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 Becket

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

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

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, facilitatin

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