Life’s always good at the ‘Life’s Good Kitchen’

A small signboard at the beginning of Kassapa Road from Jawatte end, directs you to a cosy café with a lot of greenery in its interior. At Life’s Good Kitchen, customers can get a close-to-nature experience while dining with some of their uniquely curated dishes.

Food Crisis

A worldwide crisis brought on by record-high food prices will push millions more people into severe poverty, exacerbate hunger and malnutrition, and threaten to undo years of hard-won progress. People in low- and middle-income nations are more affected by rising food costs than those in high-income countries because they spend a higher percentage of their income on food.

BBC agrees to ‘substantial damages’

The BBC said on Thursday it had agreed to pay “substantial damages” to the former nanny of Britain’s Prince William and Prince Harry over the broadcaster’s now much-criticised 1995 interview with their mother, the late Princess Dian

Giving Back to the Nation that Nurtured Sri-Lankan born philanthropist makes a difference at home & abroad

Umayal Eswaran is the Sri Lankan-born Chair of Hong Kong-based RYTHM foundation. As an advocate for civic concerns r

From Being Bullied to Bossing Up

Boss Up isn’t merely a brand name. It’s a manifestation of resilience and inner power in the form of a branding and social media marketing agency. Hafsa Killru, the Founder of Boss Up has a personal story and determination to ‘boss

Racketeers

They are all emerging from the woodwork to make some money during these challenging and grim times we are going through, especially with the shortage of cooking gas, kerosene, petrol and diesel. The Profiteers are at it. Hopefully, th

Fathi’s Spice Attic

In this series, we talk to people who turned their passion for food and baking into a business idea amidst lockdown and COV

Cinnamon lakeside

This week I was tagged to enjoy a High Tea menu. The concept of High Tea started as something for Royals and Aristoc

MUSIC MEETS ART : SINGER PAULINE DRAND & ARTIST ADRIEN HOUILLÈRE MERGE AT THE FRENCH SPRING FESTIVAL 2022

On June 23rd ‘Musical Narratives’, a live drawing concert by Parisian singer-songwriter Pauline Drand and comic book artist Adrien Houillère took place at the Alliance Française de Colombo as a part of the French Spring Festiva

School closures

School closures carry high social and economic costs for people across communities. Their impact, however, is par

Nation Trust WNPS Monthly Lecture Recovering From The Crisis Without Further Harm To The Environment

The monumental decision taken in May 2021, by the Sri Lankan Government (GOSL), to ban the imports of inorganic fertilizers and switch to organic fertilisers has had devastating impacts on agricultural production and food security

Great Expectations

July 9, 2022, was a day of victory. The nation was agog with all the happenings. Looking at the many clips of how the protestors managed to take over President’s House, Temple Trees and the Presidential Secretariat was exciting.

Joshua’s Tree

In this series, we talk to people who turned their passion for food and baking into a business idea amidst lockdown and COVID-1

Recent road kill in Ududumbara Sri Lanka’s expanding road network and impact on wildlife

​A recent road kill took the life of a leopard in Ududumbara. Conservationists believe this to be a first in the area, showing signs of potential threats to leopards and other wildlife populations in the area. The ever-expan

Rohan Pethiyagoda

Dr Rohan Pethiydagoda is, without a doubt, a Sri Lankan with a number of remarkable achievements. He was responsible for the discovery and/or description of almost 100 new species of vertebrates from Sri Lanka, has a numb

MARIN ESCANDE “MY STRONGEST CONNECTION TO SRI LANKA HAS TO BE PETTAH”

French composer and musicologist, Marin Escande joins the French Spring Festival 2022 as a participating artiste to showcase the final result of his residency at De Saram House. ‘In Search of Patterns’ is a 20-channel mixed media sound system installation that renders audible the movement of sounds between twenty speakers on a table-like structure, mapping an imaginary landscape of resonance. One table, twenty speakers, thirty metres of electrica

Desperate Times

Us citizens believed that COVID-19 at its peak were dark times the country was going through. However, with the easing of the virus, whilst most countries are getting back to normal, we have plunged into the darkest times ever in the his

Mad Batter

In this series, we talk to people who turned their passion for food and baking into a business idea amidst lockdown and COVID

The Sri Lanka Unites National Tour

This tour is so important as the people of this country can WIN only by staying together and fighting with one United goal. Looking at our country now, we have really hit rock bottom with all our drea

Of Sponsored fasts and lifestyles

Hillioww dear hearts and gentle people, I write from a different time zone, far away from you and your daily sufferings, but from a place of different difficulties. Oh, I must correct that statement. The price of food is upscaling by the day

Terunie Senanayake

Luna and Ira were seated patiently, despite an occasional bout of excitement as a response to faint noises from the surroundings. Both these dogs were trained by Terunie Senanayake to behave while adults engage in a conversation. As a result of having a complicated relationship with her previous street dog Rusty, Senanayake was determined to

Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

Today in ‘Inside Story’ we feature Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, the founder Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Al

“FINALLY THE BRIDE!”

Ashok Ferrey- in his fifth shortlisting - has won the Gratiaen Prize 2021. “This victory tinged with a little sadness” he said in his acceptance speech, “I can no longer use my tagline, always a bridesmaid, never the bride!” Ferrey won

Sensory Indulgences

I have been following Brindley Wijesooriya’s escapades on social media, which looks exciting and adventurous. Talking

Sharon’s Cakes

In this series, we talk to people who turned their passion for food and baking into a business idea amidst lockdown and COVID-19 fears. Some have been in the market for years and others saw the new opportunity and took it! With new c

Irangii De Silva Kalugampitiya

Today on the Buzz I feature someone who enjoys everything old and vintage, older the better. I have this crazy love for antiques and when we met we sure had some good conversations about it. Vintage Home Gallery Founder Irangii De Silva Kalugampitiya is an old girl of Ladies’ College, and she was awarded an honourary title Keerthi Shri Deshama

Sri Theatre Company PRESENTS ONCE upon a Family

Since debuting their first ever original theatre production in 2014, Sri Theatre Company has gone on to stage a number of original plays, providing avid theatre goers in the hill capital the opportunity to experience quality English Theatre. Sri Th

’Really tough’ to see Ukraine refugees’ plight..

Actor Ben Stiller, a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, has said it was ’’distressing’’ to hear the experiences of people displaced by the Ukraine conflict, adding he hoped to shine a light on their plight with his visit to the country. He added that it was crucial for people not to turn away from and lose interest in the war, now that it had

No Silver Lining

Many things may have changed after the Aragalaya but the misery continues. There is no silver lining in this very dark cloud. Depression has set in for many people and the number of suicides owing to financial difficulties has also increased. All this gloom and doom is due to the sky-rocketing of prices daily.

The Bake Lounge

In this series, we talk to people who turned their passion for food and baking into a business idea amidst lockdown and COVID-19 fears. Some have been in the market for years and others saw the new opportunity and took it! With new cha