Our quality of life depends on many services that nature provides for free. One of these is pollination. According to the UN, over 75% of agricultural land depends on pollinators such as bees, birds, bats, and butterflies. However, 40 perc

Angelina Jolie’s survival action thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead” didn’t do much to revive the North American box office. The Warner Bros. film, which debuted simultaneously on the streaming service HBO Max, took in a paltry $2.8 million in

Today I was tagged on an interesting page run by twins and I must say they are cute and the food taste amazing, these two boys speak the language of love and only positivity and humbleness you see in them, I was so happy I was able to spend my aftern

These are indeed emotionally straining times a parent can find themselves in. As the pandemic rears its infectious head around our island once again, we are forced to take refuge in our households. Every difficult scenario, whatever the

Ruwani Hettiarachchi (37) is many things all at once. She’s the Chief Growth Officer at Hemas Holdings PLC, past Board Memb

Well known film, teledrama and stage play producer, Dr. Arosha Fernando’s latest Mobile Teledrama Production ‘Sannasi Premaya’ directed by seasoned, award winning artiste and director, Lucky Dias has just been released on the Dialog ViU App ( h

The 29th death anniversary of distinguished politician, author, dramatist and theatre actor Tikiri Bandara Illangaratne – who’s better known as T. B. Illangaratne falls on May 21. The Member of Parliament who entered politics in 1947 and represen

Remember yesteryear super hit Sinhala movies like Chandiya, Athma Pooja, Allapu Gedara, Dheewarayo, Sri 296, Sigiri Kashyapa, Thewatha? These movies had shattered box office records running to packed houses for months especially in the fifties and si

Veteran theatre practitioner and lecturer M. Safeer who has received local and international awards is for the first time donning the role of film director with the movie ‘Mama Nemei’ (Hereafter bygone). The shooting sc

Five of Sinhala cinema’s outstanding movies will be marking their 50th year golden jubilee this year. Among them are Dr. D. B. Nihalsinghe’s ‘Welikathara’ – the country’s first cinemascope movie which was first screened on October 27, 197

Following her mother’s death in 1905, Anna Jarvis conceived Mother’s Day as a way of honouring the sacrifices mothers made for their children and organised the first Mother’s Day celebration at a West Virginia church as a means of ho

The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS)has signed a memorandum of understanding(MOU) with the Herpetological Foundation of Sri Lanka (HFS), in regards to a project which aims to help habitat cons

Sharks and rays (elasmobranchs) are a unique group of fishes with skeletons made of cartilage. They play an important role in the marine food web, with many found in the higher trophic levels helping to maintain natural balance. Most elasmobranchs ar

Doing Sri Lanka proud author Kanya D’Almeida has been announced as a regional winner at the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize started in 2012 with the launch of Commonwealth Writers. Free to enter and with a gl

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Brightening up the current pensive mood in Sri Lanka, the Voice Print Music Academy’s win at the Children’s Choir Category at the 3rd Bandung Choral Society World Virtual Choir Festival is to be celebrated. Due to the pandemic, the World Virtual

This week on the Buzz I speak to Jagath De Almeida, who is working with a team of young and talented people who are making Sri Lanka look pretty from the eyes of a lance. Ceylon Photography Awards is an ongoing competition which is working towards br

On the 24th of April 2021, Sri Lanka Light Infantry’s regimental ‘mascot’ Kandula VII killed a soldier while injuring several others. Following this incident a decision was taken to replace this elephant with another baby elephant from the Udaw

British band Coldplay chose an out of this world way to mark the release of their latest single “Higher Power” on Friday - by beaming up into space. The rock group, known for hit songs “Paradise” and “Viva la Vida”, linked up with the Int

The human-elephant conflict is a complex situation not only in Sri Lanka but also in many Asian countries. Over the past few decades, it has triggered harmful impacts on both species with no viable solution foreseen in the near future. The newest tel

The first death anniversary of yesteryear Sinhala cinema heartthrob Tissa Wijesurendra falls tomorrow, May 11. Tissa Wijesurendra ignited the silver screen with his chocolaty charm especially as the matinee idol of the seventies since he made his deb

The 74th birth anniversary of veteran actor Vijaya Nandasiri fell on May 6. Illuppitiya Mudiyanselage Vijaya Nandasiri, who was born on May 6, 1947 plunged the nation into shock when he passed away suddenly on August 8 in 2016. Vijaya

The Nilan Maligaspe Creative Dance and Drama Academy recently held a colourful event to at the Colombo 7

Just when we concluded that 2020 was a horrendous year, 2021 moves in and seems to be equally bad or worse. Many are suffering from depression owing to what is happening around them. Our neighbouring country is crippled with the virus; horrific scene

It’s very rarely that you meet a centenarian. What’s more one who is fit, healthy, mentally alert, fiercely independent, cheerful and happy and above all a truly lovely person, inside and out. Well that’s Aunty Mani and I was privileged

Just about everyone who visits a protected area in Sri Lanka comes away with many ideas of how its management could be improved, and Horton Plains is no exception. Despite its small size, Horton Plains is one of our country’s most unique and pricel

Stigmata is back on the map (Not like they ever left, but you know what I mean), and they are back with a brand new, hair raising, exciting single, “Throw Glass in a House of Stone”. This is the third release of their new and 5th still untitled a

The buzz takes a visit this week into the quarantine centre, all thanks to Kumudini. She has been making positive waves on social media in collecting funds to help those who are in need at these centres. It’s so amazing to see how a little bit of k

If I were to have a mother’s “wish” list, each point on this list would be centered on my children. As parents we all want the best for our little ones. But sometimes our want does not really align with our children’s actions. This year has i

The dust has not yet settled fully on the recently held local pageant to choose a rightful representative to the next Mrs. World contest. Hot on the heels of the recently abdicated Sri Lankan Mrs. World who is now fighting for something I have pursue