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Day before Yesterday (14) Sinopec and the Sri Lanka Board of Investment signed the agreement regarding fuel distribution in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, it is stated that Sinopec has invested 100 million dollars in the project which includes fuel import, storage and sale.According to the Sri Lanka Board of Investment Act No. 17, the agreement allows the project to be implemented for 20 years under the supervision of Sinopec Energy Lanka.

The first match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan under the 2023-2025 World Test Cricket Championship is scheduled to start tomorrow (16th) at 10.00 am at the SSC Stadium in Colombo.Opener Dimuth Karunaratne is likely to lead Sri Lanka while Babar Azam leads Pakistan. If the doctors declare that Dimuth Karunaratne has not fully recovered from his injury, Dhananjaya Silva will take the lead tomorrow instead of Dimuth.In the last World Championship Test Cricket Tournament, Sri Lanka finished 5th and Pakistan finished the tournament as the 7th team. In the latest International Cricket Council Test Cricket Team Rankings, Pakistan remain at…

Foreign media say that a new business organization related to artificial intelligence named (X. AI) has been started by the world’s billionaire businessman Elon Musk.Musk’s aim was to create an alternative to the currently famous artificial intelligence ‘ChatGPT. Elon Musk is one of the people who contributed to starting the ‘Open AI’ company.Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

The Department of Meteorology says that some rains may occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (15). The department also mentioned that rain or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province and Ampara and Batticaloa districts in the evening or at night.The Department of Meteorology has further informed that the winds blowing from time to time in the Northern and North-Central provinces and Puttalam, Hambantota and Trincomalee districts may become strong winds between 40 and 45 kilometres per hour. The Department of Meteorology also exhorts individuals to take the required…

Mr KDN Ranjith Ashoka, Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, has informed the Ministry Secretaries, Provincial Chief Secretaries and Heads of Departments in a circular that there will be no harm to the pension of the government officials who take unpaid leave (domestic and foreign).Also, the circular states that the seniority that existed the day before they took leave without pay will not change after they return to duty. It also states that the Cabinet decided on the 10th not to apply the officers’ unpaid leave period to seniority.The circular also states…

The report of the cabinet sub-committee appointed by the cabinet regarding the retirement age of doctors has been given to the president. Accordingly, it is stated that the President has instructed the officials to extend the retirement age of doctors to 63 years until the end of 2024.The President’s Media Division further stated that based on the report, the President has given instructions to the Minister of Health and officials to take further decisions in relation to the need of the Ministry of Health in special cases.Find out more political news and information by engaging Buzzer.lk and Buzzer Politics.

Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera says that the price of a 50 kg bundle of MOP fertilizer will be reduced by 1,000 rupees from tomorrow (15).Accordingly, it is stated that a bundle of MOP fertilizer which currently costs 15,000 rupees can be bought for 14,000 rupees from tomorrow.

Sri Lankan athlete Nadeesha Ramanayake won the gold medal in the women’s 400m event of the Asian Athletics Championship yesterday (13th) in Bangkok, Thailand. Accordingly, Nadisha Ramanayake’s name will go down in history as the 8th Sri Lankan to win a gold medal in the Asian Athletics Championships.Nadeesha managed to win the gold medal by recording a time of 52.61 seconds and that time is also her personal best. It also joins the records as the third-best performance of 400m Sri Lankan women athletes.Sri Lanka’s last gold medal in the women’s 400m was Damayanthi Darsha at the 2000 Asian Championships.…

At a checkpoint near the White House, a car that was ordered to stop reportedly ran over several people who were walking in a crosswalk. Media reports indicate that one of them lost his life.The car, with an expired registration number, was stopped when security forces ordered it to stop, and when officers approached, the driver allegedly sped off again, endangering pedestrians.American media reports indicate that the driver ran away after running down the pedestrians, and a search operation was launched to find him. (Reuters)Visit our Buzzer World News Section for more international news.

The Department of Meteorology says that some rains may occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (14). The department also mentioned that rain or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province and Ampara and Batticaloa districts in the evening or at night.The Department of Meteorology has further informed that the winds blowing from time to time in the Northern and North-Central provinces and Puttalam, Hambantota and Trincomalee districts may become strong winds between 40 and 45 kilometres per hour. The Department of Meteorology also exhorts individuals to take…