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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka says that it is expected that the facility provided by the International Monetary Fund will be received in the first half of 2023.Accordingly, the central bank states that significant progress has been made in the discussions with the creditors of Sri Lanka in presenting the monetary and financial sector policies for 2023 and beyond.The Sri Lankan economy is predicted to contract by 8.0% in 2022, and it is expected that the economy will gradually recover from the second half of 2023 and the growth rate will continue thereafter.Below is the notification issued in this…

The Election Commission says that the acceptance of applications from those who are qualified to vote by post for the local government elections will start today (05) onwards.Accordingly, it is stated that the applicants who are qualified for postal voting should submit their applications through their heads of institutions before 12.00 midnight on the 23rd of January.The Election Commission further states that the date will not be extended again.Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

DIMO, a leading diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka, recently completed its contribution to the collaborative 5-year forest reserve restoration project, ‘LIFE’, in Kanneliya. The restoration programme was conducted together with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) and several private sector companies along with the technical support of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and guidance from the Forest Department.DIMO commenced its ‘LIFE’ journey in 2016, along with 15 private sector companies to restore a 12-hectare patch of degraded forest land in the Kanneliya Forest Reserve. After years of planning, implementation and monitoring, the site has shown remarkable progress where over…

What is cloud computing?Cloud computing is a paradigm that allows on-demand network access to shared computing resources. It implies a model used for managing, storing and processing data online. Cloud computing is based on reference models that can be categorized into three basic service models. They are:IaaS- Infrastructure as a serviceSaaS- Software as a servicePaaS- Platform as a serviceInfrastructure as a serviceThis service offers the computing architecture and infrastructure to all computer resources but in a virtual environment so that multiple users can access them. The resources include data storage, virtualization and servers and networking. It is to be noted…

The All Ceylon Egg Producers’ Association says that if the government takes steps to import eggs, eggs will be sold at a lower price than imported eggs.The Treasurer of the All Ceylon Egg Producers’ Association, Vijaya Alwis said that he came to know that about 16 people have been given tenders for egg import.Accordingly, if eggs are imported, local eggs will be given less than imported eggs and if an imported egg is given for 25 rupees, a local egg can be given for 20 rupees, he further said.

The Indian team managed to win the first Twenty20 match between the Sri Lankan team and the Indian team by 2 runs.Accordingly, the Sri Lankan team, who won the toss of the match, invited the Indian team to bat first and the Indian team, who batted, managed to score 162 runs by losing 5 wickets in their 20 overs.In batting, Ishan Kishan scored 37 runs, Deepak Hooda who batted unbeaten scored 41 runs and Axar Patel scored 31 runs.In bowling, Dilshan Madusanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva and Wanindu Hasaranga managed to knock down one wicket.The Sri Lankan…

The first poll to appoint a speaker for the House of Representatives of the American Parliament (Congress) was held, but it was not possible to choose a suitable person for the position of speaker.This is the first time in American history that the first round of voting failed to elect a speaker for the House of Representatives.After the mid-term elections in November 2022, the majority of the House of Representatives will not be held by the Democrats of American President Joe Biden, but by the rivals, the Republicans. Accordingly, Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi will step down as speaker.Republicans have nominated…

The Department of Meteorology says that a few showers of rain may occur in North, North Central and Eastern provinces.In a few places in Sabaragamuwa province and Galle and Matara districts, there may be rain or thundershowers during the evening or night.The Department of Meteorology urges the people to take necessary measures to minimize the dangers caused by temporary strong winds and lightning that may occur with thunderstorms.

The president has issued a special order to the chairmen of Sri Lankan Airlines and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation.Accordingly, the President has ordered to provide a report on the payment of bonuses at a time when both institutions are making losses.Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

Due to the 20% increase in the excise duty on alcohol and cigarettes, the prices of various types of alcohol and cigarettes have increased.Accordingly, the price of a 750 ml special liquor bottle is Rs. 206 has gone up by Rs. It is said that it has increased by 266.Also, the price of 625 ml of beer less than 5% strength is Rs. 21 and above 5% strength of 625ml beer costs Rs. It has increased by 39.It is also said that the price of a cigarette which was priced at 90 rupees will go up to 105 rupees and…