• 12 May 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Voice Print Music Academy Scores Big Win

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

  • 30 April 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Tales From The Crypt: A Conversation On Visibility, Advocacy And Storytelling

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

  • 28 April 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
14-year-old Anudi creates ‘COLBY’ - an AI for loneliness

Anudi Nupearachchi (14), was one of the many school children who suddenly found herself homebound due to the ongoing global pandemic of 2020. Anudi, a

  • 21 April 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2021: Two Sri Lankans included in list

Last morning, two Sri Lankans, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and Bhanuka Harischandra woke up to the exciting news that they have been included in the prestigi

  • 02 April 2021
  • Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
Young Leaders For Environment 2021

The ongoing environmental destruction has posed greater threats to all communities living in the country. This includes everybody from the coastal com

  • 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

  • 29 January 2021
  • Fazmina Samat
Virtual learning for Preschool & Primary

The pandemic has brought forward many new norms and virtual classrooms have become an essential part of social structure and have evolved into the new

  • 09 January 2021
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Kavindya Thennakoon - Flying The Flag For Change Makers

Kavindya Thennakoon is a positive change-maker that looks at solving problems in a practical way, especially when it comes to education. Billed as a c

  • 19 December 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Mental Health Allies

Although discourse on the topic of Mental Health is comparatively widespread, it is still misunderstood. Psychologist Hansini Gunasekara talks about h

  • 11 December 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Wiz Phonics: Making learning fun and simple

Zahara Tharique, mom of 6-year-old twins Liyanah and Eesa, kickstarted Wiz Phonics after researching ways in which she could teach them letters and so

  • 09 December 2020
  • Danu Innasithamby
Buzz with Danu - Isuru & Natasha Fonseka

Today on the Buzz I have a fit couple who are a perfect fit too, Isuru and Natasha are cute together and what they have achieved as one is very impres

  • 03 December 2020
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Veganism: A growing way of life

With increasing numbers of people becoming more aware of their diet and lifestyle, veganism as a way of life is being embraced especially among millen

  • 12 November 2020
  • Panchali Illankoon
Dish It Out: Shiromi Pinidiya – Perera

How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, Asylum Restaurant’s Shiromi takes the Q&A! Located inside Independence Arcade, Colombo – the Asyl

  • 11 November 2020
  • Danu Innasithamby
WTF - Sand Fit

On WTF this week I went to sweat it out by the beach as we are all trying to be at our best in terms of health with different diets different methods

  • 10 November 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Living with PCOS

PCOS affects 1 in 10 women. Why then is it still shrouded in mystery and misinformation? PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder tha

  • 06 November 2020
  • Fazmina Samat
Instagram Influencers we like to follow

Literarily everything, everyone and their pets are now on Instagram, and it can be quite a task separating the bland and average accounts from the one

  • 20 October 2020
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H for Handwashing - Art Competition

Let’s protect our hands to protect our nation! Together with the Ministry of Education, Unilever and Lifebuoy, presents an island art competition t

  • 15 October 2020
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Lifebouy’s H for Handwashing movement

The ABCs of education haven’t changed in over a hundred years. Maybe, now is the time.

  • 22 September 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Budding Authors: Tiran & Janani Weerasinghe

Siblings Tiran and Janani Weerasinghe recently launched their books “A Treasure Trove of Thoughts” and “Janani’s Jewellery Box” at the Taj S

  • 17 September 2020
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Happy Toddler: Practical life activities for kids & toddlers

Azmina Nooruddin along with her three-year-old son Rayaan Razik started a fun Instagram Page during the lockdown period in Sri Lanka as “Happy_Toddl

  • 15 September 2020
  • Panchali Illankoon
Reiki at Nature’s Grace Wellness

Reiki Master Gamini Gunaratne and I are sitting across from each other at his newly opened wellness centre ‘Nature’s Grace’. Despite my best eff

  • 18 July 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Fiona Eccles: Bracing ourselves for a second wave

The COVID pandemic has left in its wake thousands of deaths and many infected, crippling the economy in the process. In Sri Lanka, one of the few coun

  • 17 July 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Cautiously Optimistic: Pursuing Higher Education Abroad

Students in Sri Lanka hoping to pursue their education overseas are facing unprecedented problems; with most embassies and airports closed, universiti

  • 20 May 2020
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Predictive Tests – Boon or Bane?

Students have invested months of hard work and commitment in order to achieve a final grade that would determine their future, as these results would

  • 14 May 2020
  • Panchali Illankoon
Stuck In Limbo

Online classes, delayed exams, and lost opportunities; the Coronavirus outbreak is leaving students with a bittersweet experience of college life.

  • 09 May 2020
  • Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
Education Sector: Bounce back strategies

With COVID-19 the education sector too is at a standstill. Apart from students having to adjust to online teaching methods, school boards are also wor

  • 07 May 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Finding Calm Amidst The Chaos

Waking up to news of increasing victims and death tolls, the constant apprehension of facing job layoffs and significant pay cuts, and even being priv

  • 29 April 2020
  • Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
Home-gardening : A Rewarding Experience

  • 13 April 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Rediscovering the joys of pursuing hobbies and interests

Back in the day, people were free to pursue their hobbies and interests unapologetically. But as a result of the rat race that is life, many have been

  • 10 April 2020
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Surviving in the time of Corona

With the declaration of a global pandemic and as countries all over the world fight the coronavirus which is wreaking havoc on lives and economies peo