The Founder: Featuring Madushi Adhikaramge

In this week’s edition of The Founder, we feature an entrepreneur who launched her brand Dammy’s, in 2020, amidst the global pandemic. She is an alumnus of Bishop’s College, Colombo and Stafford International School and she is armed with a BA (Hons) in Business Management from RMIT University, Australia and an MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. Madushi Adhikaramge is a young entrepreneur based out of Colombo.

The Insider: Yoga Vs. Pilates or Maybe Just Do Both?

For the uninitiated (myself included, I mean a couple of classes here or there doesn’t really count? Or does it?) they seem to be similar disciplines, my curiosity was further piqued when I recently ran into a friend I hadn’t seen since lockdown last year, while most of us are emerging reluctantly,

The Perfect Finish: Featuring Duduchava

Tell us a bit about your brand? Duduchava means a visionary; someone with an untamable imagination, a dreamer. Our brand creates resort-wear clothing and accessories, made out of locally-fetched pure silks and cottons.

Pet Talks with Ninuri Asalya: Tackling Sterilizations - With Justice for Animals

The very concept of sterilization tends to cause controversies, due to the strong beliefs of the Sri Lankan communities which have long since sparked a relentless battle.

By The Cook - Chinese and Thai Cuisine

By The Cook is a new and exciting home-based restaurant owned by Lennox Calyaneratne, a.k.a. The Cook. The Cook specializes in Chinese and Thai cuisine, and makes things easy for his customers by having their orders delivered right to their doorstep.

Curated By Yanika Amarasekera: What’s Trending?

One of the very few silver linings COVID-19 offered was the opportunity to reconnect with and discover what our beautiful island has to offer. From fashion to travel, we were nudged to #BuyLocal which served as a portal of discovery; a brush with what we may have missed otherwise.

BUSTING MANGO MYTHS

Most of us are delighted when it’s mango season; especially when they are perfectly ripe! However, many of us tend to stay away from it thinking it causes acne, weight gain and is a high caloric food. So, let’s clear out some doubt around this delicious fruit!

Gehan Cooray’s Meeting of the Minds: Featuring Angela Seneviratne

Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am very excited to be premiering my new talk show, GEHAN COORAY’S MEETING OF THE MINDS, on Daily Mirror Online today. This series was the brainchild of the Wijeya Social Media Team, who proposed that I host a talk show while I’m down in Colombo, as long as we could shoot at least a full season of twelve episodes before I return to Los Angeles where I reside.

In Conversation: Featuring Bhante Sujatha

Hello islanders! Hoping this year is treating you with new beginnings, second chances and optimism. With the dawn of 2021 woven around pandemics and socio-political shifts intensified by digitalization, I’m on a mission to bring you inspiring stories with a bit of a helicopter view; just so we can slow down, appreciate the wisdom and simply enjoy the ride.

She Can: Featuring Shiromal Cooray

My guest this week needs no introduction. She is one of Sri Lanka’s most accomplished, corporate power-women and an advocate for gender-equality in the workplace.

The Founder: Featuring Navodh Liyanage

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’ we feature a third-generation entrepreneur, hailing from Kurunegala. Navodh Liyanage, a former student of Colombo International School, Kandy holds a BA (Hons) in Business and Management from Leeds Beckett University, UK and an MBA from the University of West London, UK. He is now at the helm of his family business, Gunasiri Oil Mills and Refineries, innovating and introducing new products for the export ma

Fashions Newest Thing…Old Clothes!

Disposability is no longer chic. People who took pride in only wearing things once are now looked down on as being completely ignorant and utterly wasteful. There isn’t a Royal or celebrity of late who hasn’t been spotted proudly re-wearing their clothes to engagements, Kate Middleton’s wardrobe is a masterclass in this, she also works with design houses to alter some gowns to give them a modern uptake so she can enjoy them for longer.

The Perfect Finish: Featuring Charini Suriyage

1.Tell me a bit about your brand? CHARINI is a high-end fashion brand retailing edgy and sophisticated fashion with core sustainable values. The brand is renowned for our strong concepts and unique approach, versatile pret-a-porter fashion as well as bespoke clothing.

LESSONS IN QUARANTINE FROM SRI LANKA

Just over a year ago, those of us in Sri Lanka were under curfew after the tragic Easter terrorist attacks on the paradise island we call home. Schools were closed for weeks; when they reopened, students had to wear transparent backpacks, facilitating an easier check for weapons or explosives. I had to explain the grim realities of terrorism to m

Paradise Is Bleeding

A lifelong New Yorker, I moved to Sri Lanka in 2008, when it was in the midst of a brutal and seemingly never-ending civil war. I quickly became accustomed to carrying my passport and stopping at checkpoints every few miles, where army officers would point their rifles into my car, checking for anything suspicious. I internalized the fear that a bus next to me could possibly explode with a bomb