Kala Pola beckons veterans and 10-year-old first timer
Greenpath ( Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha) was a sea of colour last Sunday as the 27th edition of Kala Pola took place attracting art lovers all day long. From veteran artists who have been using this open art fair as a platform to exhibit their skills to new young talents showcasing their works, Kala Pola continues [...]
Time to train and bond with her four-legged friends
Training your dog is about building and strengthening your relationship with your best friend, says Terunie Senanayake, 25, a certified dog trainer and behaviourist who runs Pet’iquette or Pet Etiquette. Terunie specialises in dealing with different canine behavioural issues such as separation anxiety, nervousness, socialization of dogs, leash reactivity, nipping, pottying inside, excessive barking, and hyperactivity. [...]
Back to the good old coconut husk to clean pots and pans
Plastic is so ingrained in our daily lives, that it is something that we actively have to wean ourselves off. Take the humble dish sponge that you use every day. Creator of TODDS Handmade Coir Sponges Denham Todd has an eco-friendly substitute in his coconut husk sponge. Regular kitchen sponges made of synthetic foamed polyurethane [...]
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Making music from the heart
Making waves with her recent single, Devashrie De Silva haunts audiences with ‘Sithuwili Yahane’, her third solo original. Singing since she was quite young, Devashrie attributes her powerful vocals to her musically gifted family. The exposure she gained singing for school and church whilst competing in all-island competitions (and winning them) paved the way for [...]
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Stephanie Sansoni’s cover of Dance Monkey For her first cover of 2020, renowned Lankan singer and performer Stephanie Sansoni took on the unique sound of 2019’s viral hit Dance Monkey by Australian artist Tones and I. Since starting her YouTube channel in 2014, she has also ventured into original music. With simple musical backing, Stephanie’s [...]
Supporting youth interconnectivity among organisations
HYPE Sri Lanka held its launch and interactive stakeholder discussion recently. A youth organisation it aims to become the first youth incubator in Sri Lanka with a vision of creating youth inclusive sustainable development. Instead of helping youth empowerment from the bottom up, HYPE starts off with the top-level, aiming to connect all the youth-oriented [...]
Waste Less Arugam Bay (WLAB): Bringing solutions to the waste issue
Every little bit helps when it comes to addressing issues of waste and once in a way solutions are found that benefit a community in a beautiful way. Waste Less Arugam Bay (WLAB) is one of them. Perhaps the smallest possible waste management solution one could think of WLAB in reality is a simple channel [...]
Facebook will pay for users’ voice recordings
Facebook will pay for users’ voice recordings after it was caught listening to and transcribing private Messenger chats to improve its speech recognition software. Facebook says it will start paying users to harvest their voice data for training speech recognition software after it was caught analyzing their speech without permission last year. In a program [...]
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Billie Eilish’s Bond track becomes UK’s No: 1 song Billie Eilish’s new James Bond theme song ‘No Time To Die’ has become the UK’s No:1 song. The track debuted straight at the top of the chart. Since its release the song it was in contention for the No: 1 position as it became clear it [...]
My Notes, a native, digital feature on Viber
Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps, recently announced its newest feature, My Notes, to organise the biggest and smallest moments, simplify daily tasks and deepen personal connections with users is rolling out globally. Consumers’ daily activity consists of constant multitasking—working while receiving messages, calls, and videos—making it challenging to keep track of [...]
‘Love Is in the Air’: Yashan goes international
After a long break, singer/ TV Presenter Yashan De Silva is now back in action with an international musical collaboration. His latest Song is composed and Directed by Lady Monarkey and she is a producer from CANADA who runs her own record label called MUSIQMATCH records. Yashan is the lyricist of new song ‘Love Is [...]
‘Kadira Divyaraja’ creates the story of God Kataragama
‘Kadira Divyaraja’, Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne’s newest cinematic venture creating the story of god Skandha or Kataragama and his love story with Walli, completed shooting and it is now being edited. Prof. Ariyaratne, who is well-known for his stories relating to incidents and characters connected with religions, history and culture, has written the script of ‘Kadira [...]
Safeer brings Anne Frank’s diary to stage
Veteran dramatist M. Safeer brings the world famous Anne Frank Diary to the stage in both English and Sinhala languages. The second best read book in the world “The Diary of Anne Frank” is brought to Sri Lankan stage for the first time and it goes on boards on March 5 in Sinhala and on [...]
“Sihina Horu Aran” back with a talented cast
The new production of Rajitha Dissanayake’s play “Sihina Horu Aran” (Dreams Robbed) will be staged at 3.30pm and 6.45pm on Saturday March 7 at Namel Malini Punchi Theatre, Borella. The play featuring an all new cast has returned after four years and the talented cast include Ishara Wickramasinghe, Nadeeshani Peliarachchci, Nalin Lusena, Sudarshana Krishantha, Kasuni [...]
Sci-fi horror movie based on H. G. Well’s novel
‘The Invisible Man’, the newest adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel of the same name, revolving around a woman who believes she is being haunted by her abusive husband, despite him apparently having died, is now being screened in theatres around Colombo. This Australian-American sci-fi horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell stars Elisabeth [...]
“The Gateway to the East” initiative
The Eastern region in Sri Lanka offers many opportunities for tourism growth and investment despite the tribulations faced by the region in terms of the decades-long conflict and the 2004 tsunami. The massive infrastructure developments underway enabling accessibility and the shift in tourism in the recent past towards experiential travel has paved the way for [...]
Coffee Cuisine menu with barista magic at Mövenpick
Mövenpick Hotel Colombo has brewed up an imaginative menu of coffee-infused dishes with the launch of its latest global culinary initiative: Coffee Cuisine, a dash of barista magic. The brand, which has been roasting its own premium coffees for more than 50 years, has taken its blending expertise to new aromatic heights. Mövenpick is conjuring [...]