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The Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says that through the passage of the Petroleum Products Special Provisions Amendment Act in Parliament, international suppliers will be able to access the country’s energy sector.Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has mentioned this in a note on his Twitter account.Accordingly, the monopoly of petroleum corporations will be abolished and the legal obstacles to creating opportunities for new investments in aviation fuel and other sectors will be removed, the minister said.Below is the relevant Twitter message,

The Sri Lankan team managed to win by 79 runs in the match between Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates in the T20 World Cup 2022 cricket tournament.The Sri Lankan team, who won the toss of the match and batted first at the invitation of the United Arab Emirates, scored 152 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.Pathum Nissanka, who played a valuable inning for the Sri Lankan team, scored 74 runs.In bowling, Karthik Maiyappan recorded three wickets for the United Arab Emirates and Bhanuka Rajapakse, Charith Sasanka and Dasun Shanaka were dismissed as the three wickets.The United Arab…

The Daily Mail website says that the conspiracy to oust British Prime Minister Liz Truss has already started and the next few days will be decisive for the Prime Minister.Liz Truss has warned the ruling Conservative Party members who are trying to oust her from the position of Prime Minister, saying that the attempt to oust her from power will be a reason to go to a general election. If a general election were to go, the Conservative Party, which has been in power for years, could even lose power, Liz Truss has indicated.The Prime Minister of Britain is held…

The novel “The Seven moons of Maali Almeida” written by Shehan Karunathilake has won the Booker award this year.The Booker Prize is considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for literature and is the first time a Sri Lankan has received this award.His first book, Chinaman, also won a significant readership.”Fraud, corruption and racism have not given us anything. Sri Lanka will soon realize that we cannot go far with these ideologies.”Shehan Karunathileka said in the speech held after receiving the award.Get to know more about Entertainment news by keeping up with Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Entertainment.

Dr Harsha De Silva, Member of Parliament of Samagi Jana Balavega, who was nominated as a member of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), has resigned from that position.Accordingly, Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapaksa informed Parliament today (18) that Member of Parliament Professor Charitha Herath has been appointed for that vacancy.

A person has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force in connection with the shooting in Ahungalla town.According to the police, the person who was given the T56 firearm to carry out the shooting was arrested and he is a 41-year-old commando staff sergeant.The police further stated that the suspect was arrested while on duty yesterday (16) and handed over to the Ahungalla Police Station for further investigation.

GENNEXT Sri Lanka, one of Sri Lanka’s leading IT and telecommunications companies has been appointed as the Gold Partner for the National ICT Awards NBQSA 2022. Having reached the final stages of the marquee event, the NBQSA Awards ceremony is set to be held on 04th November 2022.‘’As a leading digital transformation tech company in the country, providing innovative solutions to small, midsize and enterprise businesses, we are indeed happy to collaborate with NBQSA 2022 and support uplifting the ICT industry in Sri Lanka.  The ICT industry in Sri Lanka provides a wide array of opportunities to budding entrepreneurs.  As…

It’s time to replace passwords with strong authentication for inputs. Security experts have been predicting the insecurity of passwords for years. Last year, browser makers such as Google, Microsoft and Mozilla teamed up with verification firms including Ubico, Duo Security and Knock Knock Labs to release the first version. This standard is highly secure with online services and allows for the use of several different passwordless technologies. However, this effort needs more developers.Businesses need passwordless authentication considering the key things developers need to know about moving away from passwords for authentication. In the past, companies tried to protect networks, and…

India has taken steps to ban the export of wheat, according to the country’s media reports.Media reports have further said that the Indian government has taken this decision to control the rise in domestic wheat flour prices.It is said that due to the prevailing hot weather, the wheat harvest has decreased in the country, which is one of the main reasons for the increase in the price of wheat flour.Media reports have further indicated that the export of wheat flour has been allowed only for countries that have opened letters of credit and have applied to meet food safety requirements.The…

Compared to the last 6 months, the price of dried fish has decreased by 35% to 40%, says the Dry Fish Importers Association.According to that, the price of dried fish has decreased significantly due to the good harvest of local and foreign dried fish stocks, said the vice president of the association, R.G. Wilson noted.He further mentioned that due to the dollar and fuel problem in the past, the local fishing industry was affected and however, a good harvest is coming locally.