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According to the Disaster Management Center, 21,888 people belonging to 5,212 families in 11 districts have been affected due to heavy rains, strong winds and lightning accidents that have affected many parts of the island for several days. 4 deaths have also been reported due to the disaster.Among these, 264 people belonging to 64 displaced families are detained in 4 safe places, the centre also states. The people of Hambantota, Galle, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, Gampaha, Colombo, Kalutara, Kegalle, Ratnapura, Puttalam and Kandy districts have been affected.Assistant Director (Media) Pradeep Kodippili said that 117 houses were partially damaged and 2 more houses…

Today (15th), the Department of Meteorology announces that there may be occasional rain or thundershowers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and Galle and Matara districts.It is stated in the announcement that there is a possibility of heavy rains of more than 100 mm in some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts.It further stated that rain or thundershowers may occur in the rest of the island in the evening or at night, and there is a possibility of heavy rains of more than 75 mm in some places.

Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish-born actor who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, died on Friday at the age of 72, according to a report from Britain’s PA Media, which also quoted his agency.The actor has appeared in several James Bond films, including Goldeneye and The World is Not Enough, as well as the popular television detective drama Cracker. (REUTERS)Get to know more about Entertainment news by keeping up with Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Entertainment.

Foreign media reports that British Finance Minister Kwasi Kwateng has been removed from that position.It is said that he has been removed from the post due to the financial market turmoil caused by the government’s huge tax cuts due to the recently introduced economic package.British Prime Minister Liz Truss has arranged to immediately call the minister, who was attending the International Monetary Fund conference in Washington, to his country.Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more information.

Essential Food Importers and Traders Association announce that it has decided to lower the wholesale price of a kilo of wheat flour from today (14).Accordingly, the new wholesale price of a kilo of wheat flour is recorded as 290 rupees.

The Sun’s corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun, is the source of the solar wind, where charged particles flow steadily from the Sun. These particles contain enough energy to spread throughout the entire heliosphere (a region extending beyond Pluto’s orbit). As these particles stream past Earth’s orbit, they travel at an average speed of 400 kilometres per second. The Sun can lose more than a million tons of particles per second, but that amount is tiny compared to the Sun’s total mass.The solar wind consists primarily of roughly equal numbers of protons and electrons, as well as a few…

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has informed that the Russian MIR card network cannot be implemented in the country’s banking system due to the sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia’s MIR payment system.With the recent suspension of American card companies Visa and Mastercard’s operations in Russia, Russians lost the opportunity to transact abroad through those cards, and then they demanded the operation of the Russian MIR card network abroad.

In the face of the Russian-Ukraine crisis, Germany, which is facing an energy crisis, is said to have started supplying gas from France.This is the first time that France supplies gas to Germany.Previously Germany has imported gas from Russia.However, Germany decided to stop buying gas from Russia, taking into account the threats from Russia to Ukraine.Russia also decided to stop supplying gas to Germany.In the end, the German government decided to buy two percent less of its daily gas needs from France. (BBC)Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more information.

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, says that a common mechanism with equal treatment of all public and private creditors is needed.She has also mentioned that they are looking into ways of international financial funding such as coordinating donors to middle-income countries like Sri Lanka.According to that, by identifying urgent needs and working together, we can bring a change in the lives of millions of people, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristina Georgieva further stated.

The Paris Club has requested China and India to support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring.Accordingly, it is reported that the Paris Club has asked China and India to work closely with Sri Lanka on this issue.At the annual conference of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, representatives of the Paris Club asked about this before the Indian representatives, and as a group of Chinese representatives did not come to the conference, the representatives of the Paris Club were not able to meet them, according to foreign media.However, so far, no answer has been received from either side,…