• 19 November 2021
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Quick Help: On-demand services at your fingertips

Identifying this gap in the market, Shahid Adamani kickstarted QuickHelp, an online platform where help was just a click away. Daily Mirror Life spoke

  • 12 October 2021
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Influencer Culture: Amandha & Tesara

Influencer culture has taken the world by storm, with many eventually evolving into celebrities and famous figures in pop culture. From endorsing big

  • 01 October 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Thinking About Financial Independence In Your 20s

Personal Finance in your 20s is a complete rollercoaster. One minute you are 19 and fresh out of school, never having heard the word ‘personal finan

  • 28 September 2021
  • Sheshan Dias
Sesquipedalian - Theatre Led Learning

Headed by Amanda Paiva, an entrepreneur and former speech and drama teacher at Colombo International School, Sesquipedalian, an institute that focuses

  • 17 August 2021
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Cryptocurrency 101

Eden Solutions, a venture by youngster Dunithra de Silva, is offering a window to the world of cryptocurrency. A concept that was almost unheard of a

  • 10 August 2021
  • Mayuri Jayasinghe
Uni in the time of corona

It seemed like yesterday you were walking your five year old through the school gates to their first day of school. Carefully plaited pigtails flying

  • 29 July 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
14 Year Old Anudi Nupearachchi A Finalist At Technovation Girls 2021

Anudi Nupearachchi (14), emerged as a Finalist at the global technological competition Technovation Girls 2021 in the Junior Division. Anudi is one of

  • 13 July 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Two Sri Lankans Recognized By The Diana Award 2021

The Diana Award was established back in 1999 in continuation of Princess Diana’s legacy to recognise youth who are going above and beyond to help th

  • 28 June 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Are NFTS The Next Big Thing For ART?

Today, many are calling NFT the ‘next-big-thing for the art industry and local entrepreneurs Lekhya Ratnayake and Dilanjan Seneviratne are staying a

  • 25 June 2021
  • Rihaab Mowlana
Full Price For Half The Experience?

International students question why foreign universities continue to charge full tuition fees for online classes

  • 22 June 2021
  • Panchali Illankoon
Life Lessons From Dad

Celebrating Father’s Day over the weekend got us thinking; what’s the best advice we’ve heard from our dads?

  • 19 May 2021
  • Danu Innasithamby
Tag me @DANU – Twins Café

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 the language of

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 09 April 2020
  • Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Stranded Abroad

With the entire world experiencing a lockdown and many countries closing their borders, masses of Sri Lankan students overseas are facing difficult ti

  • 21 March 2020
  • Panchali Illankoon
Morning Showgram with EFM

Meet Thosh, Suzie and Deen, the morning talk-show hosts at EFM that gets the day started with their chaotic take on anything and everything. The Morn

  • 13 March 2020
  • Rihaab Mowlana
The Ravages of Ragging

Pasindu Hirushan was a bright eyed fresher walking through the gates of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura full of hopes and dreams about his futur