Author: Buzzer Editor

The world-famous magazine ‘Asian Scientists’ has named the 100 most outstanding Asian scientists of this year 2023, and four Sri Lankans are included in it. As well a marine biologist, Asha de Vos, founder of ‘Oceanswell’, Dr Rohan Pethiagoda, Chaturanga Ranasinghe of the University of Colombo and Ashani Savinda Ranatunga of the University of Moratuwa are the four scientists from Sri Lanka included in the list.Asha de Vos is a leader in blue whale research. She is the first Sri Lankan scientist to obtain a PhD in marine mammal research. Dr Rohan Pethiagoda won the 2022 Linnaean Medal in Zoology,…

It is reported that the Director General of the Department of Archeology Professor Anura Manatunga has decided to resign from that position.Accordingly, Minister Vidura Wickramanayake stated that he has forwarded the relevant resignation letter to the Ministry Secretary.

Huawei Technologies, the Chinese tech giant, stated that it intends to continue exploring opportunities for joint growth and shared success in the digital economy with its Asia-Pacific business partners.The Huawei Asia Pacific Partners Conference 2023, hosted by Huawei APAC, began at the Shangri-La Hotel in Shenzhen, China, an emerging tech city and the headquarters of Chinese ICT firms. Under the theme ‘Grow Together, Win Future,’ approximately 1,200 participants from over ten countries attended the two-day event, which began on May 17, 2023.Top executives from leading partners of Huawei in Sri Lanka were present at this prestigious event. The event received…

The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the distribution of urea fertilizer imported from Oman to Sri Lanka will be carried out from today. A ship carrying 22,500 metric tons of urea fertilizer arrived in Sri Lanka last Saturday.Accordingly, the Ministry of Agriculture further stated that fertilizer will be distributed through all the agricultural service centres on the island from today (12).

The Sri Lanka Cricket Institute has issued a statement explaining the difficulties faced by the players of the Sri Lankan team who have gone to Zimbabwe to play in the World Cup One Day Cricket Tournament qualification tournament.According to this, the Sri Lankan team arrived at the hotel yesterday (11) afternoon.The agency states that another national cricket team had arrived at the hotel a moment before the arrival of the Sri Lankan team, and the check-in process of the team’s players was going on at that time.This situation has affected the delay in the process of including some players in…

According to the media, Scotland’s former leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested. That is with the accusations of financial irregularities against the former leader and the initiation of investigations into those allegations.Sturgeon, 52, represents the Scottish National Party. It is also reported that the police continue to question her. Last April, Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell, was arrested by the police. It is due to the allegations of financial irregularities. Peter Murrell, former chairman of the Scottish National Party. (Reuters)Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

Today (June 12) Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts will experience rain or thunder from time to time and heavy rain of about 75 mm may occur in some places, says the Meteorological Department.The department stated that in the Uva province and Ampara and Batticaloa districts, rain or thundershowers may occur at places in the evening or at night, and in the North-West and Central provinces, there may be several periods of rain.In the western slopes of the Central Highlands, in the Northern and North-Central Provinces, Hambantota, Puttalam and Trincomalee districts, occasional gusty winds of 40 to…

Found a Sri Lankan at Dimbulagal in Polonnaruwa, Mahaweli B Zone, who created a drone that can spray liquid on two and a half acres in 4 minutes, saving 60% of all the insects and herbicides used for rice cultivation. His name is Sankalpa de Silva.It is special that this has been designed so that he can use this drone to spray liquid for all diseases affecting corn, coconut, cashew, sugarcane and other crops. The service has been provided to farmers by spraying insecticides and herbicides on nearly nine hundred acres across Sri Lanka.Farmers who spray liquid for paddy cultivation…

Ruwan Wijewardena, the deputy leader of the United National Party, says that he will definitely have to face a presidential election in 2024. He said while answering a question raised by journalists in Gampaha that he will have to face a general election.United National Party Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardena further stated that if a presidential election is held first, the country will be stable and if the country is stable then the country’s economy can also be adjusted properly.Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

The Sri Lanka Cricket team left the Sri Lanka Cricket Institute at 3.15 yesterday morning after participating in the religious ceremonies.The following 15 players were chosen by the Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee to represent Sri Lanka in the Zimbabwe-hosted ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.1) Dasun Shanaka – Captain2) Kusal Mendis – (wk) Vice-Captain3) Dimuth Karunaratne4) Pathum Nissanka5) Charith Asalanka6) Dhananjaya de Silva7) Sadeera Samarawickrama ( Wk)8) Wanindu Hasaranga9) Chamika Karunaratne10) Dushmantha Chameera11) Kasun Rajitha12) Lahiru Kumara13) Maheesh Theekshana14) Matheesha Pathirana15) Dushan HemanthaGet more sports news and information by connecting with Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Sports.