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Sri Lankan actress/model nominated at Britain’s National TV Award
The Agency Sri Lanka’s Talent, Nimmi Harasgama, has been nominated for Britain’s 2021 National TV Awards in the best “Drama Performance” category for her portrayal of Nurse Mari in the third Series of ‘The Good Karma Hospital’.
With this nomination, actress, producer and writer Nimmi has once again done Sri Lanka proud. ‘The Good Karma Hospital’ airs on ITV in the UK and worldwide on a variety of platforms and networks.
Born in Sri Lanka and raised in Britain, Nimmi returned to her motherland after completing her BA Hons degree at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She made her big screen debut playing a supporting character in the 1997 film ‘Mother Teresa’.
Nimmi wears many hats in the creative arts industry; she is an award-winning actress, an up and coming writer, and a disruptive social media influencer. On Netflix, she played Detective Alice Brenton in the show “Requiem”. She also played Aanya in the British indie feature ‘Hello Darlin’, which won numerous awards on the festival circuit. Most recently she was the female lead in Deepa Mehta’s latest feature film, ‘Funny Boy’, which was released on Netflix in December 2020 and was Canada’s submission to the Oscar for 2021.
Nimmi has been nominated for this award alongside several renowned actors: Hugh Laurie (Roadkill), Michela Coel (I May Destroy You), Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who), Rege-Jean Page (Bridgerton), Gillian Anderson (The Crown) and Anya Tylor Joy (Queen’s Gambit), to name a few.
The founder of The Agency Sri Lanka and Nimmi’s agent, Anjuli Flamer-Caldera, in response said that, “Although Nimmi is undoubtedly extremely talented, this nomination clearly supports this, she is never complacent and consistently pushes herself to develop her skillset and move forward in the industry. This is why she is where she is today.”
The actress shared, “I am humbled and thrilled to be included on this list of such phenomenal actors and honestly, more than that, the support and encouragement I am receiving in Sri Lanka and globally has totally overwhelmed me. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am so appreciative and feeling all the love. Thank you also to ‘The Good Karma’8 cast, crew, writers, and producers. This nomination is all of ours.”
Business
Cabinet approves recognition of ‘Sri Lanka National Export Development Plan – 2026–2030’
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development to recognize the “Sri Lanka National Export
Development Plan – 2026–2030” as the official strategic framework for export development and promotion of exports in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board, in collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders connected to the export sector, has formulated the National Export Development Plan 2026–2030 by obtaining technical assistance under the Policy-Based Lending Programme of the Asian Development Bank.
The aforementioned Plan provides a comprehensive strategic framework to guide and monitor Sri Lanka’s export development process, with the target of earning US$ 36 billion in foreign exchange through the export of goods and services by the year 2030
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Cabinet nod to accept the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform for Sri Lanka
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Women and Child Affairs to accept the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform for Sri Lanka.
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Cabinet grants policy approval to amend the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003
Approval has been granted by the Cabinet of Ministers on several earlier occasions to amend the Consumer Affairs Authority Act No. 9 of 2003.
In accordance with the approval granted at the Cabinet
meeting held on 2023-05-02, the Legal Draftsman is currently in the process of preparing the relevant amended Bill, and the Legal Draftsman has informed that it would be appropriate to obtain policy approval from the present Cabinet of Ministers for that purpose.
Accordingly, taking into consideration the necessity of restructuring the Consumer Affairs Authority too, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative
Development to instruct the Legal Draftsman to expeditiously complete the preparation of the relevant Bill to enable the amendment of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003.
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