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The Puttalam Police Special Task Force officers say that they arrested two suspects and two vehicles along with a stock of cardamom worth more than 150 lakhs during an operation in the Kalpitiya Peryathala area.While the relevant stock of cardamom was illegally brought from India by sea and then hidden in the Kalpitiya Peryatala area then it was hidden in a stock of unhusked coconuts and transported to Colombo, Police Special Task Force officers arrested 16 in the morning following information provided by the intelligence officers of Kalpitiya Vijaya Navy Camp. (Lankadeepa)

The Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission has informed the Cabinet in writing that he rejects the proposed electricity tariff revision approved by the Cabinet.Accordingly, it is stated that the Chairman of the Public Utility Commission, Janaka Ratnayake, has informed the Cabinet Secretary about this in writing.

Mastodon is open-source software that allows you to establish your own social networking site. It provides microblogging services comparable to Twitter with a huge number of independently maintained nodes called as instances, each with its own code of conduct, terms of service, privacy policy, privacy choices, and content moderation standards. Each user belongs to a single Mastodon instance (also known as a server), which may interoperate as a federated social network, allowing users from various instances to engage with one another. This is meant to provide users the freedom to choose a node whose policies they favour while still having access…

One of the main flat-earther theories in the world today is that the Earth is a disk with the Arctic Circle at its centre and the 150-foot-high ice wall called Antarctica at its centre. They further say that NASA employees protect Antarctica to prevent people from crossing this ice wall and falling to the other side of the Earth’s crust.They explain the Earth’s day-night cycle: The Sun and the Sun are two spheres 32 miles apart and orbiting 3000 miles above the Earth’s disk. These flat-earthers believe that the stars are located 3100 miles above the earth and that they…

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Sangakkara has expressed concern over the lack of consistency among the cricketers of the Sri Lanka cricket team.Speaking while commentating during yesterday’s match against India, Sangakkara said that he is not surprised, but is clearly concerned, adding that Head Coach Chris Silverwood is also working on the matter.“Chris is trying to lead the bowlers and the batters into more discussion of problem-solving in the middle of the field. How do you bowl in certain pitches? How do you take wickets? How do you then go to bowling really well defensively to try and retrain or…

A senior official of the Electricity Board said that the 2300 metric tons of ‘naphtha’ received by the Mineral Oil Corporation last Friday afternoon for the Kelanitissa Power Plant is only enough for three days and the operation of the Kelanitissa Power Plant from the 17th will be uncertain again.Since the Electricity Board did not have the money to purchase ‘Naptha’, there was a risk of the power plant being disabled from last Friday, and the Petroleum Corporation saved itself from that risk by supplying 2300 metric tons of ‘Naptha’ that afternoon.This situation has arisen because the Petroleum Corporation has…

The host Indian team managed to record a victory of 317 runs in the third and final one-day match between the visiting Sri Lankan team and the host Indian team.Accordingly, the Indian team, who won the toss of the match and batted first, managed to score 390 runs by losing 5 wickets in their 50 overs. In batting, Virat Kohli scored 166 not out, Shubman Gill scored 116 runs and Rohit Sharma scored 42 runs for the Indian team.In bowling, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara managed to take 2 wickets for the Sri Lankan team and Chamika Karunaratne managed to…

In Nepal, a passenger aeroplane crashed close to Pokhara International Airport. The airline is “Yeti Airlines”. Rescue efforts are in progress. The airport was shut down. Pokhra is a city located around 200 kilometres from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.According to a Nepali Army source, a rescue team has removed 16 dead from the Yeti Airlines ATR-72’s accident site in Pokhara’s Kaski area. 4 crew members and 68 passengers were on board the aircraft. Joint rescue efforts are in progress. Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

The Department of Meteorology says that rain or thundershowers may occur at places in the evening or night in Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Western, Central and North-Western provinces.South, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and some places in Kalutara district. The department mentioned that heavy rains of around 75 m are also possible.It is said that there is a possibility of several rainy seasons in the Eastern Province and Polonnaruwa District.The Department of Meteorology asks that individuals take the appropriate precautions to reduce the risks posed by thunderstorm-related transitory high winds and lightning.

Mr Faizer Mustafa, a senior vice president of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, has given the documents related to his resignation from all positions in the party to former President Maithripala Sirisena. (Divaina)Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.