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The Locomotive Operating Engineers Union says that they will be on strike from midnight yesterday (11).Accordingly, the railway department stated that several trains including office trains may be canceled on all railway lines.Stay tuned to buzzer.lk for daily similar local information and news.

An earthquake occurred in the northeast deep sea, 310 kilometres off the coast of Batticaloa, at around 1.30 a.m. today (11).Accordingly, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau stated that there is no danger of tsunami due to the earthquake, which recorded a strength of 4.65 on the Richter scale.Stay tuned to buzzer.lk for daily similar local information and news.

The match between the Indian team and the Pakistan team in the Super 4 round of the Asia Cup 2023 One Day Cricket Tournament was interrupted by rain yesterday (10). Accordingly, the umpires decided to postpone the match to the extra day today (11) and today at 3.00 p.m. a 50-over match is to be started from where it was stopped yesterday.The Pakistan team won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat in this match which will be held at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. At the end of 24.1 overs, India scored 147 runs for the loss…

American President Joe Biden, who participated in the ‘G20’ summit held in New Delhi, India, visited the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi.The American President received a warm welcome from the Vietnamese Communist Party government.Political analysts explain that one of the goals of American President Biden is to further strengthen the friendship between America and Vietnam and to prevent Vietnam from getting closer to China. (Reuters)Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

The Department of Meteorology says that on today (11) there may be occasional rain in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. The department stated that some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Puttalam, Galle and Matara districts may experience heavy rains of about 50 mm.A few rains may occur in Mannar, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura and Hambantota districts, while in Uva province, Batticaloa and Ampara districts, there may be rain or thundershowers in a few places during the evening or at night. In the western slopes of the central hills, in the northern,…

The government has decided to extend the special merchandise tax imposed on imported potatoes for another 04 months.Accordingly, the special commodity tax for imported potatoes will be implemented from September 8th for the next 4 months.The Ministry of Finance has taken steps to impose a special commodity tax of 50 rupees per 01 kg for imported potatoes from March 8 this year.Stay tuned to buzzer.lk for daily similar local information and news.

The 2023 Swarna Pusthaka Awards ceremony was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo yesterday (08) at 6.00 p.m.There, the 2023 Swarna Pusthaka Award was won for the book ‘Kura Handeki Wiyakena’ written by Norbert Ayagamage. It is a Fast Publishing (Surasa) publication.Get to know more about Entertainment news by keeping up with Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Entertainment.

Heavy rains are pouring down on the Chinese-controlled city-state of Hong Kong. The country’s authorities say that such rainfall was reported after 140 years.The school office etc. is said to be closed. It is also said that the necessary assistance will be provided to the trapped residents of the flooded provinces as soon as possible. Landslides are reported from several areas. (Reuters)Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

The Department of Meteorology states that there will be occasional rain or thundershowers in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (09).In Western and Sabagaramuwa provinces, in Puttalam Galle and Matara districts, there will be some heavy rains of about 50 mm.Anuradhapura and Mannar districts may experience some rain. The Department of Meteorology also states that rain or thundershowers will occur at a few places in the Batticaloa and Ampara districts during the evening or at night.Stay tuned to buzzer.lk for daily similar accurate weather information.

Sargam Koushal, who was crowned in Mrs World 2022, an Indian national, arrived at the Katunayake Airport this morning to participate as the chief guest in the finale of the Miss Sri Lanka – 2023 competition.The final of this tournament will be held on the 13th at 06.00 pm at the Lotus Tower theatre premises in Colombo and 23 Sri Lankan married women will participate in it.To welcome her at the Katunayake Airport, a large number of members of the Miss Sri Lanka Married Miss Program, including Mr Chandimal Jayasinghe, National Coach Rukmal Senanayake, Tournament Manager Nimesh Basnayake, also arrived…