eLanka Newsletter – 28 July 2021 – 8th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “OLD FRIENDS” – By Des Kelly The last rites of the late Raja Mahendran, Chairman of the Capital Maharaja Group performed British girl, born to Sri Lankan parents wins ‘Miss International U.K. 2021/2022’ title Tourism, investment and trade promoted – Consul General Hulugalle By Kathya De Silva Senarath 2021 Sri Lanka Day Expo & Parade Goes Global QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2021 NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST INCLUDES SEVERAL BRITISH-SRI LANKANS – BY UPALI OBEYESEKERE Kandy sports lovers mourn Elmo Rodrigopulle’s death-By Hafiz Marikar “Kelly Klassics” – Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose” – By Dwight Yoakam Telecoms finance leader: Storytelling is not just for salespeople-By Swati Sanyal Tarafdar Olympics Ready: The Sri Lankan Team Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 63 23.07.21 Health ...

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Re-appointment of Sanjeeva Jayawardena, President’s Counsel to the Monetary Board of the CBSL Source:Island Sanjeeva Jayawardena, President’s Counsel, has been re-appointed to the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), for a fresh term of 6 years, up to June 2027, by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, consequent to his nomination being approved by the Parliamentary Council. Sanjeeva Jayawardena is the first President’s Counsel to serve on the Monetary Board of the CBSL. He presently serves as the Chairman of the Monetary Board Level, External Debt Monitoring Committee and as the Chairman of the Board Risk Oversight Committee. He also chairs the Ethics Committee of the CBSL. Jayawardena, has been practising exclusively in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal for the last 29 years, having been called to the Bar in 1992. He was thereafter conferred Silk, as President’s Counsel, in the year 2012. ...

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