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At an event held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel amidst an eminent gathering of celebrities, guests, clients, foreign delegates and media, Quantum Fitness launched NordicTrack and Pro-Form, the latest addition to the companyandrsquo;s renowned range of fitness products and introduced Anarkalli Aakarssha the celebrity Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress, beauty queen, model cum TV presenter as brand ...
High Tea with High Fashion held at the Galle Face Hotel displayed a collection of Indian designer kurtis and Sareeandrsquo;s .Pix by Amitha Tennakoon
For the first time in Sri Lanka, Rakugo, the traditional Japanese stage comedy will be shown at the Sasakawa Cultural Center Auditorium on Tuesday 22nd November 2011 from 7.00 to 8.30 p.m. and will be presented in English by the Rakugo Master Utazo Katsura, a renowned Japanese comedian (Rakugo-Ka)
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Popular Sri Lankan musician Ashanthi de Alwis bagged four awards at South Asiaandrsquo;s first ever music awards ceremony, IndieGo Music Awards, that was held last week
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High Tea with High Fashion a show choreographed by Oline de Bond displayed a collection of designer sarees.The show was held at Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. (Pix by Amitha Thennakoon)
The most glamorous event on the Sri Lankan calendar is back! HSBC Colombo Fashion week is back this year with new and exciting additions that keeps taking it to greater heights. A line up of new sponsors, handful of new and budding young fashion designers from Sri Lanka as well as from the international fashion industry to dazzle and add allure to the three day show to be held on 24, 25 and 26 Fe...
- The fashion for turning junk into art (Category: Technology)
- When fashion meets technology (Category: Technology)
- Old fashion has a new inspiration (Category: South Australia)
- 3 questions to ask before you buy new clothes - CNET (Category: Technology)
High Tea with High Fashion held at the Galle Face Hotel displayed a collection of handpicked Indian designer Sareeandrsquo;s from Ram Bros located at Main Street andndash; Colombo 11. Pix by Gemunu Wellage
A fashion show by Sharmini of silk Wrap was made possible by Oriflame which is hosting Darshana, their biggest event of the year. Dharshana,a trade fair, exhibition and carnival was held at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre on 10 March , 2012.
The Colombo Fashion Week, a completely integrated showcase, aimed at developing a South Asian fashion hub, which encourages and promotes commerce between regional designers and retailers, kicked off in Colombo on February 5. Its main aim is to uplift the fashion industry of Sri Lanka, and its approach is multifaceted.
- The fashion for turning junk into art (Category: Technology)
- When fashion meets technology (Category: Technology)
- Old fashion has a new inspiration (Category: South Australia)
- 3 questions to ask before you buy new clothes - CNET (Category: Technology)
Magsaysay award winner Padma Shri Deshamanya Dr. Pandit Amaradeva was honoured with Arts Inventor’s Crown 2010 at Ananda College Auditorium on January 8. This distinction was conferred on him for inventing a violin version named ’Mandohalf’. This was the first time in Sri Lanka that arts inventions were recognized for awarding State honours.
- David Shapiro: Finding laughs between groans as election goes overtime (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
Gardens of Lanka. (Edited by Sarala Fernando, Photographs by Luxshmanan Nadaraja.) Colombo (2009), 227 pp., printed in Singapore on lumisilk paper, shrink-wrapped. Rs. 6500 (Rs. 4500 before 30 Nov. call 011-2861738 or email:wildlight@sltnet.lk).
Sinidu Piyapath flows with a tinge of melancholy and soft love to awaken the slumberous young ones lost in unrealistic dreams
Most of today's young choreographers around the world have ambitious aspirations no matter to which country they belong. They explore an innovate to create concepts left behind by their peers. They are ready to take on the challenge.
A two-hour Tamil film made in less than 12 days has entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
Be it any mood or occasion her tunes light up the atmosphere. Many a tune sparkles, decorated by her hypnotizing voice and many music lovers in Sri Lanka and foreign lands never cease to marvel as they listen to her soothing tracks. That is Niroshani Virajani for you!
Sampath Sri Roshan, the maker of the movie ?Julia? which recently broke into the scene embarked on yet another project in his career. Teaming up with Swarnavahini the talented young assistant director turned director began work on Vahinna Muthu Vessak at a muhurath ceremony held at the Punchi theatre on October 19.
We often see a continuity of cultural consciousness in any kind of a society. Suddenly, today, we experience a discontinuity of cultural consciousness and traditions in our society. I would call this ’super market generation’ or the ’neon generation’ where we cannot see a difference but ’sameness’ in one to another. Due to the heavy technology usage among the youth, they are alienating the relatio...
Popular actress Anarkali Akarsha today hinted at the possibility of entering active politics soon though she has not arrived at a definite decision over such a move. Â?You would never know as you might see me in the political platform in the near future,Â? she told Daily Mirror today.
Prasanna Vithanage’s newest movie, Akasha Kusum (Flowers in the Sky) which made headlines even before its release in local theatres is looking for an August release at the CEL circuit. The first day’s profit of the movie will be donated to the NFC’s Pensioner’s Fund.
Hair Flair Fashion Release 2010 presented by International Academy of Beauticians (IAB) Once again as a creative initiation for the very first time in Sri Lanka we captured details of the Hair & Beauty industry through the eye of a camera and hosted "The first photographic exhibition on Hair, Make up, Nails and Haircuts & Colour in Sri Lanka." Students who completed one-year&rsq...
- New Panasonic hair dryer promises healthier hair in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- New Panasonic hair dryer promises healthier hair in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- New Panasonic hair dryer promises healthier hair in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- New Panasonic hair dryer promises healthier hair in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
Veteran Russian filmmaker Alexander Volkor recently said he was stunned by Sri Lanka’s location beauty and insisted he would soon make a film in Sri Lanka. Speaking to Reel Life in Colombo recently, Alex briefed us about a docu drama he had made recently titled ‘Rama’s Bridge’ referring to the Sethu Samuduram and the historic story behind it. He maintained that in the past...
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- Another 1/3 of land is now available for investors (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. has abloished akJana Sabha' (Category: Breaking News)
- Reformist shout (Category: Breaking News)
When my collegue Dr. Ineke Postkoke heard that I was preparing to go on holiday with my family and friends to Sri Lanka, she said that before I return I should see the political satire ‘Charitha Atak’ by the Internationally acclaimed Actor Wilson Gunaratne. I told her that I had seen it 5 years ago before my migration to Holland, and at that time I thought it was the best politic...
Colombo’s rather niche metal crowd had hardly a chance to breathe between sets of some of the tightest metal bands in the scene on August 1 at Clancies as Colombo witnessed its first ever ’DeathFest’. The concert, organized by Studio 666, was easily one of the smoothest metal concerts the city has witnessed in a while and featured a line-up of what many refer to as Sri La...
- Prepare for totalitarian wipe out at Defenders of the Faith: Doom Revisited (Category: Business)
- Impending doom (Category: Business)
- Whirlwind headlines Doom Over Colombo (Category: Business)
- Shortages: Metals in demand (Category: Technology)
Death metal drummer Tyronne Silva of Orth, Germany will perform live at Sri Lanka’s first ’Deathfest’ featuring metal heavyweights Fallen Grace, Old Castle Massacre, Funeral In Heaven, Paranoid Earthling and Legion. Born in Nattandiya Sri Lanka, Tyronne Silva is the drummer of German death metal band Orth. A musical prodigy, Tyronne started playing the drums almost as soo...
- Drummer Tyronne Silva And Sri Lanka’s Heavy Metal Scene (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo rocks to Tyronne Silva (Category: Entertainment)
- I will enter politics if people want me- Malaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan crew arrested for scrap (Category: Breaking News)
Acclaimed Hollywood director Giles Greenwood and producers Mary Pat Bentel and Shirani Sabaratnam traveled to Sri Lanka recently to set up locations for their new film ’kayman’s Gate’ a project they hope to start soon. Daily mirror online caught up with them to find out exactly just what the film is about and what plans the three creative individuals have in store for us. Accordi...
- Asin banned in Tamil Nadu (Category: Breaking News)
- One year jail for Seeman (Category: Breaking News)
- IIFA stopped SL visit-Bachchan (Category: Breaking News)
- It was Bachchan's decision, not IIFA (Category: Breaking News)
Anyone who has listened to or watched Eshantha Peiris perform would think Sri Lanka’s own maestro composer and pianist always knew music was his path, but not so according to the 25 year old Josephian, "I think it would be relatively recently, I always played music but I think it was about 5 years ago that I decided this is what I want to do" Eshantha studied at the prestigious Ne...
- 'Fridays at the Factory' coming to uptown (Category: USA, North Carolina)
- Exhibit pays tribute to American roots music (Category: USA, North Carolina)
- Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 (Category: USA, Montana)
- Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 (Category: USA, Montana)
It was a landmark year. Michael Jordon retired, New Kids on The Block split and Cheers got canned. Prince decided to change his name only to change it back. Andre the Giant died and the Power Rangers and Jurassic Park were born. The year 1993 also saw the birth of Sri Lanka’s first private radio station 101.7 TNL Rocks, a CHR/Top 40 format radio station that gained international recognition...
- Bharatha killing, drugs and CSE 'linked' (Category: Breaking News)
- Lite FM turns 13 (Category: Business)
- Court extends enjoining order against Shan Wickramasinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Enjoining order against Shan Wickremasinghe (Category: Breaking News)
Maya Roo is horror at its chilling best. It is a series that contains 45 tele films, each 24 minutes of running time that will be telecast weekly. When one thinks of horror, one immediately thinks of Western horror genres that have captivated and petrified audiences. Some of these master pieces of horror include ‘The Exorcist’, ‘Poltergeist’, ‘The Amytiville Horror&rs...
- Sri Lanka to face England in QF's (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to substitute the name Ceylon with the word âSri Lankaâ of public enterprises (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘I just love Malinga’- Ameesha Patel (Category: Breaking News)
- Rid UNP of Tiger proxies-Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
Ananda Dabare conducts the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka on May 23, 2010, in an exciting concert where two major compositions of the Romantic era, Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony and Rachmaninov’s first piano will be performed. The concert opens with two excerpts from Grieg’s ever popular Peer Gynt suites. Grieg’s piano concerto which Rachmaninov greatly admired, served as ...
- Luciano: Even during a pandemic, you can spread Christmas cheer in the spirit of Jimmy Binkley (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Luciano: Even during a pandemic, you can spread Christmas cheer in the spirit of Jimmy Binkley (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Luciano: Even during a pandemic, you can spread Christmas cheer in the spirit of Jimmy Binkley (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Luciano: Even during a pandemic, you can spread Christmas cheer in the spirit of Jimmy Binkley (Category: USA, Illinois)
Sivappu Mazhai, a film that was made to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, has been banned in Sri Lanka. The film, which has the distinction of being made within 12 days, deals with a youth that has been affected by the Sri Lankan army. The youth comes down to India to kidnap the young daughter of a central minister to fulfill his demands. Sivappu Mazhai is produced by Suresh Joachim, who a...
- Sivappu Mazhai banned in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sivappu Mazhai banned in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sivappu Mazhai banned in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sivappu Mazhai banned in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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