Events 

AMDT Graduate and Fashion Show

The Academy of Multimedia Design & Technology (AMDT) will showcase some of talented works of original designs at the AMDT Graduate Showcase exhibition today 9.00 a.m. at Park Street Mews, Colombo.

This one-of-a-kind workshop which is a platform for emerging artistes from AMDT will showcase the graduates' Graphics, 3D, Animations, VFX, Filming, Games, Motion Graphics, User Experience (UX) Design, Branding, Art, Fashion, Photography and more.

Entrance to the workshop and exhibition is free.

Around 50 AMDT graduates will give a hands-on experience about their work of art and answer questions regarding their work. There will also be Talk Shows by top gurus from the creative industry.

Graduates will move on to showcasing their original fashion talent at 8.00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the entrance.

Social media blood donation campaign

Two years ago a group of 10 young adults from the Sri Lanka Twitter community created #iDonateLK - the first-ever blood donation drive organised in Colombo through social media. The response was good, many donated blood and supported the event. They collected blood from 43 donors spanning all the blood groups, including rare ones such as AB negative, O negative and B negative.

This year they reorganised themselves for the second segment of #iDonateLK. The organising committee included Gayathri Seneviratne (Jetwing Group), Prasad Perera (Diplomatic Mission), Vishmi Ranatunga (Ladies' College), Shafraz Kahir (Datamation Systems), Yeheshan de Silva (Xtrans (Pvt) Ltd) Surovi Salgado (Cake Labs), Gihan Fernando (Gihan Bookshop) and Umesh Leelasena (GT Nexus).

Everyone who donated blood is registered with the National Blood Bank and can donate blood whenever possible.

They can donate four months from May 7, 2016 which is the recommended wait -period for a donor to donate blood once he has already donated.