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One person was killed in a shooting in an apartment complex in the capital of Washington, USA. The number of injured and hospitalized is 6.Inspector General of Police Robert J. Conte has said in the media that police investigations have started regarding the shooting incident and operations are underway to find the person who did the shooting.Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more information.

An activist of the Galleface struggle who was arrested, Rathindu Senaratne aka Ratta, has been ordered to be released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate.He was arrested yesterday (01) by the Colombo Crimes Division for violating a court order during a protest held at Ceylon Bank Mawatha on the 21st of May last.

Member of Parliament Nimal Siripala da Silva has been sworn in as the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation in the evening.Nimal Siripala de Silva also resigned from his ministerial post, stating that an independent investigation should be conducted regarding the allegations that he had demanded a bribe from a Japanese company.Later, President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed a three-member committee to look into the matter and the committee acquitted MP Nimal Siripala de Silva of the allegations.

03 Covid deaths were reported day before yesterday (31), while only 108 people infected with Corona were reported yesterday (01). All of them are locally identified infected.With that, the total number of infected people reported in this country rises to 665,847 and the total number of corona deaths rises to 16,550.

The Wildlife and Forest Resources Minister Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera opened the Parana Thotupola resort to accommodate local and foreign tourists who come to see the wild life of the Yala National Park.100 million rupees have been spent under the financial allocation of the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation.According to the Ministry, there are also viewing studio facilities where you can watch the wild animals roaming around at night.The Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera, who made his comments while opening the Parana Thotupola tourist resort, said that since there is a dollar crisis in the country, foreign tourists were…

The Mount Lavinia Police apprehended the guy who broke into the Panadura acting magistrate’s home and stole Rs. 1.3 million.Police in Panadura are looking into the incident. The culprit was a 35-year-old Lunawa, Moratuwa citizen.The suspect allegedly broke into the home of the female attorney-at-law at Sri Maha Vihara Mawatha during the day and stole money, according to the police.

Yupun Abeykoon finished first in the 100m heat 6 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham with a time of 10.06 seconds. With that, he qualified for the semi-finals.The 100m semi-final is scheduled to start tomorrow (03) at 11.20 pm Sri Lanka time.

The cabinet has approved the publication of a bill with amendments to the Udarata Marriage and Divorce Act through the Gazette. Accordingly, the Cabinet has approved the repeal of the relevant section of the Udara Marriage and Divorce Act, which requires parental consent for the marriage of a minor child, and the drafting of a constitution to remove the inconsistency therein.

Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that the Cabinet has approved the restructuring of the Ceylon Electricity Board.Accordingly, the Minister states in a Twitter message that the proposals will be presented and submitted for Parliament’s approval within a month.It is further stated that the cabinet has also approved the revision of unit fees for renewable energy projects.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan, United States President Joe Biden has said.Al-Zawahiri was killed on Sunday in the biggest blow to the group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.“Justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more,” Biden said in a special televised address from outside the White House.Intelligence had located al-Zawahiri’s family in Kabul earlier this year, Biden said, adding that no members of the family or civilians had been killed in the attack.An Egyptian surgeon with a $25m reward on his head, al-Zawahiri helped…