• 30 July 2025
The Price of Survival in Gaza Soaring Costs of Food and Essential Items Amid Blockade

In Gaza the cost of survival has soared beyond imagination. Families face astronomical prices for basic food water fuel and medicine. The economy has collapsed under a tight blockade and insecurity. With

  • 30 July 2025
Gandhi’s Complex Legacy The Untold Story Behind His Celibacy Experiments

Mahatma Gandhi is remembered around the world as the guiding force behind India’s independence. He is celebrated not just for freeing a nation from colonial rule, but for doing so

  • 30 July 2025
Shaping the Future of Sri Lanka’s Agri-Wellness Landscape. A Conversation with Muditha Rasanjalee

At just 27, Muditha Rasanjalee is redefining what it means to be a modern entrepreneur in Sri Lanka’s agricultural and wellness sectors. As the founder of TRN Ceylon Agri (Pvt) Ltd and co-founder of several

  • 30 July 2025
The right exercise balance A wellness guide to moving with purpose - Featuring Tiron Wickramasinghe

We return with another compelling feature in Raise The Bar, your trusted source for insightful fitness content that not only informs but empowers. Our goal is to deepen your understanding of

  • 30 July 2025
WEAPONISED INCOMPETENCE How laziness becomes a strategy and a culture

Weaponised incompetence is a phrase that has been quietly making the rounds in management circles. However, in mainstream discourse, it rarely receives even an honourable mention (perhaps

  • 30 July 2025
An Elegant Gathering to Celebrate Indu’s Birthday

Indu Satyapala’s birthday was celebrated in the presence of close friends and loved ones, in an evening that embraced elegance and simplicity. The event followed a pastel-themed dress code, with guests

  • 29 July 2025
Why Are We So Afraid of the Truth?

In an age of so-called transparency and truth-telling, it is strange, and yet not surprising, how fragile our collective relationship with truth really is.

  • 29 July 2025
A City Born of WATER AND WONDER

Imagine a place where there are no cars, no roads just canals weaving between centuries-old buildings, and the only traffic you’ll encounter is a gondola gliding past, its oars slicing gently through emerald-green water.

  • 29 July 2025
Why Are We Uncomfortable Watching Two People Kiss on Screen?

It is a scene as old as cinema itself. Two people fall in love, emotions build, and they kiss. In most parts of the world, this is an unremarkable moment, a storytelling device as ordinary as a monologue or a song.

  • 29 July 2025
Nadaaniyan (2025): A Must Watch Teen Romance Film

If you’re a rom movie lover and have missed Nadaaniyan, it’s time to add it to your watchlist. This 2025 Hindi-language teen romantic comedy may not be a critical darling, but it offers an enjoyable blend of romance, drama, and personal growth.

  • 29 July 2025
Green Is the New Black: But Is It Really?

In recent years, ‘sustainability’ has become the hottest trend in fashion. From glossy campaigns to clothing tags that boast buzzwords like ‘eco,’ ‘conscious,’ or ‘green,’ it seems every brand is suddenly saving the planet, or at least claiming to.

  • 29 July 2025
Colombo University’s Science Faculty Millennium Batch Celebrates Silver Jubilee

Members of the 1999/2000 Alumni Association of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, came together for a heartwarming evening to mark 25 years since their university enrollment.

  • 28 July 2025
Devika Brendon’s Aversion

Devika Brendon’s Aversion is a fearless literary debut that defies genre and convention. A longtime academic, teacher and editor of English Literature, Brendon steps into fiction with the same sharp empathy and intellectual rigor that have long defined her work.

  • 28 July 2025
Totems, Spirit Guides & Inner Peace A Journey Into Ancestral Wisdom

In our fast-paced world, inner peace is often pursued through therapy, meditation, and self-help, but still, something deeper can remain unresolved. What if the peace we seek isn’t only psychological, but spiritual and ancestral? What if animals that recur in our dreams or natural signs that stir something within us are not coincidences, but messages from beyond? In this episode of Cultivating Inner Peace, Anshu Bahanda sat down with South Africa

  • 28 July 2025
Ramzi Rahaman Giving Breath to Beauty 50 Years of Passion Elevating the Simple to the Sublime

There was tea on the table and pastries still warm. He had been expecting me but not in the way most people prepare for interviews. No notes. No handlers. No curated version of his story waiting to be told. Just Ramzi. Entirely himself. Completely present. This is how all stories with meaning begin, with people who remember who they are.

  • 28 July 2025
The Rich Tapestry of Ethiopian Culture

Ethiopia, a country located in the Horn of Africa, is a land of vibrant culture, rich history, and breathtaking natural beauty. With a population of over 115 million people, Ethiopia is a melting pot of diverse cultures, languages, and traditions. The country boasts a unique cultural heritage that dates back over 3,000 years, with a blend of African, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean influences.

  • 28 July 2025
8 Lost Your Spark? Try These japanese Philosophies to Beat Laziness and Find Meaning

Before you beat laziness, you need to understand why you want to move at all. Ikigai combines passion, profession, mission, and vocation, what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Finding your ikigai is like discovering the compass inside your chest. You stop asking, “How do I get motivated?” and start asking, “What moves me?”

  • 28 July 2025
Maldives Celebrates 60th Independence Day in Colombo

A grand reception was held in Colombo to commemorate the 60th Independence Day of the Republic of Maldives. Hosted by His Excellency Masood Imad, High Commissioner of the Maldives to Sri Lanka, the evening brought together diplomats, officials, and distinguished invitees for a celebration of unity and bilateral friendship. Held at the elegant Luminia Ballroom at Cinnamon Life, the event reflected the rich cultural heritage and national pride of t

  • 26 July 2025
A Sky Full of Lies The Coldplay Concert Cheating Scandal

What was supposed to be a magical evening under the stars, a Coldplay concert filled with dreamy lights and emotion, ended up exposing a real-life drama that no one saw coming. Except 60,000 fans... and millions of people on TikTok. At a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the Jumbotron zoomed in on what seemed like a couple cuddling mid-set. A woman, cozily nestled in the arms of a man, both wrapped up in each other like they were wat

  • 26 July 2025
Masma EAT Restaurant A Taste of Sri Lanka’s Island BBQ Delight

If you’re looking to enjoy authentic Sri Lankan BBQ flavors with a modern twist, then Masma EAT Restaurant is a must-visit. Located in Pelawatta, with other outlets in Kottawa and Nugegoda, Masma EAT brings the warmth and bold flavors of Sri Lankan cooking straight to your table.

  • 26 July 2025
Bodacious Beastly BRIDES

Weddings - oh, the romance, the glorious excitement, the anticipation. The families coming together, the happy couple looking at the world with all its possibilities, walking through life hand in hand. I may be a die-hard believer in the values that marriage stood for, a believer that every chapter in life has its time and season, a believer that when in a compatible, honest unit, the sky was, and is, the proverbial limit. Am I just blatantly mi

  • 26 July 2025
In the Shadow of Ravana

In the end, Ravana may remain unverifiable. There are no inscriptions that bear his name, no coins that link him to a dynasty. But history is not only what we can excavate. It is also what we remember, what we choose to forget, and what we revive. Ravana exists in a liminal space - between myth and memory, villainy and virtue, demonhood and kingship.

  • 26 July 2025
A Humble Prodigy

From rural beginnings to the red carpet at Cannes – a gentle and quietly luminous film star talks about the highlights of his career and the realities of life.It all began with a letter he wrote to Sri Lanka’s most famous film director expressing his interest to play the lead role in the film ‘Madol Duwa.’ From a very young age he was as avid reader who was particularly obsessed by the books of Martin Wickremesinghe which were central to his educ

  • 26 July 2025
CHARINI Stories Launches at One Galle Face

The launch of the CHARINI Stories was held on the 24th of July at One Galle Face Mall, welcoming guests to an elegant evening celebrating fashion inspired by the soul of Sri Lanka.

  • 25 July 2025
IORA Championing the Enduring Beauty of Block Print in Contemporary Fashion

In a world that’s constantly evolving, certain traditions remain quintessentially timeless, like slipping into a breezy, beautiful, comfortable, hand-block print garment, the perfect choice for the

  • 25 July 2025
Overcoming Procrastination: Beyond Time Management

Procrastinators always get a bad rep. People think they’re lazy, demotivated or all together unbothered. The truth is procrastination has much less to do with poor time management than it does with unregulated

  • 25 July 2025
Why Does Gaza’s Genocide Still Need Explaining?

For months, we’ve danced around the word. Politicians have carefully avoided it. Media outlets have sanitized it as ’’conflict’’ or ’’war.’’ Even genocide scholars, those whose life’s work is to identify and

  • 25 July 2025
Soft Femme Energy How to Dress When You’re Letting Love In

Clothes that open, invite, surrender. Explore how fashion reflects emotional availability and romantic shifts. There’s a subtle shift that happens when you begin to let love in again. It’s not always loud or obvious,

  • 25 July 2025
Saiyaara Debutants Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda Rewrite Bollywood’s Rulebook

In a landscape dominated by star-driven blockbusters, Saiyaara, directed by Mohit Suri and released on 18 July 2025, has created waves of change. Featuring newcomers Ahaan Panday and