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Paul M.M. Cooper, who got to know the country while teaching English in remote schools here has written a debut novel, River of Ink, set in medieval Sri Lanka and primarily based on the Sanskrit epic Shishupal Vadha. Smriti Daniel finds out more about the book in this email interview In the darkest period of [...]
A day in the park with some ‘cool’ Shakespeare entertainment
2016 sees the spotlight on one of Britain’s greatest exports, William Shakespeare, as part of the British Council’s global ‘Shakespeare Lives Programme’ which commemorates the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. To show how exciting Shakespeare can be, Sri Lanka’s British Council Arts team has partnered with The Workshop Players as their new Artists-in-Residence, to [...]
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Behind the scenes of a beauty blogger
Doing makeup can result in either a hit or a definitive miss- ask anyone who sports a wicked winged eye-liner. It takes more than a steady hand, quality products and confidence according to Lankan beauty Guru, Roshani Kumarasinghe. “All it really takes is practice” to look your best. If the idea of changing one’s facial [...]
Making it to the top
The past month has been an experience both of us are never going to forget! We have been honoured to be provided with the opportunity to meet with the President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and the Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara and the Tourism Minister John Amaratunga. All of whom [...]
‘21st Century Monk’ in Kandy
‘The 21st Century Monk’, a production by Sri Theatre Company will be performed in Kandy on April 9 and 10, 2016. Fresh from their performance in Bangalore, India last month, ‘The 21st Century Monk’ is a comedy which takes on the story of a lawyer (Waruna) who decides to become mute for the rest of [...]
Virtual bulletin board with Buzzbird
The idea for Buzzbird, Chief Executive Officer Amrit Rupasinghe explains, was prompted by an onslaught of communication channels. His previous workplace had three offices located in three separate sites and required constant liaising between each other. There was a Facebook group for the younger people to communicate with each other, official notifications were sent via [...]
Mariah Carey cancels show in Brussels
Mariah Carey cancelled her concert in Brussels, Belgium last Sunday following safety concerns. The singer was to mark her birthday with the concert in the European nation which was at the centre of several deadly bomb explosions last week. Carey took to social media to announce the concert cancellation wowing to return to the City [...]
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‘Raymonda’ at Russian Centre
The DVD screening of famed Russian Bolshoi Ballet ‘Raymonda’ will be held at the the Russian Centre in Colombo on Friday 29th April at 3.00pm. ‘Raymonda’ is a ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis choreoographed by Marius Petipa, with music by Alexander Glazunov,his Opus 57. First presented by the Imperial Ballet at [...]
A. R. Rahman to perform in Colombo
Popular Indian musical sensation A. R. Rahman, one of the best musicians India has produced in recent times, will come alive in Colombo on 23rd of April at the Galle Face Green. This will be his first concert in Sri Lanka. A. R. Rahman, born A. S. Dileep Kumar in January 1967 in Tamil Nadu, [...]
Richard Clayderman comes alive in Sri Lanka
Richard Clayderman, one of the popular pianists and best-selling record artiste in the 80s era, is set to perform in Colombo at the Nelum Pokuna on April 8th starting at 7.00pm. Clayderman is a French Classical Pianist and considered as one of the top French concert performers. He has established for himself a status as [...]
Art of creating dramatic visuals through sound
Young filmmaker Malaka Dewapriya a longtime enthusiast and campaigner of the art of radio play will launch his two audio CDs tilted “Kanata Parak” (Earful of Visuals) containing 14 Radio Plays at 3. 00 p.m. onwards on April 7 at the Auditorium of the Mahaweli Centre, Colombo. The main speakers at the event will be [...]
Happy Birthday Father of Sri Lankan cinema
Dr. Lester James Peries unarguably the father of Sri Lankan cinema and the legend who inscribed the name of Sri Lankan cinema in the world turns 97 on Tuesday, April 5. Starting his career as a young cub reporter as young as 17 years, Lester wrote to the blue pages of the Ceylon Daily News. [...]
SLF Digital Film Academy teaches film editing
Sri Lanka Foundation Digital Film Academy is starting a new course on Digital Film Editing where a complete and comprehensive knowledge to imparted on film editing using latest computer softwares. The four-month certificate course includes 70 percent of practical work, teach grammer of editing, editing work flows among teaching others of film editing. The course [...]
French dramas on youth with individual struggles
French drama films ‘Mes chères études’ directed by Emmanuelle Bercot and ‘Élève libre’ directed by Joachim Lafosse are to be screened at Alliance Francaise de Kotte, at Colombo 7. ‘Mes chères études’ is a story about Laura who is a 19-year-old university freshman who desperately wants to do well in school. She does da part-time [...]
‘Villa Sarakkuwa’: Haven in the lagoon
Named after Portuguese sailor Sarakk, the village ‘Sarakkuwa’ lies in Pamunugama between the Southern end of the Negombo lagoon and the deep blue sea. ‘Villa Sarakkuwa’ is a popular bungalow in the village, offers a quiet holiday for travellers looking to get away from the busy city life. Located in Sarakkuwa off Pamunugama- Negombo road [...]
CSR project of Jungle Beach Kuchchaveli
Jungle Beach, the luxury boutique hotel operated in Kuchchaveli by leading local leisure group Uga Escapes, continued its charitable efforts in the region by refurbishing the female ward of the Kuchchaveli Divisional Hospital. Jungle Beach conducted the CSR initiative together with Alpha Industries, a subsidiary of the Finco Group to which Uga Escapes also belongs. [...]
‘Your Negombo’ : A Destination Project By Jetwing
With the blessings of the Negombo Hoteliers Association(NHA), Jetwing unveiled a new and ambitious project designed to create awareness and knowledge about the popular tourist destination of Negombo through online technology. The project is titled ‘Your Negombo’ and will be activated throughout the year. Launched after the monthly NHA meeting, the ‘Your Negombo’ team began [...]
