We’re all creatures of habit, even when we don’t mean to be. We fold away our nicest clothes, keep our favorite perfume for special days, and tell ourselves that someday when the right moment comes we’ll finally use them. It feels harmless. Maybe even responsible. But over time, that habit begins to shape how we experience our lives.

There is a specific, fleeting window of time in Colombo where the city seems to hold its breath. It happens just as the sun begins its slow descent into the Indian Ocean, turning the sky into a mix of liquid gold and deep indigo. While the Tiki Bar at Shangri-La Colombo has always been one of the best spots for this view, its latest update feels less like a simple menu change and more like a real cultural homecoming.

In the sciences of Vaastu and Feng Shui, each compass direction is believed to represent an important aspiration in our lives. The sectors associated with career, knowledge, literary skills, and writing correspond to the North and Northeast directions.

I am particularly reminded at this time of the year of 11,500 Australians and New Zealanders who died on the battlefields of Gallipoli, Turkey, in 1915. It is at this time, 25 th April, that many families remember most their lost family members from the two World Wars. It is ANZAC Day, remembrance day for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Sad to think how many wars are going on in the world today. It is as though we have not learnt anyth

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.