Extending magnitude of support for Sri Lankan prospective exporters-By Nihal Surawimala Source:Island With the unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19, almost all the economies have been jeopardized in various ways. With even the mighty economic powerhouses around the globe feeling the pain, it is no point of exaggeration, how the pandemic hindered the emerging economies including that of Sri Lanka. With the objective of revamping businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the CBSL, in consultation with the Government of Sri Lanka, has initiated various economic measures, considering the turbulent situation and constraints of repayment that have arisen with the pandemic. Bank of Ceylon, being the number one bank and premier state bank, has been in the forefront of executing the relief packages, introducing novel digital banking products to uplift the entire economy and helping Sri Lankan citizens realise their aspirations. Standing tall as a pillar of support to its valuable clientele, the ...
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Sri Lanka Tourism launches membership drive for informal sector with support from Australia’s MDF Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), with the support from Market Development Facility (MDF), Australia’s flagship private sector development programme, has launched a membership drive to encourage informal sector tourism operators to register with SLTDA. The membership drive was launched recently with a trilingual video series featuring Kumar Sangakkara. “Tourism is led by the SMEs and hit hard by the pandemic which accounts for over 55 percent of the tourism industry. The key objective of this initiative is to motivate informal businesses to register with us and I invite informal sector establishments to register– we stand ready to help,” said Kimarli Fernando, Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism. “I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude to Sangakkara for helping us to initiate this and Market Development Facility (MDF) for assisting us,” she added. SLTDA welcomes ...
Aug 13, 2021
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Delta ‘Breakthrough’ infections becoming noticed-by Dr Harold Gunatillake If large numbers of people remain unvaccinated, vaccinated people will be exposed to the Delta variant, and that could be the way variant could breakthrough No vaccine can protect everyone all the time. When there is a lot of viruses around, some vaccinated people will still get infected, but in most cases vaccinated people experience mild symptoms – Doctor, I got both jabs but got the virus again a call from Sri Lanka from a friend, what am I to do now? A question that is being asked by many people and becoming a worry to the researchers and health admin personnel. When there is a lot of viruses around, some vaccinated people will still get infected, but the consolation is that the symptoms may be mild and may need no hospitalization, but again there are a few exceptions, and few ...
UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister MEDIA STATEMENT Friday 6 August 2021 NATIONAL CABINET STATEMENT The National Cabinet met today for the 50th time to discuss Australia’s COVID-19 response, recent outbreaks of COVID-19 and the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet continues to work together to address issues and find solutions for the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been 35,688 confirmed cases in Australia and, sadly, 932 people have died. More than 26.1 million tests have been undertaken. Testing has increased nationally over recent days with 1,289,345 million tests reported in the past 7 days. Globally there have been over 200.8 million cases and sadly over 4.2 million deaths, with 580,293 new cases and 9,681 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge in many countries around the world. Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues ...
Aug 6, 2021
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Aussie Lankans’ donations flow for COVID project sans politicos back home-By Namini Wijedasa Fundraising in progress in Australia Source:Sundaytimes No politics, no politicians: On those conditions, thousands of Sri Lankans in Australia came together for their largest ever fundraiser, collecting nearly Rs 60mn for their motherland’s fight against COVID-19. Between May 28 and last week, the campaign amassed AUD 382,472 (Rs 56mn) in donations through Facebook fundraising, direct deposits and even ‘Project Lamprais’. More than 200 volunteers cooked 6,300 packets of the banana leaf-wrapped delicacy overnight and sold it across 59 centres in Melbourne, earning AUD 90,000 (Rs 13mn) in a single day. “Donors’ main concern was whether this effort is affiliated with any politician or political party,” said Indika Sooriyaarachchi, an active member of the campaign. “We made certain it was non-aligned without connection to political, religious or other groups.” The only agenda was to help save lives of ...
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SRI LANKA NEWS (JULY 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 5.2 per cent in June 2021 from 4.5 per cent in May 2021. This was driven by monthly increases of prices of items in both Food and Non-food categories. Accordingly, Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 11.3 per cent in June 2021 from 9.9 per cent in May 2021, while Non-food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 2.5 per cent in June 2021 from 2.2 per cent in May 2021. The CCPI, measured on an annual average basis, increased to 4.1 per cent in June 2021 from 3.9 per cent in May 2021. Monthly change of CCPI recorded at 1.47 per cent in June 2021 due to price increases observed in items of both Food and Non-food categories. Moreover, monthly changes of ...
Long-term effects of COVID-19 defined as ‘Long Covid’ –by DR Harold Gunatillake A situation where people contracting COVID has ongoing symptoms 4 weeks or more after the start of acute COVID-19. This is a story of living with Long-COVID, creating significant pressures of persons and their families A growing number of people who recover from COVID-19 are experiencing long-term health problems. This includes younger patients without pre-existing conditions who had only mild symptoms with the virus. The prevalence of this “long Covid’ is a drawn-out form of the disease, which lasts for months or years. It is now called post-covid syndrome. Majority of the unvaccinated people who contract COVID-19 recover with minimal side effects, recovering fast, but a significant number have had long-term problems after recovering from the original infection, even if they were not ill at the onset. Recovery time varies, but in the majority resolves within 12 ...
Celebrating Haj according to health regulations-By Dr M Haris Z Deen Haj demonstrates equality amongst people Source:Island For a second year in succession, the Muslims’ Haj rituals will be conducted in a disciplined and orderly manner due to social distancing measures imposed by COVID-19 restrictions. This, indeed is a novelty, since under normal circumstances crowd control of nearly three million devotees, of all genders and ages assembled in one place and discipline in the performance of the Haj rituals had been impossible if not difficult. We have seen every year before this the number of people crushed to death particularly during the performance of the stone throwing ritual, termed ‘Rami’ in Arabic. It is indeed nice to see the rituals of Tawaf (circumbulating the Kaaba), performing the running in the valley between the Safa and Marwa hillocks and gathering in Mount Arafa in an orderly manner maintaining social distancing. All ...
POETIC MEMORIES OF CHINA II: THE FLYING DRAGON-By Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil Source:Island CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum chandij@sympatico.ca An Opportunity to introduce Sri Lankan Cuisine to Hong Kong In early 1981, from the post of Manager of one of the Walkers Tours/John Keells Hotels, I was promoted to the corporate office. I was the first Manager-Operations for Hotel Management and Marketing Services Limited, with some responsibility for all six hotels of the John Keells Group. At age 27, I was getting used to the corporate culture of the largest group of companies in Sri Lanka. I was busy taking over the management of the Ceylinco Hotel, which became the seventh hotel of the group. In the midst of my busy schedule, my immediate superior, Bobby Adams, Director-Operations entrusted me at short notice, to ...
