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E-Diriya: An app that aims to make women feel safe
By Mahesh De Andrado The Colombo Municipal Council and the Carter Center, a US-based Non-Profit Organization, launched E-Diriya, a mobile app to help keep women safe when travelling. The app was launched for Women’s Day this year. What exactly is E-Diriya? The app is all about providing information and support to women in the event [...]
Applications open for the second Scholars’ Pipeline
The Scholars’ Pipeline conducted by The Strivers’ Network (TSN) saw five students gaining admission into undergraduate programmes at leading US and UK universities such as Princeton University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Oxford University, in some cases with full financial aid. Applications are now open for the second batch of the Scholars’ Pipeline [...]
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Gayathri creates history winning first foreign award for cinema music
Gayathri Khemadasa wins the Best Music Director at the Ceylon International film festival By Susitha Fernando Internationally acclaimed musician Gayathri Khemadasa recently won the first ever international award for a film musical score for her music direction for ‘The Newspaper’ at the Ceylon International Film Festival in Santa Barbara, California, USA. The film directed by [...]
Russel’s: Premier Tea Maker to a household brand in Catering
With over three and a half decades of experience in the industry, serving Tea to Sri Lanka’s foremost institutions, Russel’s has now diversified its Catering arm by launching new take away pastry shops, Its’ first in the heart of Colombo 10 recently. Russel’s, one of the renowned Tea Service Companies in Sri Lanka, celebrated its 34th [...]
Beauty QUEEN ANJUNI TO DRESS MISS INTERCONTINENTAL 2022
Groomed as a professional dancer, who toured the world, a professional ramp model, a former Miss Sri Lanka Anjuni Hettiarachchi now an aspiring Fashion Designer. Versatile and Gorgeous Anjuni is braving the current economic crisis prevalent in the country by venturing into exports by Launching her Second Brand ‘Flax in Bloom’ to compliment her currently [...]
‘CineMa’, A true story of cinema
By Susitha Fernando Based on a true and personal story relating to cinema and film screening, film production, Sinhala movie, “CineMa”- the film and me, directed by Dr. Kapila Suriyarachchi is to be released soon. Produced by Champika Janandana, the film exposes the bitter realities of cinema industry while it also pays tributes to those [...]
Liyoni no more
Veteran Sri Lankan actress Liyoni Kothalawala who starred in a large number of films, stage plays and teledramas passed away last week. She was 78. Kothalawala won several national awards for her acting and her long contribution to the field. In 1962, she won the Best Actress Award for her outstanding performance in the play [...]
Launch of ‘Jataka Tales Audio Book’
Marking 75th anniversary of India- Sri Lanka diplomatic relations, Jataka Tales Audio Book in Sinhala was launched at the Ruwanweli Maha Seya premises in Anuradhapura on the sacred Poson Poya, on 14June 2022. The Audio Book contains 50 Jataka Tales, selected from Jatakattakatha under the theme of ‘Good Advice’ and primarily caters to the visually [...]
Chandran releases ‘THE RAT PACK’
Veteran filmmaker and producer Chandran Rutnam on Monday (20) launched his book ‘Chandran and The Rat pack’, a book about his journey in cinema and specially foreign film production in Sri Lanka. “It’s a very unusual book because of what it is….an expose. A true story of conspiracy, greed, and betrayal during the first 25 [...]
‘Desmondge watha gotha’ : A Tribute Song for Des by Rajiv
By Sanath Weerasuriya ‘Desmondge watha gotha’ – ‘the story about Desmond’, a special tribute song for late Desmond De Silva penned by Rajiv Sebastian will be released on 13th July, the first birth commemoration after legend’s demise on 9th January, 2022. The late Desmond De Silva was born on 13th July 1944. Though the legend [...]
Leading French Travel Agents Arrive in Sri Lanka to experience authentic Sri Lankan hospitality
Seeing is Believing… 07 Leading French Travel agents arrived in Sri Lanka on the 18th Jun 2022 for an eight-night, nine-day tour of our island paradise to experience all that Sri Lanka has to offer. During their stay they will be visiting tourism hotspots such Kandy, Passikudah, Sigiriya & Polonnaruwa while also exploring lesser-known destinations [...]