WIM gets ready to go global with ‘Top50’ International Awards in Dubai

Nominations closed recently for the ‘Top 50’ Professional and Career Women Awards 2021, organized by Women in Management (WIM),

AMALRAJAH JAYASEELAN

On this weeks’ edition of ‘The Founder’, we feature the Director and CEO of ABC Trade and Investments (PVT) Ltd - Mr. Amalrajah Jayaseelan. He started his career almost twenty-five years ago as a Trainee Sales Representative drawing a salary of Rs. 650/- and today, he is an entrepreneur employing over hundred individuals.

Cinnamon Bentota Beach reopens to welcome travellers

The premier luxury destination resort, Cinnamon Bentota Beach, has reopened to discerning travellers from 1st November 2021 after timely enhancements, to offer guests an unforgettable multisensorial experience.

Nisha RAMNANI

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’, we feature Nisha Ramnani, Founder of Aiyaana. Nisha was born and raised in Spain and moved to Sri Lanka approximately eighteen years ago.

AT THE RELAUNCH OF ’MOON AND ALL ITS STARS’

The Butcher the Baker and the Candlestick maker!

Entrepreneurship is the life-blood of a nation, where the spark of an idea, a glimpse of a distant star, can be the beginning of a wonderfully fulfilling success story. This is of course the idea and to some extent the ‘ideal’.

100 days to 100 years CJS counts down to centenary celebrations

It’s just 100 days to celebrate 100 years of a tale of glitz, glamour, style and beauty. Colombo Jewellery Stores founded by Thaha Cassim in February 1922,

CFW presents OLU SWIM WEEK with a focus on Luxury Resort Wear ‘Environment is Luxury’

The Grand Ballroom of Shangri La, Colombo came alive last evening with CFW Olu Swim Week 2021.

THE LAUNCH OF KIDS AND TEENS

Colombo’s first Medical Clinic dedicated to Children and Teenagers

WICKRAMARACHCHI OPTICIANS

OLU SWIM WEEK - DAY 01

WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT TOP50

Rent the perfect delivery kitchen with WORX Providing fully-furnished kitchen space in a prime location for food delivery

The food industry is rapidly changing. Whether it’s the global pandemic, higher start-up costs, or burdensome regulations that’s threatened the traditional food industry and its business models, cloud kitchens are challenging that ultimatum.

A LOOK BACK IN WONDER

In our teens, we did not have the luxury of mobile phones and no one had even dreamt of Zoom, Teams or group chats on WhatsApp. If we wanted to meet our friends outside of school, the only option we had was to visit each other at our respective homes.

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.’

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.

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,

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.”

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!).

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.

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,

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.