COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, appointed Rear Admiral YN Jayarathne as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, effective from Tuesday (17th August 2021). Accordingly, Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, officially handed over the letter of appointment in this regard to Rear Admiral YN Jayarathne at the Navy Headquarters. Rear Admiral Jayarathne completed his Staff Course at Army Command & Staff College, Sri Lanka and the National Defence Course at National Defense University, Beijing, China. He has also held various Staff and Senior Staff appointments at the Navy Headquarters as Senior Staff Officer Projects and Plans and Senior Staff Officer of Navy Hydrographic Service. Prior to his elevation to the post of Chief of Staff of the Navy, he served as the Commander Eastern Naval Area and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy.

A British student who took a holiday to Afghanistan before being trapped by the Taliban takeover today shared a video from inside a military plane as he landed in Dubai after being evacuated to safety. The footage showed Miles Routledge, 21, sitting among hundreds of other people fleeing the militant group as the packed aircraft touched down in the United Arab Emirates. The Loughborough physics student announced yesterday that he had eventually secured an evacuation flight. We're in a new safe house and we're all hydrated, happy and ready for a few hours of sleep.' Speaking to the Times, he claimed he made the decision to visit Afghanistan after watching tourism videos on YouTube.

The 1st China-Sri Lanka Health Silk Road Forum was successfully inaugurated on the 26th of July 2021 with His Excellency Ambassador Dr.Palitha Kohona’s official meeting with Mr. CHEN Luping, the vice governor of Liaoning Province of P.R.China. Ambassador has also visited the Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the 1st Affiliated Hospital of the University and a Bio-Technology Company specialized on frontier Stem Cell Technology. Prof. Chandima Jeewandara, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, has presented ‘’how university respond to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka?’’. As one of the achievements of this forum, Health Silk Road Committee is founded as a mechanism to contribute to international cooperation in combating the epidemic and construction of a Health Silk Road in global fight against the epidemic and facilitate global coordination and cooperation in this respect. The 1st Health Silk Road Forum is authorized and organized by Indo-Pacific China Business Advisory Council as its flagship product “Renew, Rebuild and Reinvent” Forum.

The introduction of Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) is the most meaningful change to the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) trading infrastructure in several decades. The CSE implemented the DVP Settlement mechanism as scheduled on 16th August 2021. The DVP mechanism was implemented pursuant to extensive testing and industry-wide mock runs being carried out over a period of 7 months, involving Broker Systems. However, on Monday 16th August 2021, one external Broker System Vendor had technical difficulties connecting to the CSE’s Trading System, resulting in a delay of pre-open session. Today (Tuesday 17th August 2021), the CSE observed certain inconsistencies in the client securities balances of a particular Broker System Vendor.

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The Government of Sri Lanka and the China Development Bank have entered into an agreement of RMB 2 billion – approximately Rs. 61.5 billion – Term Facility today (August 17), the Chinese Embassy in Colombo announced. In a tweet, the embassy stated that the agreement was signed upon the request from Sri Lanka to support its COVID19 response, economic revival, financial stability and livelihood betterment. China Development Bank and Sri Lankan Government has entered into an agreement of RMB 2 Billion (approx LKR 61.5 Billion) Term Facility today (17 Aug), upon a request from 🇱🇰 side to support its #COVID19 response, economic revival, financial stability and livelihood betterment. pic.twitter.com/ehkvWGfXzz— Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (@ChinaEmbSL) August 17, 2021

A fire has erupted in the ground floor of a three-storey shopping centre located near the Kirbathgoda town on the Makola-Kiribathgoda road. A total of 12 persons including children who were trapped inside the building have been rescued by the firefighters. Five of them who were experiencing difficulty in breathing due to the smoke inhalation were meanwhile hospitalized for treatment. According to the police, the firefighing units of Colombo and Gampaha municipal councils have controlled the fire. The cause of the fire and the damage estimate is yet to be revealed.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today (17) revealed a shortage of Tocilizumab medication that is required to treat severe Covid 19 patients. Premadasa informed Parliament that there were many inquiries from people trying to access the medication and upon inquiry, it was revealed that there was a shortage in the market. The Opposition Leader called on the Government to immediately look into the issue and ensure that the medication was available for critical Covid 19 patients. Premadasa also called on the Government to convene the disaster management committee to address the current crisis situation due to the Covid 19 pandemic in the country.

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August 17, 2021 by Aazam Ameen No CommentsPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to meet with United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today (17). The meeting is expected to focus on the 21 point plan presented by the UNP to control Covid-19. It is learnt that Wickremesinghe is also planning on pushing for the holding of an all party meeting to discuss the present Covid-19 issue and how to address address the crisis.

A new Gazette Extraordinary has specified the duties, functions and institutional & legal framework of the Ministry of Development Co-ordination and Monitoring. Thereby, the Department of Project Management and Monitoring will operate under the purview of the newly-established ministry. Following the Cabinet reshuffle yesterday (August 16), Minister of Youth & Sports and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development Namal Rajapaksa was assigned a new ministerial portfolio ‘Development Co-ordination and Monitoring’. Monitoring the development activities assigned to President’s Supervising Representatives appointed for the area of authority of the Divisional Secretariats. Gazette Extraordinary 2021-08-16 Duties and Functions of Ministries by Adaderana Online on Scribd

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE and Oman will get underway from 17 October, with the Final to be played in Dubai on 14 November. The ICC announced the fixtures for the marquee tournament on Tuesday, 17 August. Here’s everything you need to know.

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