Bringing back life in Batticaloa to canvas
Captivating symbolism and muted tones capturing intricate impressions add import to artist Susiman Nirmalavasan’s newest collection of works that will have its debut in Colombo this week. Having previously exhibited his work in Batticaloa, Jaffna and Kilinochchi, this is his very first solo exhibition in Colombo. With this exhibition titled ‘Reminiscence’, Susiman offers a glimpse [...]
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Keep a tab on all that’s new and exciting as day gets closer for Big Bad Wolf sale
Sri Lanka’s favourite wolf is almost here – the world’s biggest book sale — the ‘Big Bad Wolf (BBW) Book Sale’ will be returning to Sri Lanka online for the second time from May 5 – 12 on the website bigbadwolfbooks.lk. Speaking at a press conference held on Tuesday at Sahal, the organisers announced that [...]
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New at the Cauldron: Cold brew coffee range and more
The eclectic artsy café that is the brainchild of husband-wife duo Tharanga and Dush, THE CAULDRON celebrates its 4th year in operation with new additions to its menu favourites. Tharanga Kasadoruge launched the place with over 17 years’ experience both locally and internationally. With a deep interest in the science of coffee, Tharanga believes that [...]
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Lanka’s Zero Gravity does well at Adobe eLearning Design awards
The recently held Adobe eLearning Design awards that drew in a number of projects from participants across the world saw commendable success by a Sri Lankan team. The competition, held in search of the best eLearning project, is the first ever global engagement of its kind by Adobe. Three entries tied for first place and [...]
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DAB-ing with the Ruark R1 Deluxe Bluetooth Radio
Bluetooth speakers are a staple in most people’s lives, especially if you’re a techie and you love music (much like me). So when I got the opportunity to look at a high end Bluetooth speaker, I was intrigued. After all, what exactly makes a high end Bluetooth speaker “high end”? Well, I was about to [...]
BRIT music awards to host 4,000-strong audience in UK pilot event
Some 4,000 people will attend the BRIT Awards next month, in what organisers of Britain’s pop music honours said would be the first major indoor music event with a live audience as the country emerges from COVID-19 lockdown. The ceremony, to be held on May 11 at London’s O2 arena, will form part of the [...]
That’s Debatable 2021-The tech debating competition
Julie Walters once said, “Debate is so much better than denial”.The FOSS community,Mozilla Campus Club and the Women in FOSS community of IIT hopes to bring life to these sentiments by taking the initiative to; ‘That’s Debatable 2021’, the interschool debating and speech competition. The main objective of this endeavour is to provide a platform [...]
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‘Arena’ to boost the music scene
Benjy and Aquarius: Front runners of the revival Entertainment industry is the prime victim of the Covid 19 pandemic throughout the world, making thousands of people in the showbiz facing very hard time and fighting for survival. Sri Lanka is no better with the collapse of the tourism industry, most of the entertainment venues have [...]
Beats of One Nation – Season Two
Despite the several challenges posed by the pandemic, Sri Lanka Unites (SLU) was able to host the second season of Beats of One Nation (BOON) recently. Adapting to the new normal and keeping in line with the health precautions implemented by the authorities, SLU creatively managed to conduct the concert – live streaming it via [...]
Shiseido’s skincare secrets and glamorous looks
Shiseido, through its partnership with LUXASIA, continues to bring delight to Sri Lankan beauty-lovers with fresh retail innovations, workshops, and seasonal offerings. On Tuesday, 6 April 2021, the brand delivered a series of successful workshopsshowcasing Shiseido’s skincare and makeupcollections through skilful demonstrations by some of the island’s top makeupand skincare experts. It was an exciting [...]
Rakuten Viber brings in cricket chatbot
Viber, one of the world’s leading apps for free and easy communication, has recently launched a chatbot styled as ‘Battle of Cricket’ for cricket-loving users to let them be a part of an interactive, insightful conversation related to cricket matches and win exhilarating rewards. Cancellation of some cricket tournaments in this season of cricket has [...]
‘Yathra’ competes at Kathmandu
Multi awarded film ‘Yathra’ (The Voyage) directed by Christy Shelton Fernando will be competing in the main section of the 4th Nepal International Film in Kathmandu held from May 6 to 10. ‘Yathra’, winner of number of international awards and acclaims, is produced by veteran actress and producer SriyaniAmarasena. The other co-producers are RuwanJayasinghe, LilaniPerera [...]
‘Senu’ wins Best Film on Disability Issue at Istanbul Film Awards
Veteran teledrama director SudathDevapriya and Ruvani Kurukulasuriya’sco-direction ‘Senu’, a telefilm recently won the Best Feature Film on Disability Issue at the Istanbul Film Awards. A story woven around a disabled child, ‘Senu’ stars SampathJayaweera, Prashan Senanayake, Damitha Abeyratne, Sahan Ranwala, Manel Wanaguru, Rohana Siriwardana, Nimal Jayasinghe and co-director RuvaniKurukulasuriya herself. One episode telefilms is also [...]
German film drama goes online via Goethe Institute
“My end is your beginning” German film drama directed by Mariko Minoguchi will be screened online at 7 pm on April 30 by the Goethe Institute in Colombo. Premiered in June, 2019 as part of the Munich Film Festival, the film was released in German cinemas on November 28, 2019. Written by the director, the [...]
Shooting of Simon’s cinematic novel started
Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne’s latest film ‘Ksheera Sagaraya Kalabini’, based on a novel written by the late Simon Navagaththegama started its shooting at cinema village at Ranminithenna in Hambantota last week. Considered as a cinematic novel, the story was to be made into a film by several filmmakers and even the copy right had been obtained [...]