With the arrival of Aloka, the “peace dog,” local animal welfare organizations and activists, along with compassionate citizens, hope that this unique moment portends an opportunity for increased awareness, a change of hearts and minds and sustained scientific programs with regard to our well-loved community dogs and most particularly the passing and implementation of the ANIMAL WELFARE BILL

You know I love a good story, but I live for the ones that come with a little chaos, a lot of freedom, and zero fixed plans. This week on Buzz with Danu, I caught up with Pawan Perera, the brain behind Go Odyssey, a man who basically said, “Why follow a tour bus when you can drive your own adventure?”

Colombo is anticipating the arrival of the West End–licensed musical ‘La Bamba! The Song of Veracruz’ at Cinnamon Life, presented by City of Dreams Sri Lanka in collaboration with the John Keells Foundation. Bringing together an international cast alongside Sri Lankan performers, the production, directed by Paul Morrissey, promises a dynamic blend of music and storytelling.

The world was first forced to look at this in 2024 during the trial of Dominique Pelicot in France. We watched in horror as a 71-year-old man admitted to drugging his wife, Gisèle, into a state of comatose sleep so that strangers—recruited from a chatroom titled “Without Her Knowledge”—could rape her. She was violated multiple times by over 50 different men. But while the website he used was shut down, the behavior did not disappear. It merely mi

The way people search for information is changing faster than most people realise. And in April 2026, that change just became impossible to ignore.

There’s an unwritten rule in every gym that no one says out loud or puts on a poster, but everyone knows it exists, or at least, we hope they do. The rule is simple: please don’t smell like you’re fighting for your life in a small, enclosed space.

If there’s one thing Sri Lankans don’t mess around with, it’s rice & curry. It’s the ultimate staple, the king of our local cuisine, consumed at least once, if not twice a day, across anywhere in the island. Naturally, rice and curry joints are everywhere, tucked into every nook and cranny. But just when you think you’ve found the perfect spot, your new go-to joint that gets the flavours just right, something shifts. The taste changes, the qual

ITC Ratnadipa, in collaboration with the Jayantha Premachandra Foundation, presents The Art & Life of Jayantha Premachandra, a retrospective exhibition honouring the late Sri Lankan artist Jayantha Premachandra (1935–1988). The exhibition will be open to the public from April 23rd to 25th at the Kathanayake Lounge, ITC Ratnadipa Colombo, from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, with complimentary entry, inviting art enthusiasts, students, and the wider communit

The innovative search for Sri Lanka’s musical theatre talents for an international production has successfully concluded, with a promising group of children and adults selected to form the local cast of La Bamba – Song of Veracruz, presented by City of Dreams Sri Lanka and John Keells Foundation.

The Dilmah One Earth Photography Competition returns for its second year, inviting nature enthusiasts, students, and professionals to use visual storytelling as a powerful tool for conservation. This unique initiative challenges photographers and videographers to capture the delicate balance of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity, highlighting both its inherent beauty and the mounting pressures of human activity and climate change.