Niloo Walpola

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’ we feature Niloo Walpola, an alumna of Ladies College, Colombo. Niloo is an entrepreneur who quit her job as a teacher at St. Thomas’s College, Mount Lavinia, in order to follow her entrepreneurial dream. She is a mother of two, and is the founder of the ‘Deli Box.’

DILRUKSHI KURUKULASURIYA

She is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC. She is an Attorney at Law, Law College, Sri Lanka, and an alumna of Hillwood College, Kandy.

Restrictions - What Restrictions?!

As we heaved a collective sigh of relief that another ever extending “lockdown” was “unlocked,” the guidelines set in place were with certain restrictions,

Fathima Zuleyha Markar

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’ we feature Fathima Zuleyha Markar, a fourth-generation lawyer who gave up her legal career to pursue a career in teaching.

HI!! Events:

YOUTH FOCUS CORPORATE AWARD OF THE YEAR 2021 WIJEYA NEWSPAPERS LIMITED

The Youth Focus Corporate Award of the Year 2021, was won by Wijeya Newspapers Limited, and the award was received by Rishini Weeraratne,

DELYSIA GUNEWARDENE

Her philanthropic endeavors have shaped and changed the lives of an uncountable number of children over the decades.

TRESHAN WEERASOORIYA-PEREIRA

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder,’ we feature a young, dynamic, entrepreneur; Treshan Weerasooriya-Pereira.

“…and it’s the laughter, we will remember, when we remember.”

Somewhere, along life’s long journey, some of us have the privilege of meeting a few extraordinary people who make a distinct impression on us.

WIM Top50 Fourth Annual Conference Empowered Women for Resilient Future

The fourth WIM Top50 Annual Conference will take place on the 9th of November 2021 at the Kingsbury Hotel Colombo, with a diverse cohort of speakers coming together to share their post COVID19 leadership and new thinking under the theme “Empowered Women for Resilient Future.”

ASHANI JAYASINGHE DABARE CEO, GIS SOLUTIONS (PVT) LTD.

She became CEO at the age of thirty-six. She has been recognized as being a ‘Pioneering Women Leader’ at the sixth World Women Leadership Congress and Awards held in Mumbai, India.

Sulochana Dissanayake

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’ we have with us the Founder of Power of Play, Sulochana Dissanayake; a Performer, Puppeteer, Writer, Trainer and Theatre Director. She also holds a BA in Theatre and Economics from Bates College, USA.

Selyn Handlooms Sri Lanka enters into a new educational partnership with REDRESS; the leading global sustainability organization

REDRESS, a leading global sustainability organization collaborates with Selyn; Sri Lanka’s leading and only fair-trade handloom manufacturer to develop a critical educational case study that explores sustainability within the handloom and craft sector, taking Sri Lanka’s handloom and artisans to an international level.

COLOMPUR

Hello Readers, I’m back! The lockdown took a toll on me, and of course my food! Literally, suffered at home having to eat my sisters cooking (face palm!).

A Room with a View

Colombo’s Cinnamon Grand Hotel, formerly known as the Oberoi, was a large block of a building in the architectural style of the 70’s. Facing the main road,

ZAKIRA RASOOLI

She is a Human Rights Activist who fled Afghanistan with the help of an international team, most of whom she is yet to meet in-person, and included Sri Lankan’s, Israeli’s and Qatari’s, to name a few.

SANJAY GANLATH & NIMESHA GUNASINGHE

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’ we feature ‘The Sports Manager LK’, a sports agency founded by Sanjay Ganlath and Nimesha Gunasinghe.

WIM – NYSC ready to celebrate New Generation Award Winners 2021

For the second consecutive year, the Women in Management – New Generation Chapter (WIM) and the National Youth Service Council will organize the New Generation Awards 2021 under the theme of ‘Arise Shine’ on the 29th of October 2021.

NEW REALITIES FOR TECH-FACILITATED GENDER VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA

In a 21st century context, it is difficult to ignore the impact technology has on us. Often however, the positives are highlighted far beyond the growing negatives of being a part of a connected world.

Interview with Yasheelee Kalingamudali A Rapper in the Making

Yasheelee Kalingamudali, a twenty-three-year-old local rapper, recently announced her entrance to the music industry with a music video that hit home for rap lovers across Sri Lanka.

SHERENE GOONETILLEKE

She is the Chief Operating Officer, Just In Time Group, Sri Lanka. She is the Chief Executive Officer, Just In Time Consultancy Services, Sri Lanka.

The Wages of Sin

Throughout history there have been devastating events through which human beings have fought merely to survive.

VACCINE HESITANCY KILLS

Sri Lanka has implemented one of the most successful vaccination programs in the world which is no small feat, considering the huge global vaccine shortage and inequity.

Flavours by Cinnamon extend ‘Meals That Heal’ for Front line workers

Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts - Sri Lanka’s leading hospitality brand, in partnership with the Sri Lanka Red Cross,

YASMIN CADER

She is the Queen of PR in Sri Lanka, the undisputed power woman in the industry; her position remains the same even forty years on.

JULIA WIJESINGHE

Entrepreneurship is the key driving force that help us evolve in the current world. It helps us explore further into the unknown, to create experiences that have not been present, or that have not been accessible.

Flavours by Cinnamon extend ‘Meals That Heal’ for Front line workers

Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts - Sri Lanka’s leading hospitality brand, in partnership with the Sri Lanka Red Cross,

Hide and Seek on The Viceroy Express

Little England or Nuwara-Eliya, is one of the most picturesque towns in Sri Lanka, at least to me it is. Misty mountains, gently undulating green carpeted hills,

Deshamanya Kareema Marikar

Welcome readers! Hope you are keeping safe. We are living in an era where amazing Sri Lankans and descendants from this beautiful island are doing wonderful things around the world.

Keeping Up With The Krass-Asians

Wealth is visible these days. Luxurious cars, over the top functions, garish jewellery, designer clothes, multiple properties here and in several countries; these are trappings that are mostly unnecessary but seem to be the sort after necessities of keeping up with the jet set.