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Viridu to help fight sexual harassment
Women In Need (WIN), an organization dedicated to addressing gender based violence in Sri Lanka has created a mobile app called 2six4, giving women, girls and bystanders the ability to inform selected contacts immediately when in need of help. It also connects you to the nearest police stations and the Police Women and Children’s Desk, at [...]
Guru Gedara Festival with Chitrasena Vajira Dance Foundation
An exclusive dance performance ‘Guru Gedara’ presented by Chitrasena Vajira Dance Foundation along with Cinnamon Life and the John Keells Foundation on September 7 as the finale to the Guru Gedara Festival. This first immersive traditional arts festival was held together with Cinnamon Life and the John Keells Foundation. The festival opened for a four-day [...]
5th Installation of Toastmasters Club
Toastmasters are part of a worldwide network of clubs that work on a non-profit basis as an educational entity that supports professionals who are members in honing their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Being a part of such a prestigious organization since 2013, the 5th Club Officers Installation Ceremony of the SJMS Toastmasters Club [...]
Theatrical exposure on education system
Stage play “Vikurthi”, one of the fine theatrical analysis of modern education system, produced by pioneering children’s playwright Somalatha Subasinghe will go on the boards at 3.30 pm and 7 pm on September 29 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo. Vikurthi or Distortion is an original play and is a satirical exposure of hapless generation [...]
Cinematic celebrations in the Northern Peninsula
Jaffna with its rich cultural and aesthetic heritage will come alive once again with the Jaffna International Cinema Festival (JaffnaICF) to be held for the fourth consecutive year from October 3 to 8 in Jaffna. Thirty countries will be participating at this years’ festival by presenting more than 80 films including feature films, documentaries and [...]
Sharing Korean culture through cinema
‘Korean Film Festival 2018’, one of the much awaited events in the annual cinema colander, will be held following the resounding success of last year’s event organised by the Korean Embassy together with the Korea Foundation. The festival will take place from October 12 to 15 at the National Film Corporation (NFC) in Colombo 7. [...]
Sumathy’s ‘Sons and Father’, Dulanka’s ‘Children of White’ in Competition
Renowned writer, poet and filmmaker Sumathy Sivamohan’s debut feature ‘Sons and Father’ will compete at the 2nd Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2018 (SGSAIFF) to be held from October 5 to 14. Young Sri Lankan filmmaker Dulanka Devendra’s short film ‘Children of White’ will compete in the short film category. The SGSAIFF 2018 lineup [...]
Simpson’s Forest Hotel: Luxury living in tea country
Simpson’s Forest is a small sub-montane forest patch in the magnificent Hunasgiriya Mountain extending towards the Wattegama-Elkaduwa Road. Located at an elevation of about 3900 metres above sea level, Meenawatta is the main plantation flanking Simpson’s Forest. This triangular- shaped forest patch, which looks like a gallery forest, was protected as a watershed by a [...]
Lemongrass for September at HCR
Hilton Colombo Residences has announced lemongrass as its monthly seasonal specialty produce for September 2018 at all of its dining outlets as a part of its Eat Drink Hilton campaign. The objective of this initiative is to look at the health aspect of each seasonal produce and how it can be used in daily dishes. [...]