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Walking into the newly opened Colombo City Centre late last month, one barely knew where to look first. But amidst all the luxury brands and upmarket glamour was a cheerful-looking painted bullock cart, packed with an exciting array of brightly-coloured items that caught the eye and lifted the spirit. This is all Bakamuna and the [...]
Young Lankans make it to the world’s largest start-up incubator
“Autochatic” (https://autochatic.com ), an innovative start-up founded in 2017 has become the first ever Sri Lankan start-up to join the prestigious Station F thus securing the country’s presence amongst global tech giants. Located in Paris, France, “Station F” is the world’s largest start-up incubator with the capacity to accommodate more than 1000 start-ups under one [...]
One-stop-shop for biodegradable items: That’s her aim
Savera Weerasinghe is not passionate about sustainability or recycling, but rather the environment and nature. In this age of acute climate change she wants to do her part for the planet. Having majored in Environmental Studies and Social Entrepreneurship at New York University, after returning to Sri Lanka, Savera started an industrial paper sacks company [...]
Bags full of goodness
A 33-year-old mother of two young children, Vraîe Cally Balthazaar launched Cally Reusable Bags two months ago. Each set comes with one storage bag, seven produce bags, and two large tote bags. With Sri Lankan vegetables and fruits illustrating the front of the cover bag, the package makes a handy and eco-friendly gift. The biodegradable [...]
Mirror
Creepy tales of the paranormal
Halloween is nearly upon us and we thought it would be fitting to explore Colombo and its suburbs for any haunted spaces. Despite some of them rumoured to be filled with all kinds of paranormal activities, most houses were abandoned due to mundane reasons. However, we did find a few spaces that had an eerie [...]
Maestro of the cube
A few twists and turns and presto the mystery of the cube is solved! 16-year old Osidu Nayanajith shocked audience members and the jury at the recently concluded Sri Lanka’s Got Talent (SLGT) contest with his mind boggling performance as he shattered consecutive records by solving the Rubik’s cube – a herculean task for most [...]
Hit song ‘Despacito’ earns seven Guinness World Records
The reggeton/ Latin pop hit song ‘Despacito’ by Luis Fonsi has been certified seven Guinness World Records. The 40 year old Puerto Rican artist thanked his fans on October 17 on winning the seven titles. He thanked Daddy Yankee who collaborated on the song and Justine Bieber who helped write and add the English vocals [...]
NASA reveals stunning image of newborn stars in the Cat’s Paw Nebula
It’s the biggest footprint you’re ever likely to see. This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula, named for the large, round features that create the impression of a feline footprint. It reveals gigantic ‘bubbles’ in the star forming region. Framed by green clouds, the bright red bubbles are the dominant [...]
More than a Mad Hatter’s tea party
A classic story emerging from a hard leather bound book to being browsed on Kindle is the best way to describe Elizabeth Moir ’s modern retelling of a Lewis Caroll fable rewritten by Jonathan Yukich “Alice @ Wonderland.” The story surrounded by a 21st century setting aimed at entertaining the young and the old is [...]
TV Times
Alston Koch picks up ‘Sri Lankan of the Year 2018’
Alston Koch, Sri Lankan born Australian entertainer was named ‘Sri Lankan of the Year/ Global Entertainer of the Year 2018’ at Derana Music TV Awards recently. Alston Koch proved once again that Sri Lankan talent is amongst the leading and the best in the World of entertainment. Sri Lanka’s international recording star and now an actor [...]
Renaissance of ‘Ex Generation’
‘Ex Generation’, the newest music outfit to break into the scene, is a combination of veterans into a new level. The band C & C, which has been in the industry for over fifteen years, will launch its new line up of musicians in mid March and will be into action there onwards. ‘Ex Generation’ [...]
‘Wild Sri Lanka Photographer of the year 2018’
Wildlife photography is a significant part of photography, and living in an island with a rich and diverse wildlife gives us the privilege of enjoying and experiencing wildlife photography at its best. The team Wild Sri Lanka is on a unique endeavour to muse the art of wildlife photography with the very important cause of [...]
‘Dance on with the Gypsies’
‘Dance on with the Gypsies’, another dashing presentation by Black Pepper Entertainment, was held at the Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo recently. The dance show featured all-time greatest Sri Lankan entertainer, the legendary Sunil Perera accompanied by the Gypsies performing their greatest hits from seventies to present. Cricketing legend Rangana Herath was the Chief Guest at ‘Dance [...]
Cinema for the scary season
Bringing the real scary, creepy or chilling experience, ‘Halloween’ is now being screened in leading English theatres in Colombo and islandwide. Belonging to the category of slasher film, a sub-genre of horror films that involves a violent murderer who commits series of murders using sharp bladed tools, ‘Halloween’ is the eleventh and the latest of [...]
‘Raassa Parassa’ in Town
Rohana Dandeniya’s popular play ‘Raassa Parassa’ will go on the boards at 8.15 and 10.30 on October 3 at the YMBA Theatre in Borella. The new production is done by Sriyantha Mendis and it stars Kusum Renu, Jayanath Bandara, Mahendra Weeraratne, Pradeep Aragama, Tharaka Upendra, Shan Amanda, Saman Paranaliyanage and Sriyantha himself. Music and choreography [...]
‘Sinhabahu’ goes to the South
Prof. Ediriweera Sarathchandra’s stage play “Sinhabahu” will be staged at 10.30 a.m. and 2.30 pm. at Town Hall auditorium in Kalutara. The play is a prescribed text for the G.C.E. O/L Sinhala syllabus. Tickets are now available at Luminex Book Shop, Kumara book shop Kalutara at and the theatre gate. The show is organised by [...]
‘Idora Wessa’, the latest telefilm on Rupavahini
Iresh Lokubandara’s newest teledrama ‘Idora Wessa’ starring Janak Premalal, Madani Malwatte, Roshan Pilapitiya, Vishwalanka, Mahendra Weeraratne, Harshana Bethmage, Rashi Prabha Sandeepani, Shalika Edirisinghe and number of other well-known stars, now being telecast on the National Rupavahini. Produced by Lasitha Yasakula Gunasena and scripted by Saman Kumara Gamage, the teleplay is aired on every weekday from [...]
‘Crime Scene’ marks the entry of detective thriller to local TV
Introducing a locally made detective teleserial to the Sri Lankan TV audience ‘Crime Scene’ is now being aired from Monday to Friday at 9 pm on the National Rupavahini. The teleserial with scenes of vehicle chase, stunts, shooting scenes is directed by U. A. Palliyaguru who is more popular in cinema. Entered cinema making ‘Super [...]
King of the Mambo
Popular ‘King of the Mambo’ Cuban Restaurant Chain opened its latest out let in Colombo at the Gall Face Hotel last week. ‘King of the Mambo’ unlocked the passion of the food lovers in Colombo by offering expertly mixed cocktails by an award-winning mixologist, linger for the Mediterranean-Cuban cuisine and live entertainment, and return for [...]