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Opening up young minds to leopard conservation
Leopard deaths are increasingly reported in the news and while snares appear to be mostly the cause, it is merely an outcome of larger threats such as deforestation and loss of habitat which prompt leopards to venture out of dense forests and visit villages looking for food. Life with Pulli, an educational picture book for [...]
Giving an e-platform to artisans from around the country
“I used to always have a passion for things made in Sri Lanka, and always wanted to promote it. Lately, I saw that there are a lot of talented people, but they don’t really have a place to sell their items or to make them visible. They did not have a platform so I created [...]
A page turner by two best friends during lockdown
During the COVID lockdown, teenagers Nemindi Wijayaweera and Amanya Atukorale, both 14-year-old students of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo 7 put their spare time to good use. The story they wrote has just been published. ‘Who will take the crown?’ follows sisters Kate and Allie after a tragic event in their lives. They face a cascade [...]
TV Times
Healing people with medicine and music
Young musician and medical student Saliya Uduwella who has released a number of Sinhala hit songs, launched his debut international hit song ‘Intoxicate Me’ last week. Written together with internationally renowned Zimbabwean pop music artiste, songwriter and producer Leslie Fish, Saliya is a popular music figure in the Lankan music field. The music for this [...]
Fast & Furious 9’ beats pandemic
Much awaited the latest Fast 7 Furious instalment, the global box office hit ‘The Fast Saga and Fast & Furious 9’ or ‘F9’ is now being released in theatres in Colombo and island wide. Breaking the pandemic box office, the film that was released on April 1 has become the most successful film to be [...]
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dead at 72
Dusty Hill, bassist and secondary lead vocalist for popular American legendary Southern blues-rock trio ZZ Top, has died at the age of 72. This was announced in the band’s Face Book page last week. According to a post on the band’s official Facebook page by his band mates of the past 52 years, Billy Gibbons [...]
‘For the Sri Lankan Elephant’
Asian elephants are said to be even more endangered than their African relatives, not due to poaching but the rapidly escalating threat of habitat loss. Sri Lanka is one of the 13 Asian Elephant Range States, which still hosts a significant wild Asian elephant population (estimated at approximately 6,000). In Sri Lanka, elephants have held [...]
Theatre is back with a weekend festival
Following the close down of the country due to Covid-19 pandemic and along with that theatre and cinema, the curtain will rise again for stage plays with a week-end theatre festival at 3.30 pm and 7 pm from August 7 to 28 at the Lionel Wendt theatre, Colombo. Organised by Jude Srimal, the festival will [...]