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After years of fan speculation, GTA’s developer, Rockstar Games, confirmed in February this year that they have finally begun development on GTA 6, much to the delight of gamers everywhere.In a post for Rockstar games blog Newswire, the company wrote: “With the unprecedented longevity of GTA V, we know many of you have been asking us about a new entry in the Grand Theft Auto series.”With every new project we embark on, our goal is always to significantly move beyond what we have previously delivered — and we are pleased to confirm that active development for the next entry in…

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A cargo plane belonging to Turkish Airlines has crashed at Katunayake Airport while preparing to return.This is an A.-330-300 Airbus type cargo plane belonging to Turkish Airlines and it arrived at Katunayake Airport at around 09.00 pm on the last 3rd day with a load of goods from Istanbul, Turkey.It is said that the accident occurred when a container that was brought to be loaded on this plane was parked near the aircraft without proper braking by the airport operators of Sri Lankan Airlines.It is further stated that due to this incident, the right side engine number 02 of this…

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Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics at Hopkins University, says that the International Monetary Fund has refused to grant loans to Sri Lanka, and it is a very serious situation.Professor Steve Hanke has pointed out that 16 programs have been given to Sri Lanka by the International Monetary Fund, but none of them have been successful.In a Twitter message, he points out that he has calculated that Sri Lanka’s inflation has risen to 122%.

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Any IMF deal with Sri Lanka must be conditioned on the independence of the Sri Lankan Central Bank, robust anti-corruption measures, and the development of the rule of law, according to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC).“Without these critical reforms, Sri Lanka could suffer further economic mismanagement and uncontrollable debt,” the SFRC said on its official Twitter account.The IMF stated in a tweet on Friday that the goal of the new IMF program is to restore economic stability and debt sustainability while safeguarding financial stability, protecting the most vulnerable, and accelerating reforms to address corruption vulnerabilities so that…

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Member of Parliament Wimal Weerawansa says that the international community does not have confidence in the current regime.While making a statement in Parliament today (04), he mentioned that even if there is a President in the country, he is not visible, that just by making Ranil Wickramasinghe the Prime Minister will not create international trust, and that the country is currently on a volcano.Therefore, the MP further stated that an all-party government should be established in consultation with all the parties, and a work order that would gain the trust of the country and the international trust should be adopted.

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Mahinda Amaraweera, the minister of agriculture, announced yesterday that plans have been made to start offering all paddy farmers a bag of urea fertilizer at a discounted price of Rs. 10,000 starting the next week. The market price of a bundle of urea is Rs. 42,000.He said that after being examined by an experienced committee, the fertilizer from India was found to be of high quality.The ship carrying the first shipment of 40,000 metric tonnes of urea has departed from the port in Oman for Sri Lanka, the minister added.He expressed certainty that the supplies will arrive in Sri Lanka…

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Police say that the chief administrative officer of Polonnaruwa Lankapura Divisional Secretariat was beaten to death with a sharp weapon. He is a forty-two-year-old man. It is reported that the police investigations have started.

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Australian High Commissioner David Holly has stated that he will support the progress of Sri Lanka’s economic, social and maritime sectors.He has mentioned that Australia is well aware of the economic problem facing Sri Lanka in a meeting held with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this afternoon (04) at the President’s House.The President’s Media Division states that $50 million was the highest amount of humanitarian aid given to Sri Lanka by a single country.The Australian High Commissioner has further stated that this is just the beginning and that he will continue to support Sri Lanka in other fields.

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According to Brigadier Nilantha Premaratne, the Sri Lankan Army’s spokesperson, the army has opened an internal inquiry into the claims that the Lieutenant Colonel assaulted a civilian at a filling station.In a video that has been making the rounds on social media, an army officer is shown kicking a civilian who has been brought before him by other soldiers.The event is said to have occurred at the Yaggapitiya Filling Station, which is situated along the main road between Dambulla and Kurunegala. The officer in concern is a commanding officer from the Wehera Army camp in Kurunegala.Nilantha claimed that the event…

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