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No globetrotting for a while; but have an adventure right here!
At the end of a long hike around Kalupahana (situated near Horton Plains), everyone takes pleasure in the final destination: a cool dip in Lanka Ella falls. The air is clean, the water is soothing, and the company is great. Not many of us in the group knew much about Bambarakanda Falls or Kalupahana before [...]
Lanka’s BeWaxed goes to Male
Sri Lanka’s homegrown waxing salon chain BeWaxed, recently made its foray into the international market with the launch of its first overseas franchised branch in the Maldives. The ladies only salon is located in Male and will offer a range of waxing and skin care services that are available on the website www.bewaxed.lk Founder and [...]
Churning out island flavours
What started off as a simple gelato store in Galle Fort in 2017 has in just over three years flourished to become one of Sri Lanka’s well-loved gelaterias having amassed a loyal and growing customer base, three more stores and a healthy serving of different flavours and treats. Isle of Gelato founded by Shalini Fernando [...]
Minimising waste through circular consumption
People in general are used to a system of consumption in the sense of making, using and throwing away, despite the product still having its uses. This in turn is not the sustainable option. Wastage has constantly had an adverse impact on the environment and in turn our lifestyles. And perhaps one of the lessons [...]
Music News
Kasabian singer Meighan to leave band The indie rock band Kasabian announced on 6th July the departure of singer Tom Meighan as he is struggling with personal issues as he wants to concentrate all his energies on getting his life back together. Meighan also said he was doing fine [...]
‘Gedara Made’: Showcasing home based business talent
Recent events have caused the collective economy to suffer, but none as much as the small scale businesses and startups, who suffered devastating blows to their operations and income. In a time where small businesses are struggling to get back to normal and make some headway, Koshala Gunaratne’s project offers a window of opportunity. Her [...]
TV Times
Viber launches feature to let you create your own unique GIF
Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading apps for free and easy communication, announces the launch of its GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) creator feature, enabling its users to create fun GIFs to send to their friends and family. As the demand for instant messaging rises globally, Viber’s new GIF feature is a fitting addition to [...]
Melroy- five decades of effervescent voyage
Even sans inheriting musical instincts and inability to read musical notation Melroy Dharmaratne, an acclaimed music prodigy in the music arena, celebrates five decades of celebrity. Having formed in late 1960s the quartet, first Sinhalese family pop group, the ‘Dharmaratne Brothers’ with his siblings Christie, Maxwell and Ronald, Melroy has diverse talents with natural cognition [...]
BBC collaborates with Sri Lanka Tourism
Despite being considerably affected by the recent COVID -19 outbreak, Sri Lanka Tourism is currently taking several measures to revive the Tourism sector by collaborating with key international organisations, and platforms, through destination promotional marketing among new markets via social and digital media. It is very well known that the Travel and Tourism industry worldwide [...]
Liberty by Scope opens
Following the long lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic, cinema going culture is back and one of the pioneering theatres in Colombo, specially for English movies, ‘Liberty by Scope’ in Colombo 3 was opened for public. The theatre is functioning following all health guidelines stipulated by the Health Ministry and seating is arranged maintaining the social [...]
We can compete any international standard; Costa
One of the leading cinematographers in Sri Lanka Ruwan Costa was recently awarded with the Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language film at the Nice International Film Festival in France. The award was for his camera direction for ‘Dada Ima’, a film directed by Dr. Naomal Perera. Got interested in studying photography and cinematography at [...]
Ennio Morricone: Godfather of Western cinema music
The Academy awarded Italian composer Ennio Morricone who is famous for his iconic film scores and themes died last Monday, July 6. Aged 91, Morricone died at a Rome hospital after falling and breaking his leg. An astonishing achievement, this great composer over his 50 year career has worked with top filmmakers from around the [...]
Theatre is Back
A festival of theatre with four popular and award winning plays will go on the boards, first time after Covid-19 lockdown, at the Punchi Theatre, Borella. Stage plays, Udayasiri Wickramarathne’s “Thunsiya Hataeka 361”, Asanka Sayakkara’s “Uro Athara Pork”, “Guttila Kawya” and Ravindra Ariyarathne’s “Balloth Ekka Baa 2” will be staged from July 16 to 19 [...]
Award of Merit for ‘The Newspaper’
The directors of ‘The Newspaper’ film Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura last week received Award of Merit Special Mention from the IndieFEST Film Awards which took place online. Award of Merit Special Mention: Liberation / Social Justice / Protest had been couriered to Sri Lanka. The IndieFEST Film Awards puts filmmakers first and provides a [...]