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It’ s time to raise the curtain and bring back the Bard on stage
It’s Shakespeare season as the hotly anticipated 50th All Island Inter-School Shakespeare Drama Competition 2025 begins this week. The contest is jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Colombo North and the Colombo YMCA. The semi-finals will take place on September 15, 16, 17 and 18 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre from 9 a.m. onwards. Tickets [...]
A light hearted comedy in MPI Cinemas
Pujitha Senaratne Gunathilake who is famed for his first cinema direction ‘Shelina’ has returned with his newest film ‘Elada Bra’, a light hearted comedy. The film is now being screened in MPI circuit cinemas around the country. A story woven around a young man who becomes enormously lucky due to an accident that occurs in [...]
‘Islands of Hope’: Geoffrey Bawa Trust and WNPS PLANT Unite to Restore Sri Lanka’s Vanishing Ecosystems
In a landmark partnership blending ecology and heritage, the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, through The Lunuganga Trust, has joined with Preserving Land and Nature (Guarantee) Limited (PLANT) to restore two islands in the mangrove-rich Bentota lagoon—Honduwa and Appaladuwa. A recently signed MoU outlines their long-term conservation, making them models for private land stewardship at a time [...]
‘Maliniye Nanda’: A grand tribute to a living legend
By Sanath Weerasuriya Sri Lanka’s iconic songstress Nanda Malini turned 82 on Saturday, August 23 and the milestone was marked with a historic musical tribute that brought together some of the country’s most respected western musicians. In a heartfelt gesture of admiration, T. M. Jayaratne, Deepika Priyadarshani, Rajiv Sebastian, Shyami Fonseka, Raymond Fonseka, Priya Peiris, [...]
A Gentle Step towards the Wild: Shangri-La Reaffirms Its Commitment to Sri Lanka’s Wildlife
Shangri-La Colombo and Shangri-La Hambantota have reaffirmed their long-standing commitment to sustainability, biodiversity, and meaningful local partnerships through the adoption of a baby elephant, affectionately named El-la (‘El’ for elephant + ‘La’ for Shangri-La)—in collaboration with the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) in Udawalawe. Sri Lanka is home to approximately 4,000 wild elephants, a number that [...]