go try it out myself and, oh man, it was wort
A pilot school meals programme to feed children in underprivileged areas
The unprecedented economic crisis has severely burdened people in lower-income strata and already certain rural schools are observing a decline in the
Angela Bettoni - A Talented Writer, Actress and Advocate for Inclusion
Twenty-year-old Angela Bettoni, the only child of Dr. Andrea Bettoni and Dr. Ramani Wijesinha Bettoni lives in Malta. Diagnosed with Down Syndrome a f
Tipsy Da Vinci’s: Sip & Paint
A paintbrush in one hand and a drink in the other – ‘sip and paint’ sessions are becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Though this trend actu
Dish It Out: Rachithri Fernandopulle
How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, French-trained ex-chef, food innovator, food blogger, catering business owner as well as popular food
Hayden’s Spicy Treats
Home baker Stella Martinesz remembers her first order for a sale at church in 1997 – milk toffees and pumpkin toffees. Passionate about making diffe
Buzz with Danu - Araliya Thevapalan
Today on the Buzz, I have an entrepreneur, leader and a true Sri Lankan - Araliya Thevapalan - who has always amazed me with the love she has for the
How to make a little go a long way - use your ingredients efficiently
Thanks to the current economic and political unrest in our country, resources are either scarce or hard to come by, therefore we’ve become a lot mor
Traditional medicine to bridge drug shortage?
Traditional medicine has been at the core of Sri Lanka’s bygone heritage. Ayurveda and Deshiya Chikitsa systems were used to treat various ailments
