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The Gampaha Nungamuwa Police say that a doctor working at Soysa Hospital in Colombo was stabbed and cut by her husband with a knife and was seriously injured. Police say that the seriously injured doctor is receiving treatment at the Ragama Teaching Hospital.A high-ranking police officer of the area told the media that her husband, who allegedly cut the doctor with a knife and injured her, is a candidate who is contesting for a local council in Gampaha district with Samagi Jana Bala speed for this local government election.The police also say that the doctor has cut wounds on her…

The President’s Secretary has issued a gazette notice stating that the postal service is an essential service as per the instructions of the President.The postal unions had announced that the postal workers would go on a 24-hour strike from midnight today (14) in protest against the recently introduced new tax policy.You can see the relevant gazette notification issued below.Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

The New Zealand team managed to win the first Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand by 2 wickets today (13) after a tight match. The New Zealand team won the toss and invited the Sri Lankan team to bat first and the Sri Lankan team scored 355 runs in the first innings.Batting for their first innings, the New Zealand team scored 373 runs and then the Sri Lankan team started their second innings. The Sri Lankan team, who played their second innings, scored 302 runs, and then the New Zealand team, who played the reply innings, managed…

The 95th Oscars ceremony was held today at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, USA. The uniqueness is that the red carpet will not be used in this award ceremony after 62 years and a champagne colour carpet will be used this time, according to various foreign media reports.Everything Everywhere All at Once was awarded as the best film at this year’s Oscars.Below are some of the awards received.Another special thing that could be seen was that the movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, which they directed, won many major awards at this year’s Oscars.And this year’s Oscar award ceremony…

The Jaffna team won by 55 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis method due to bad weather in the match between Jaffna and Galle held at Pallekele International Stadium under the National Super League limited-overs tournament.The Jaffna team, led by Sadeera Samarawickrama, who won the toss, scored 233 runs and scored 171 runs for 9 wickets in 32.3 overs when the Galle team stopped the match due to bad weather.Pramod Madhushan, who bowled as a strong threat to the goal team, took 3 wickets, and Ravindu Fernando and Lahiru Madhusankha took 2 wickets each. (Divaina)Get more sports news and information by…

A suicide bombing targeted a group of journalists in Afghanistan.ISIS operating in the country said that the bomb attack was carried out by them. The terror group claimed responsibility for the attack. The bombing took place in Mazar e Sharif, a city in the north of Afghanistan.A meeting was held between the journalists and their families in the city. It was in a Shia-Muslim religious centre. That’s when the bombing happened. (Reuters)Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

The Department of Meteorology says there may be several periods of rain in Eastern and Uva provinces and Polonnaruwa and Matale districts.The department stated that rain or thundershowers might occur at places in the evening or night in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-Western and Southern provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts.In some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces, mm. More than 50 degrees of heavy rain may also occur and foggy conditions may occur in some places in the Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces in the morning.The Department of Meteorology says to take necessary measures to reduce the dangers…

A three-wheeler that was travelling on the Kiridadupe bridge in the Imaduwa Watawana area has broken the bridge and fell into the river.At the time of the bridge collapse, a woman was travelling with her two children in the three-wheeler and all of them, including the driver, escaped with minor injuries, according to local residents.Due to the collapse of this bridge, around 100 houses have become inaccessible and due to the lack of an alternative route, the villagers of Kiridadupe are in great difficulty.Was planned to build bridge at this place under the government’s one lakh bridge programme, but the…

Electricity and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that they hope to provide relief to the people during the fuel price revision that will take place in April.Accordingly, the minister said yesterday while addressing a ceremony that the benefit of the rupee’s strengthening will be given to the people during the fuel price revision next month.The Minister further mentioned that restructuring should be done in order to reduce and maintain fuel and electricity charges.Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

Electricity and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that the restructuring program of the Ceylon Electricity Board is planned to be implemented from next week.Accordingly, the minister points out that the first step is to withdraw from collective agreements and take necessary new policy decisions on financial control.The Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the American Agency for International Development and JICA have decided to provide support for the Ceylon Electricity Board’s restructuring program.