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Mar 12, 2026
In celebration of International Women’s Day, City of Dreams Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (SLITHM), hosted a forum themed “Give to Gain” to inspire the next generation of women leaders in hospitality. The event brought together students, industry leaders, and educators to share insights, experiences, and practical guidance on empowerment, leadership, and career growth. The forum opened with a welcome address by SLITHM Director General Was
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Mar 12, 2026
The Chokolaate Mother Daughter Fashion Designer Contest (MDFD) has evolved beyond a runway event to become a platform for confidence, collaboration, and craft revival in Sri Lanka’s fashion industry. By challenging designers to create for both mother and daughter, MDFD encourages storytelling, generational harmony, and functional design, nurturing creatives who are intentional and skilled. For Samali Senevirathne, 2025 winner, MDFD provided national recognition for heritage handloom and beeralu
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Mar 12, 2026
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has been named the Official Payment Partner for the inaugural season of MasterChef Sri Lanka, bringing the world-renowned culinary television format to the country for the first time. Recognized by Guinness World Records as the most successful cookery show globally, MasterChef has over 70 international adaptations and broadcasts in more than 200 territories. Its debut in Sri Lanka highlights the nation’s rich culinary heritage and emerging talent on a
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Mar 12, 2026
Elvoir, founded by certified perfumer Qaaim Deen, marks a milestone as Sri Lanka’s first locally led certified fragrance brand, elevating the nation onto the global perfumery stage. The brand blends French fragrance oils with premium local ingredients, manufactured under strict IFRA, ISO, and GMP standards, ensuring quality, safety, and consistency. Elvoir caters to discerning Sri Lankan consumers and corporate clients, offering limited edition collections, bespoke fragrances, smart diffusers,
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Nov 06, 2025
2024 was the hottest on record globally. In Asia and the Pacific, Bangladesh was the worst-hit country, with about 33 million people affected by lower crop yields that destabilized food systems, along with extensive school closures and many cases of heatstroke and related diseases.
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Nov 03, 2025
The conversation has changed. Has design? I walked into a University classroom in Sri Lanka to conduct a training session during my recent travel and I found design students immersed in Figma screens, crafting beautiful interfaces pixel by pixel.
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Oct 26, 2025
The shocking killing of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman, Lasantha Wickramasekara, in the council chamber during the Public Day, has taken the Law & Order situation in the country to a new low.
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Oct 20, 2025
There is little acknowledgement among policy-makers that something needs to be done on the ‘demographic disaster’ that is waiting to happen in this country.
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Rainco, Sri Lanka’s trusted name in umbrellas and rainwear, unveiled Be by Rainco, an exciting and distinctive new brand of umbrellas that brings fashion and individuality to the forefront of everyday living.
Nov 07, 2025
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Nov 03, 2025
ITC Ratnadipa, the jewel in Colombo’s skyline, heralded the start of the festive season with its 2nd Annual Cake Mixing Ceremony held on 25th October 2025.
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Oct 20, 2025
Close-up, the brand long celebrated for its spirit of youth, freshness, and fearless closeness, proudly unveiled Break The Barrier, Sri Lanka’s first-ever crowdsourced love story book.
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Oct 09, 2025
LOVI Ceylon, in collaboration with Events by Shero and Cinnamon Grand Colombo, hosted a heartfelt send-off dinner in honour of Sri Lanka’s national women’s cricket team ahead of their participation in the ICC Women’s World Cup.
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Feb 16, 2025
The International Human Rights Movement was launched in October 2022 by Dr Rizwan Cassim, focusing on Sri Lanka and has been in operation for one and a half years. At least 900 members are operating under this organization in 10 districts in Sri Lanka. The non-profit organization conducts social services without caste, religion, or ethnicity in recognition of Dr Rizwan Cassim’s work. An awards ceremony was held in Colombo recently to recognise the best social worker. The function was organiz
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Nov 04, 2022
Things had finally been looking up for 26-year-old Jinath.?He had married his wife, Fatima, in July. It was a love match, and they had struggled for eight years to win the approval of their parents. Finally, after Jinath came to Korea, both families accepted the marriage, and they were expecting a child. Jinath died in the Itaewon crowd disaster on Saturday (Oct 29). Now Fatima, who had been planning to study in Korea, has only one request: ?Please send my husband home.? ?She doesn?t have mor
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Jun 28, 2022
By?Steven Butler Nishantha Silva is obsessed with details. The missing notebook. The unusual telephone number. The motorcycle tossed into a lake and the person who knew exactly where to find it.? Those details and others are the pointillist dots of color that Silva, formerly a detective with Sri Lanka?s Criminal Investigation Department, has assembled into a vivid picture building what he says is the complicity of Sri Lanka?s current president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the 2009 murder of journal
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Jan 24, 2022
By Shashindu Dodampahala? What are seagrasses? Seagrass is a marine flowering plant that are found in meadows in the shallow intertidal and deeper subtidal sloping coastlines in the world. There are approximately 72-75 species of seagrass that belong to different families. Are seagrasses another name for ?seaweed? or are they completely different? They are often confused with seaweeds due to their ?similar? appearance. In contrast to seaweed, they can photosynthesize using their long blad
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Dec 30, 2021
By Kalavarshny Kanagaratnam and Sara Pathirana It is imperative, especially in this digital age, that everyone makes an effort to understand what it means to be safe online. From the moment we click a button and publish content and other information on the internet, it has already made its way to the worldwide web where the entire world can witness it and consume it. With the ascent of the recent pandemic and the way it has eased us all into a new normal where an even larger number of people ar
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