Shortage of finances to feed zoo animals

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Animal rights activists have continued to voice concerns about captive breeding programmes and the wastage of supplies obtained to feed...

The Art of Caricature: In conversation with Dilshan Fernando

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A series of caricatures of prominent political personalities recently did their rounds on social media. Many of them coincided with the...

French Film Festival 2022

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The annual French Spring festival organized by the Embassy of France and the network of Alliances Françaises in Sri Lanka and the Mald...

Taco Isle

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I’ve always been a huge fan of Mexican food because of how flavour-rich it is, so when I came across Taco Isle while mindlessly scrol...

Rainbow Bakes

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With a passion for cooking and baking and experimenting with new dishes and sweets, Zainab Naleem started her baking business – Rainb...

Dish It Out: Sanduni Karunarathna

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How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food blogger @flavorsofadiva – Sanduni, takes our Q&A!

Buzz with Danu - Dr. George Cooke

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Today on the buzz I speak to George about his new book which was published yesterday, together with The Royal Thai Embassy and the Awar...

‘Motherland’ an artistic rendition of the oppressed fema...

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Sangeeth Madurawala, a self-taught digital collage artist believes that females continue to be oppressed in a society that highlights e...

W@W - Shanika Somatilake

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Cartoons are an effective mode of communication. In Sri Lanka, many cartoonists have portrayed corruption, nepotism, and short-sighted ...

Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

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Britain enjoyed a four-day long weekend allowing her citizens to celebrate the Queen’s 70th anniversary on the throne. From the troop...

Dish It Out: Janitha Perera

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How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food blogger of @jani_s_digitalcookbook, Janitha takes our Q&A!

Shalini’s Cakes

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Shalini De Fonseka attributes the humble beginnings of Shalini’s Cakes to the teamwork of the mother-daughter duo. “It all started ...

Tag me @danu - Maqara

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Today I was tagged on the MAQARA page - it’s a fun, happy, bright food page full of flavours. I had to go try it out myself and, oh m...

A pilot school meals programme to feed children in underpriv...

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The unprecedented economic crisis has severely burdened people in lower-income strata and already certain rural schools are observing a...

Angela Bettoni - A Talented Writer, Actress and Advocate for...

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Twenty-year-old Angela Bettoni, the only child of Dr. Andrea Bettoni and Dr. Ramani Wijesinha Bettoni lives in Malta. Diagnosed with Do...

Tipsy Da Vinci’s: Sip & Paint

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A paintbrush in one hand and a drink in the other – ‘sip and paint’ sessions are becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Though ...

Dish It Out: Rachithri Fernandopulle

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How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, French-trained ex-chef, food innovator, food blogger, catering business owner as well ...

Hayden’s Spicy Treats

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Home baker Stella Martinesz remembers her first order for a sale at church in 1997 – milk toffees and pumpkin toffees. Passionate abo...

Buzz with Danu - Araliya Thevapalan

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Today on the Buzz, I have an entrepreneur, leader and a true Sri Lankan - Araliya Thevapalan - who has always amazed me with the love s...

How to make a little go a long way - use your ingredients ef...

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Thanks to the current economic and political unrest in our country, resources are either scarce or hard to come by, therefore we’ve b...

Traditional medicine to bridge drug shortage?

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Traditional medicine has been at the core of Sri Lanka’s bygone heritage. Ayurveda and Deshiya Chikitsa systems were used to treat va...

Iranthi Gomes - Forbes 30 under 30

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A good cup of coffee helps a lot of us to start our day but not many can say it helped start a business that landed them on the Forbes ...

Things you can do stretch your money

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The ongoing crisis, scarcity of goods, and unbearable prices, have taken a major toll on many of us and we are struggling to get by. He...

The Baking Girl

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Nimesha Jayani Cooray never got into baking (or even cooking, she says) until she was 22. During her final year of her bachelor’s, sh...

Dish It Out: ‘Singing chef’ Don Sherman

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How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, entertainer, chef, and one of Sri Lanka’s most popular television hosts lovingly dub...

Genesis Art Exhibition

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A group of five emerging Artists from the Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Visual and Performing Arts will come toget...

Redress Design Award 2022 - Top 10 designers advance to the ...

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Redress, the environmental NGO working to reduce fashion’s waste, announces today the 10 finalists of the Redress Design Award 2022, ...

‘Teargas Cinema’ - A space for upcoming filmmakers to sh...

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The ever-changing ‘GotaGoGama’ protest site now includes a cinema hall that screens films based on themes relating to the protest a...

As Vesak dawns in Sri Lanka, peace and non-violence determin...

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Days before the dawn of Vesak, Sri Lanka plunged into a state of violence during a week that would have otherwise been declared the Ves...