By Chitra Weerarathne
The Attorney General yesterday (14) informed the Supreme Court that the earlier undertaking given to the Court that Harin Fernando of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya would not be arrested, would be extended till September 1, 2021.
The Fundamental Rights violation petition filed by Harin Fernando will be next mentioned on September 1.
Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Pieris appeared for the Attorney General.
MP Fernando has said in his Fundamental Rights violation petition that he feared arrest by the CID over the Easter Sunday bomb blasts on April 21, 2019. The unfair arrest should be stopped by an order of the Court.
President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva appeared with Panduka Keerthinanda and Sugath Caldera for petitioner Harin Fernando.
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Past President of Moratuwa Jaycees (Junior Chamber) Vimal de Mel passed away following a brief illness in Stockholm on Monday. De Mel was an active member of the Jaycees and played a key role in the projects conducted by his chapter. In 1976 he was elected the chapter President and under his dynamic leadership Moratuwa Jaycees swept the board winning several awards at the annual convention for the outstanding projects conducted. He was a brilliant orator produced by the chapter.
In 1979, he migrated to Sweden with his family and worked for the Swedish Railways until his retirement.
The Octogenarian was an active member of the Catamarans Sports Club, Moratuwa.
China has set up an ‘Emergency Reserve’ at Chengdu to speedily dispatch supplies to some countries in South Asia, including Sri Lanka.
The following is the text of a statement issued by the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry: “Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China Dr. Palitha Kohona attended the opening of the China – South Asia Emergency Supplies Reserve in Chengdu on 09 July, 2021. The emergency reserve was the result of a zoom meeting convened by Foreign Minister Wang Yi in April and attended by the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Given the regularity with which natural disasters seem to afflict the South Asian region, the creation of the emergency reserve would enable the reserve to dispatch emergency supplies with the least delay. Today the mobilisation of emergency supplies takes too long.
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Sri Lanka would receive 1.48 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on 22 July and another eight million doses of several vaccines, including 6.5 million doses of Sinopharm would arrive in August, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) General Shavendra Silva said yesterday.
Gen. Silva said that with those consignments, Sri Lanka would have received over 17 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of August.
“Sri Lanka has 11.5 million people over 30, which is the target group for vaccination. We have already vaccinated 5.7 million people in this category. So, by the end of August, we will have more than enough vaccine doses to give at least one jab to everyone over 30. Once those of these categories have been vaccinated, we can think about vaccinating those over 18,” General Silva said.