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The second Test between the visiting England Lions team and Sri Lanka ‘A’ team ended in a draw yesterday (10th). Chasing a target of 284 runs for victory, the visiting team scored 173 runs with a loss of 7 wickets at the end of the match. At that time, the England team was 111 runs behind Sri Lanka ‘A’ team. The first four-day Test cricket match between the two teams also ended in a draw.Yesterday, Lakshitha Manasinghe, who bowled brilliantly for Sri Lanka ‘A’ team, took the England captain’s wicket and the wicket of Tom Haynes and made a strong…

Foreign media reports that the newborn baby found in the rubble of a house flattened by the earthquake is doing well, she has been named and her new parents have been found.The baby was found in the rubble of a house in Jindires, Syria, attached to her dead mother by the umbilical cord.Not only her mother, but her father was also dead in the wreckage. The baby is named ‘Aya’. ‘Aya’ means ‘Miracle’.Syrian media have reported that her father’s brother has offered to accept the baby. (NDTV)Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

The Department of Meteorology announces that some rain may occur in the northern and eastern coastal areas.The announcement states that in the Central Province and Badulla, Ratnapura, Galle and Matara districts there may be rain or thundershowers in a few places in the evening or at night.The announcement further states that there is mainly rainless weather on the rest of the island.

The Minister of Transport, Dr Bandula Gunawardena, has taken steps to suspend the services of four officials of the Railway Department in connection with the theft of iron worth several lakhs of rupees imported for the project of renovation of the railway line from Mahawa to Omanthe.A high-ranking official of the Ministry of Transport said that the four relevant officials are high-ranking people in the project and an investigation has been carried out into the incident.The official added that the value of the iron allegedly stolen by these people has not been assessed yet. (Lankadeepa)

The National Building Research Organization says that an earthquake of magnitude 3 occurred in the Wellawaya area yesterday (10).Accordingly, this has been reported in Buttala, Wellawaya and Handapanagala areas and the organization further states that there is no danger.

McLarens Lubricants Ltd, a subsidiary of the diversified conglomerate McLarens Group and the authorized distributor for Mobil Lubricants in Sri Lanka, recently held its Annual Dealer Awards Night (ADAN) to reward the best-performing dealers from around 3,000 registered retail partners. Selected island-wide top-performing partners participated in this annual event, which was organized as an award ceremony, where 74 awards were presented under 7 different categories.The long-awaited annual event was organized in the form of an award ceremony, gala dinner and an overnight stay at Jetwing Blue Negombo.Ms Shehara De Silva, Group Managing Director of McLarens Group commented on the event,…

Members have been appointed for the selection committees of the fourth house of the 09th Parliament.Accordingly, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has announced the relevant names to the Parliament.It is stated that members have been appointed to the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs and the Committee on Government Finance.The respective members are below,Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

At the end of the third day of the second four-day cricket match against the visiting England Lions yesterday (09), Sri Lanka ‘A’ team, playing the second innings, scored 202 runs with the loss of 3 wickets.There, opener Nishan Madushka, who was once again engaged in an excellent batting run, scored 84 runs without defeat and Kamindu Mendis scored 67 runs.Nishan Madushka, who scored a double century in the first four-day match against England Lions, had hit 13 fours and one six in his innings in 118 balls.With Chamika Karunaratne taking four wickets and Vishwa Fernando taking three wickets, England…

As soon as he finished his visit to Britain, Zelenskyy, accompanied by members of his security forces, headed to the French capital, Paris.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a warm welcome from French President Macron in Paris. This is also the first time that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has visited the capital of Paris since Russia adopted military action against Ukraine.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was also present to welcome Ukrainian President Zelenskyy who came to Paris. French President Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that they would continue to provide the necessary support to Ukraine to counter…

The Department of Meteorology says that there may be some rain in the Eastern and Uva provinces.The department stated that rain or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Sabaragamuwa province and Galle, Matara and Kalutara districts in the evening or at night.In the rest of the island, there is mainly rainless weather.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.