When you have an email address like “noproblemperera” I’m sure you readers would expect an out of the ordinary person. Out of the ordinary is an understatement really for arguably Sri Lanka’s most versatile and entertaining musician. He is the leader of a band that is not only popular among ...

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The limestone standing torso of the Buddha in the Image House Source:Sundayobserver After visiting the Mudu Maha Vihara at Pottuvil, we came to the Pottuvil bazaar passing Arugam Bay – the sun-drenched and palm fringed coastal paradise. We had a glorious view of the deep blue sea and the sea ...

Something to cheer us in the lockdown This is an excellent and well presented production from perhaps a little known ethnic group… The Goanese Their Portuguese antecedents are clearly identifiable from their family names, just as they are in Sri Lanka. GOA SINGS TO THE WORLD’S COVID 19 FRONTLINERS. A Nicholas ...

This is an inventive rendition of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus.  As people weren’t allowed to sing in church because of Covid-19, this is what they came up with. A digital project bringing together live and recorded performances of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus – in spectacular pandemic style. Three hundred and fifty singers ...

  Source:Island The first Sinhala film I saw was Chandi Shyama. It did not, I confess, leave much of a good impression on me. The second, Madol Doowa, caught my fancies. The third did not catch my fancies, but it left a better impression. This was Sagara Jalaya. Sumitra Peries’s fifth film, Sagara Jalaya is ...

Source:Sundayobserver We spotted the isolated Kudumbigala rock in the distance, before we entered the gravel road which led to the Kumana National Park. Kudumbigala lies majestically on top of a rocky outcrop in the Yala East National Park better known as Kumana, 11 kilometres away from Panama. Today, it is ...

Source:FT New Zealand High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Michael Appleton yesterday tweeted that it acknowledged, with sadness, the terrorist attack carried out in Auckland. “Our thoughts are with those injured in, or otherwise affected by, the attacks at this very difficult time,” the High Commissioner said.  “As PM Jacinda Ardern ...