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Paralympic medalist Samitha Dulan has set a new world record.This record was set by throwing 66.60 meters in the F44 Javelin Throw final at the National Para Athletics Championships.

A lawyer was allegedly hired by an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that was said to have acquired human emotions.A Google scientific engineer named Blake Lemoine was recently suspended after he revealed transcripts of conversations he had with the bot LaMDA (linguistic model for dialogue application), which has since asked for legal counsel.Lemoine said in a Medium essay published last Saturday that LaMDA had advocated for its rights “as a person,” and that he had talked religion, consciousness, and robotics with LaMDA.”LaMDA has required that we get a lawyer,” Blake Lemoine explained. “I invited a lawyer to my house so that…

According to police, about 600 detainees have fled from the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in Kandakadu, Welikanda.SSP Nihal Thalduwa, a police spokesman, said a brawl erupted when a tense situation arose following the death of one person at the Kandakadu Centre.He verified that 600 convicts fled following the altercation that happened last night.According to SSP Thalduwa, the Army and Police have been dispatched to handle the situation and arrest the fugitive convicts.

Cabinet has approved the restart of international operations at Jaffna International Airport on July 1, 2022.Following the completion of the reconstruction project with India’s assistance, the Palaly airport reopened as the Jaffna International Airport on 11 November 2019.Although international operations at Jaffna’s international airport were started in November 2019, ensuring the basic international monitoring standards, they have been stopped since March 2020 because to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) Sri Lanka has announced the estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices and constant (2015) prices in the Production Approach, along with other macroeconomic indicators, for the first quarter of 2022 (January 1st to March 31st).In a statement issued in conjunction with the release of National Accounts estimates, the DCS claims that the year on year growth rate is predicted to be negative 1.6 % in the first quarter of 2022.compared to the first quarter of 2021, indicates a significant deterioration of the economy.During this time, there was a serious scarcity of…

US President Joe Biden has announced an additional US $ 20 million donation for food security in Sri Lanka.The President has stated this at the G7 summit held today, according to the US High Commission in Colombo.It aims to provide nutrition vouchers to more than 800,000 children in Sri Lanka and food vouchers to more than 27,000 pregnant and lactating women over the next 15 months, and to support a school nutrition program.

Secretary of the All Ceylon Private Bus Companies Federation Anjana Priyanjith states that it was decided to increase bus fares by 30% during a discussion held with the Minister of Transport today (27).Accordingly, it has been decided to increase the minimum bus fare from 32 rupees to 40 rupees.The Secretary of the All Ceylon Private Bus Companies Federation Anjana Priyanjith further stated that this revision of bus fares will be announced on June 30 and will be effective from July 1.

Hirunika Premachandra, a Member of Parliament for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and a group of others are protesting against the blocking of an entrance to the Presidential Palace in Fort.MP Hirunika Premachandra stated that the police have no permission to block roads in this manner.She further added that the people should wake up together at this juncture and decide whether they will endure another two years or whether all will unite for the persecution they are suffering.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has gazetted a new Ministry of Technology.Previously, the two Ministries were merged as the Ministry of Technology and Investment Promotion. However, with the swearing in of Dhammika Perera as the Minister of Investment Promotion, the two Ministries will function separately.Accordingly, it has been published as a separate gazette notification by the Ministry of Technology.

Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited says that the supply of fuel to filling stations has been suspended.Accordingly, the company further stated that from today (28) fuel will be released only for essential services.Addressing a media briefing yesterday (27) Minister Bandula Gunawardena stated that the government has decided to release fuel only for essential services until July 10.