Everything You Need To Know Today

COLOMBO (News 1st) - 1. The Ministry of Transport and Civil aviation announced that the bus fare will increase by 4% with effect from midnight today (September 20). However, no change will be made to the minimum fare of Rs. 12. 2. The price of a kilogram of sugar was increased by Rs. 15 with effect from yesterday (September 19). The price increase had come into effect due to the increase in taxes imposed on sugar. 3. The value of the Sri Lankan rupee touched a new low of Rs.164.71 against the US dollar yesterday (September 19). Economists point out that the rupee would continue to depreciate in the upcoming weeks. 4. The travel ban imposed on MP Rohitha Abeygunawardene has been temporarily lifted. Colombo High Court Judge, Sampath Wijeratne permitted the MP to travel overseas from the 30th of September to the 16th of October. 5. Eight inmates of the Anuradhapura prison launched a fast yesterday (September 20) demanding the cases filed against them be taken up in a speedy manner. 6. A sum of Rs. 1.7 million was robbed from a private finance company in Chavakachcheri, Jaffna last morning (September 19). 7. The Consumer Affairs Authority has decided to take legal action against the Prima Company which decided to raise the price of wheat flour by Rs. 5 without authoritative consent. 8. Wildfires that erupted in the Kospotha forest reserve in Galewela, Beligamuwa destroyed 30 acres of the reserve. 9. The committee appointed to review the provincial council delimitation process stated that the inquiry of ideas by party leaders would occur today (September 20). 10. The first elephant fence constructed with concrete posts in place of wood posts in Gomarankadawala, Trincomalee is to vested in the public today by President Maithripala Sirisena. INTERNATIONAL 1. Officials from Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks denied on Wednesday (September 19) a report from charity Elephants Without Borders (EWB) stating that they had recently found 87 elephant carcasses in the country. SPORTS 1. The two Koreas have agreed to pursue a bid to co-host the 2032 Olympic Games, following a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.