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Kurunegala District Councilor Dayasiri Jayasekara (SLPP) said to President Ranil Wickramasinghe in the Parliament that a new election commission should be appointed or the election should be held.Dayasiri Jayasekara also mentioned that if only three members of the Election Commission have accepted the date of the election, a new commission will be appointed or the election will be held.Responding to that, President Ranil Wickramasinghe said that he agrees to the request to appoint a new Election Commission and that he will meet in the next Sumane and do that work.Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara stood up and said that he…

Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka has sent a letter to the Sri Lankan office of the International Monetary Fund asking whether the fuel price formula and the increase in the electricity bill are in accordance with the criteria of the International Monetary Fund.He has indicated in the relevant letter that the economy and the people are feeling the consequences of stabilizing the Treasury, State Banks and Central Bank, Oil Corporation and Ceylon Electricity Board as separate units instead of joint financial stabilization.He has mentioned that the fuel and electricity system with unrealistic taxes is definitely responsible for the collapse…

The head of the Russian Federal Intelligence Service, Bortnikov, said that the American security and intelligence agencies had informed them in advance that US President Joe Biden would visit the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.Despite differences of opinion over the war in Ukraine and other international crises, security and intelligence information is shared between the two countries.Even the Americans did not know that Biden was coming to the capital of Kyiv. It has now been confirmed that only American intelligence agencies, security agencies, Ukrainian security agencies and Russian security agencies knew about it.However, when they learned that Biden would be visiting…

The Department of Meteorology says that rain or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the evening or at night in Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts.The department stated that there is mainly rainless weather on the rest of the island.The Department of Meteorology urges individuals to take the required precautions to reduce the risks brought on by storm-related lightning and transient high winds.

Mr Shantha Herath, a senior lawyer, was elected as the new president of the Colombo Chief Magistrate Court Bar Association for the year 2023/24.The election for appointing the new board of officers was held yesterday (22) in the same court premises.In the election for the post of chairman, Mr Senior Advocate Shanta Herath managed to win with the largest margin of votes in history.Senior Advocate Sant Herat got 164 votes.Mr Shantha Herath, who studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and the Sri Lanka Law College, is a lawyer with almost 30 years of professional experience.…

India’s Adani Company has been approved by the Board of Investment to install two wind power plants in Sri Lanka.Accordingly, Adani Green Energy Company will have the opportunity to invest in two wind power plants in Mannar and Punareen and it is stated that the amount that the company plans to invest in these projects is 442 million US dollars.It is stated that a capacity of 350 megawatts is expected to be added to the national system through these wind power plants.

Sarvodaya Fusion, the ICT for Development Arm of the Sarvodaya Movement being true to its long-standing ethos to serve the communities and empower the youth of this country recently launched the Personal Financial Literacy and Green Skills Programme 2022 in collaboration with HSBC. This programme is presented by HSBC and implemented by Sarvodaya Fusion for the youth, and was inaugurated at the CINEC Campus, Malabe on 30th November 2022.The launch ceremony was attended by the Vice President – of Maritime Affairs, International Cooperation and Foreign Projects, CINEC – Capt. Peshala Medagama, Chairperson, Advisory Board, Sarvodaya Fusion – Mr Rohan Pandithakorralage,…

In the face of the Russian invasion, US President Joe Biden pledged to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine would not be left alone.While meeting with the Ukrainian president, Biden explained that the US would not reduce its support to the Ukrainian government, even if the Russian invasion dragged on for years. This was a reason for the great joy of the President of Ukraine.However, Russia has shown their objection to Biden’s visit to Ukraine.Foreign political analysts fear that the American president’s visit to Ukraine will escalate the Russian-Ukrainian war into a world war and then into a nuclear war.…

The political parties representing the opposition in the parliament have launched a protest against the government’s attempt to postpone the local government elections.The members of the opposition who came to the middle of the assembly are protesting by chanting slogans demanding that the elections be held.Meanwhile, Parliament was adjourned till 9.30 am tomorrow. (Neth News)Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

With the involvement of clubs competing in the Governor’s Trophy, teams demoted from the Major Club 2022 season, and Dimbula C&AC, a team that has played cricket for more than a century, Sri Lanka Cricket will hold a new 50-over competition.The new competition, which will start on February 25, 2023, will provide bright young people who aren’t competing in the current Major Club Under-23 Tournament the chance to show what they can do and earn a spot in the competition. The “SLC Invitational Club Under 23—50 Over Tournament 2023” will be the name of the new competition.The Executive Committee of…