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The Talangama Police says that they arrested four people who were told to be brokers on the day before yesterday (1) on suspicion of extorting money of thousands of rupees and forging documents by claiming that the Department of Immigration & Emigration located at the Business Office in Battaramulla can help people who come to get foreign passports.A senior police officer in the area told Lankadeepa that the four were arrested on suspicion of preparing fake documents, extorting money for that purpose and possessing foreign passports.Police said the arrested suspects are residents of Malambe Wattala and Colombo 11 areas. A…

Minister of State for Finance Dr Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that a report will be submitted to the President to take appropriate measures to prevent further importation of rubber as raw material.It is said that information has been revealed that certain multinational companies are still importing rubber at high prices by highlighting the quality of rubber.The minister states that the relevant committee met at the Ministry of Finance and took the decision during a long discussion.Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

Sri Lanka’s export earnings recorded the highest value in its history in 2022. It is more than 13 billion US dollars. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said export earnings in 2022 were 4.9% higher than the peak recorded in 2021. The country’s export income exceeded 13 billion US dollars for the first time in history.Previously, the highest export revenue in history was achieved in 2021. The revenue there was 12.5 billion US dollars. In the last year 2022, an export income of 13.1 billion US dollars has been obtained. For this growth, industrial exports including garments, gems, diamonds and…

HUTCH, Sri Lanka’s rapidly growing choice for mobile communication services, won five SLIM DIGIS awards at the recently concluded SLIM DIGIS 2.2.SLIM DIGIS hosted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), the national body for marketing in Sri Lanka is a highly acclaimed event that recognizes the best innovations in the field of digital marketing and digital solutions that can influence the digital industryThe awards ceremony saw HUTCH bag a Silver, three Bronze, and a Merit award under the telecoms category and overall categories in a highly competitive year. Created history with the highest number of entries ever recorded.Commenting…

The Public Utilities Commission says that no permission will be given for any kind of power cut until February 17.According to Janaka Ratnayake, the chairman of the commission, this decision was taken to protect the rights of more than 331,000 students appearing for the advanced-level examination.The Public Utilities Commission further states that if there is a power cut during that period, it will be considered unauthorized and illegal.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ team, who laid a good foundation for their second innings with the strength of the two opening batsmen Oshadha Fernando and Nishan Madushka, managed to reduce the huge score gap of 331 runs scored by the England Lions team in the first innings to 103 runs yesterday (01) evening.Sri Lanka A team had accumulated 228 runs with the loss of one wicket when the match ended yesterday, which was the second day of the match. There Oshadha Fernando managed to score an excellent century for Sri Lanka and he scored 134 runs. Oshadha, who collected 18 fours…

The Department of Meteorology says that the depression in the South West Bay of the Bengal sea area has entered the island from the east coast and is moving through Sri Lanka.Due to this, the sky will remain cloudy in most parts of the island and there may be occasional rain or thundershowers in the northern, north-central and eastern provinces and rain or thundershowers may occur in the rest of the island in the evening or at night.In Northern, North-Central, Eastern and Uva Provinces and Puttalam District, there is a possibility of heavy rains of more than 100 mm in…

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is on an official visit to the Middle East countries, arrived in the Palestinian-controlled West Bank city of Ramallah and met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Palestine after visiting Israel and holding talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.In Ramallah, during a meeting with the Palestinian president, the Israeli government’s illegal construction of settlements on Palestinian lands came up for discussion.US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken explained that although the US is always ready to give unconditionally to Israel, the construction of settlements in the Palestinian territories…

It is reported that due to the new order of President Ranil, there has been another obstacle to the election process.The Election Commission is currently preparing for the local government election and the sources of the Election Commission state that its basic activities will be carried out on the basis of credit.Yesterday (31), the President issued a new order that public institutions should not purchase goods and services on the basis of credit and that public officials who violate the order shall be personally responsible for the related expenses.It is also reported that due to the new order, there has…

The Ceylon Petroleum Statutory Corporation has decided to increase the price of a litre of 92 octane petrol by 30 rupees with effect from midnight yesterday (01).Accordingly, the new price of a litre of octane 92 petrol is 400 rupees.Also, the price of Sri Lanka IOC Octane 92 petrol has been increased by 30 rupees, effective from midnight yesterday, in line with the price revision of the Petroleum Statutory Corporation.Below is the relevant announcement,