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Culture Colombo bags’ Asia’s Best Ethnic Restaurant’ title
By Raj Moorthy While Sri Lanka has gone through many challenges local companies keep reaching greater heights in bringing credit to the country. Sri Lankan restaurant Culture Colombo was awarded the ‘Best Ethnic Restaurant in Asia’ for the year 2022 by Asia’s Number 01 Brand and Leadership Excellence Awards under the ‘Asian Dining Awards’ category. [...]
Here’s everything we know about Nothing
By Mahesh De Andrado You’d think naming a company “Nothing” would not spark much interest. But to the contrary. Founded by Carl Pei, Nothing Technology Limited (or simply Nothing) is a consumer technology company based in London. In case you missed it, Carl Pei was one of the founders of OnePlus alongside Pete Lau and [...]
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Musical summer with Soul Sounds academy
3RD VIRTUAL MUSIC SUMMER CAMP 2022 In Sri Lanka, Summer time is usually considered ‘That time of the year’ where friends and family get together and make plans to spend quality time with each other and enjoy school vacations together. This year however, with prevailing economic crises, fuel shortages, inflation, power outages and political instability [...]
Intrepid Colombo recognized with ‘Great Place to Work’ Certification
Intrepid Colombo, part of Intrepid Travel, the world leader in sustainable experience-rich travel with a mission to create positive change through the joy of travel, was bestowed with the Great Place to Work Certification in recognition of its vibrant and distinctive workplace culture, garnering an overall 98 percent in the Trust Index Survey. The survey [...]
Indo-Lanka film-production after four decades
By Susitha Fernando ‘Second show’ now shown in India and Sri Lanka Thriller movie ‘Second Show’, a Sri Lanka-India co-production, 44 years after ‘Pilot Premnath’ is now being screened in both India and Sri Lanka. Shot entirely in Sri Lanka, in 1978 ‘Pilot Premnath’ was made as the first Indo-Lanka cinema co-production and post-production of [...]
‘The Rise of Gru’- Minions are back
The fifth instalment of the ‘Despicable Me’ franchise ‘The Rise of Gru’ is now being screened in theatres around Colombo and other cities. Produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is directed by Kyle Balda and the film features Steve Carell reprising his role as Gru and Pierre Coffin as the Minions, with [...]
‘Jugjugg Jeeyo’ hits Lankan screens
The latest Hindi movie ‘Jugjugg Jeeyo’ (Live long and prosper) is a family comedy-drama, directed by Raj Mehta. The film stars Neetu Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, alongside Manish Paul and Prajakta Koli, marking the latter’s feature film debut. Elnaaz Norouzi featured in a special appearance in song ‘Duppata’. ‘Jugjugg Jeeyo’ was released [...]
Locarno unveils 2022 festival, includes Malayalam movie ‘Declaration’
Malayalam movie ‘Ariyippu’ or ‘Declaration’ by Mahesh Narayanan’s will feature at renowned Locarno Film Festival to be held from August 3-13. The 75th edition of the festival also includes the world premiere of the latest feature from Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Sokurov. The international competition will comprise 17 films, including 10 world premieres, which will vie [...]
Carlos Santana passes out onstage in Michigan
Veteran guitarist Carlos Santana passed out onstage during a concert at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan on Tuesday night but was treated quickly and was seen waving to fans as he was wheeled offstage. Santana ‘was overtaken by heat exhaustion and dehydration,’ according to a statement from his rep, and was taken to [...]
Acclaimed Chef Priyantha Weerasinghe, joins Mövenpick’s zealous culinary team
Mövenpick Colombo recently welcomed the celebrated and renowned culinary artiste par excellence, Chef Priyantha Weerasinghe as Director Culinary Services to its leadership team. With extensive local and international exposure and over two decades of experience in crafting gastronomic artistry in leading 5-star Hotels such as Hilton Dubai and Universal Hotels Chain, Maldives, Chef Priyantha shines [...]