KohoKoho heralds all you need to know about Avurudu
It’s two minutes to an auspicious time (nekatha) and you are dashing from the TV room to the kitchen, trying to time everything correctly according to the TV countdown. This is a scene often enacted in many Sri Lankan homes during the Avurudu season. KohoKoho developed by SurfEdge is an app that can save you [...]
With saplings and mammoties in hand, Law Goes Green goes to Matara
Out in the scorching sun, 60 hungry environmental law students of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo toiled hard to plant one hundred saplings in Kamburupitiya, Matara last Sunday. Each year the Environmental Law students organise Law Goes Green and for the 6th consecutive event, the students focused on planting trees. Setting out from [...]
You don’t have to be stuck for gift ideas anymore
Racking your brains to find the perfect gift? We’ve all been through that! As someone who takes the tradition of gift giving very seriously, Dinushka Fernando thought of creating thematic and personalised gift boxes which can help people find the perfect gift while also supporting local businesses. The gift boxes did not come from a [...]
Mirror
Riding the waves towards empowerment in Arugam Bay
It’s about breaking barriers and community norms by enabling surfing to become a more culturally accepted and recognized sport for Sri Lankan women. This is simply the vision of the Arugam Bay Girls Surf club. The club which was founded in 2018, is the first female surf club in Sri Lanka that seeks to empower [...]
Chathurangi Jayasooriya and the National Netball Team: Defending from the front
At just 28 years old, Chathurangi has played 43 international matches for Sri Lanka and is determined to play her part in the Sri Lankan Netball Team come July. From growing up in Kelaniya to captaining the National Netball Team, Chathu’s story is full of inspiration, determination, and a will to keep achieving. The caring [...]
Beauty in the detail
With a portfolio that is as eclectic as it is extensive, the “passionate extroverted introvert” personality of Colombo-based interior designer and visual artist Minal Naomi Wickrematunge shines through. Each piece grabs attention, and are embedded with layers of meaning and intention where each glance reveals a new detail. It was her childhood which shaped her [...]
Music News
Ed Sheeran invests in the property market Ed Sheeran is turning out to be a shrewd businessman as he is investing his income from his music according to reports. The singer, who claimed he slept rough near Buckingham Palace between 2008 and 2010, has invested in the property market to the tune of £42 million. [...]
TV Times
Queen Angeline is no more
Legendary songstress Angeline Gunathilake who mesmerised film and music lovers for several decades with her remarkable voice, passed away last week, bringing the curtain down on the golden era of the silver screen. Angeline was the most sought after playback songstress in Sinhala cinema’s golden era when she and H. R. Jothipala ruled the roost, [...]
Rapper Hussle killed
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in south Los Angeles on Sunday, media reports said. Two other people were wounded in the shooting outside Marathon Clothing, the LA Times reported, citing law enforcement sources. Hussle, 33, initially became known for his numerous mix tapes, including his ‘Bullets Ain’t Got No [...]
Russian Ballet Awards in Colombo
The annual Ballet Award Ceremony of the Russian Centre in Colombo was held at the Russian Centre Auditorium recently with grand performances by the students. The Russian Centre in Colombo is home to a group of local ballerinas who have been born and bred in its classes that teach them the ABCs of Ballet. The [...]
Hollywood horror film about a mysterious burial ground
‘Pet Sematary’, latest horror movie from the Hollywood, directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, is now being screened in Theatres around Colombo and outstation. Written by Jeff Buhler, it is the second film adaptation of the novel written in 1983. The first film under the [...]
‘Sulanga Apa Reganayavi’ : A family film for April holidays
‘Sulanga Apa Regana Yavi’, a moving tale about a young boy’s unstoppable search for his stolen bull which was taken to the city to be sold to the butchers , would be novel experience for many children who had not seen the rural Sri Lanka, the struggle of the a group of poorest people who [...]
‘Lankan cinema is controlled by a mafia’; Nuwan Jayatillake
Hailing from remote Lellopitiya off Ratnapura, the hometown of Joe Abeywickrema, one of the greatest actors of Sri Lankan cinema, Nuwan Jayathilake the director of ‘The Wind Beneath us’ or ‘Sulanga Apa Regana Yawi’ had to come a long way to realise his cinema dream. “Making a film had been my childhood dream. From [...]
Cinema on divided and united Germany
A 1995 German television film directed by Frank Beyer and based on the book by Erich Loest, ‘Nikolaikirche’ will be screened at 7 pm on April 12 at the Goethe Hall, in Colombo. The screening is a part of the film series “Film Macht Geschichte”, shown from March 22 to May 3 in the Goethe [...]
Much awaited Sinhala movies lined up in CEL circuit
A number of much awaited Sinhala films including Prasanna Vithanage’s newest road movie ‘Gaadi’ are to be released in the CEL circuit cinemas in the year 2019. The series of films will be started with “Jayasri Amathithuma” and will be followed by “Kathuru Mithuru”, “Gaadi”, “Gindari 2”. CEL Circuit was formed in the year 2001 [...]
Responsible Whale Watching with F-airways
Watch the largest mammal in the world and the natural beauty of the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka from the sky. It has been almost 10 years since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war and Sri Lanka has been named as the top country for travel in 2019 by Lonely Planet. The country has [...]
Iron Man Chef at MLH
The Iron Man Competition is the ultimate test of grit and determination. The staunch discipline required to undergo strenuous daily training, and the ability to push beyond all limits, are the attributes that shape Iron men and women across the globe. Competing in the relay event of this year’s Iron Man Sri Lanka Competition held [...]
Avurudu’ offer at Mövenpick Colombo
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year, or popularly known as ‘Avurudu’, is an important holiday. Celebrate the season as Mövenpick Hotel Colombo offers all residents a wonderful deal this April. A special rate of 21,850/- nett per night on double occupancy, inclusive of the famous Mövenpick breakfast awaits all residents until the 30th of April. [...]