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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is supposed to have declared that he will respect the decision made at today’s Party Leaders meeting.The Prime Minister’s Office told Ada Derana that the President had notified Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of his decision. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has conducted preliminary talks with a number of party leaders. According to reports, the Prime Minister stated that the choices made during the party leaders’ meeting will be communicated to the public.He further stated that necessary action will be done in accordance with the choices made at this meeting. speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has called a special meeting of Party Leaders at 4:00 p.m. today.Earlier today, the Prime Minister summoned an emergency meeting of Party Leaders to examine the present situation in the country and reach a quick settlement.The extraordinary Party Leaders’ meeting has been called after protesters stormed the Presidential Secretariat and the President’s official house today.The public flocked to the streets in large numbers to express their unhappiness with the President and the administration over the present issue in Sri Lanka.During the anti-government rallies, approximately 40 individuals were injured and sent to the Colombo National Hospital.

Train rates will rise at midnight on Tuesday (12). As a result, the minimum train fare would be hiked from Rs.10 to Rs.20.According to Gagani Liyanage, the Head of the Government Printing Press, the Gazette Notification about the increase in railway rates has been delivered to the Government Printing Press for printing.The trains currently charge only 20 to 24 percent of the bus price. The higher rail charge is less than half the price of the current bus fare.According to a Railway Department spokesman, the Department’s cost has skyrocketed as a result of the diesel price hike. However, our revenue…

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has convened an emergency meeting of Party Leaders.The conference has been convened to address the country’s present position and to find a quick solution.The Prime Minister has also asked Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to call a special session of Parliament.

Under the Government’s Food Security Programme, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed Urban Development Minister Prasanna Ranatunge to take efforts to offer aid for low-income households from Negombo to Kalutara.As Minister of Finance, the Prime Minister would allocate Rs.200 billion (about USD 560 million) from the next Interim Budget to help low-income households across the country.As a result, each such household is likely to get Rs.7,500 through this scheme. A meeting in this respect was recently conducted at the Prime Minister’s office, and the PM directed authorities to produce a report with all the specifics needed to implement this program…

Protestors have breached President’s House.With thousands of protestors still arriving to the spot through busses , lorries and trains amidst the fuel crisis. The signal strength around Galle Face Green has been worse and several actions was taken by police and the army still all have failed.A train from Matara has reached a while ago to the Colombo Fort railway station and a train from Kandy has passed Wanawasala station and nearing fort railway staion as per reports.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has put in place a system whereby fuel may be purchased for dollars on a first-come, first-served basis.As a result, the CPC has begun accepting registrations for priority consumer facilities to purchase petroleum in US dollars.The applications were available for download at the CPC website (www.ceypetco.gov.lk).The CPC has set 12 conditions that must be met by the application for the USD payment procedure, as well as infrastructural requirements that must be met by the applicant.Individuals or organizations must have a registered business in Sri Lanka and export proceedings in order to register for this fuel…

The Litro Gas firm has made plans for 70 vehicles to deliver 140,000 LP domestic gas cylinders throughout Colombo City on Monday and Tuesday.Domestic gas cylinders will be sent to agents around the country beginning Wednesday, according to the company. It is intended to maintain a continuous supply of Gas to consumers for the next four months in order to fulfill demand.The first ship carrying 3700 MT of LNG is scheduled to arrive in Colombo Harbour tomorrow (10).The Litro Gas Company and the World Bank concluded an agreement on June 30 to secure a continuous supply of gas for four…

After a discussion with the authorities, the trade unions have decided to suspend the strike started by the CTB employees.Accordingly, they mentioned that bus operations will be carried out as usual.

Railway General Manager Dhammika Jayasundara says that with the lifting of the curfew, the train operations will start again. The General Manager of Railways mentioned this in a quick inquiry.

With her recent promotion to the event quota of 32 competitors, Sri Lanka’s record holder in women’s long jump Sarangi Silva has been selected by World Athletics to compete at the World Championships.She is the first person from Sri Lanka to have ever qualified for a world championships event involving horizontal jumping.She has rejected to compete in the World Cup in order to focus on the forthcoming Commonwealth Games next month, since she is traveling for Turkey at the end of the week for her last preparation for the CWG with her Personal Coach, who is located in Turkey.