The Cabinet yesterday decided to increase Sri Lanka Transport Board and private bus fares by 6.28 per cent from July 1, 2017, local media reported.
According to reports the minimum bus fare of Rs. 9 will be increased by one rupee.The minimum bus fare will be Rs. 10 from July 1.
The National Transport Commission is to make an announcement on how bus fare revision will happen in future.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been assigned a gas cylinder as the symbol to contest the presidential election as an independent candidate.
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The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ordered the Election Commission to immediately proceed with the postponed Local Government Elections.
Ratnapura District Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Thalatha Athukorala has informed Parliament that she decides to resign from her position as Member of Parliament.
A number of political figures, including Members of Parliament, former ministers, ex-parliamentarians, and politicians from various parties, have announced their support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming presidential election.
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