Kurunegala Daily News Corr.

Polgahawela Hospital ailing

People who seek treatment from the Polgahawela Hospital have been undergoing severe problems since the hospital lacks basic facilities needed for them for years.The hospital has no canteen and the...

Over 3,000 drunken drivers nabbed in Kurunegala

Kurunegala police arrested 3,456 drunken drivers in the past two months. About 236 accidents were reported in Kurunegala in this duration, and many of them were caused by...
Police request principals to keep students in check

Senior police chiefs in the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts have informed school heads not to allow their students to behave indecently at playgrounds and on streets after...
‘O/L candidates should apply for NICs by March 31’

School heads of the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts have been informed by the Department of Registration of Persons in a circular, that G.C.E.(O.L.) candidates should apply...
Suspect remanded over alleged sexual assault

Nikaweratiya Magistrate S. Lakmali Dassanayake remanded a suspect till March 11, over the alleged sexual assault on a schoolgirl, recently.The suspect is a 65-year-old...

Brothel raid: eight sex workers held

Wennappuwa Police arrested eight sex workers at a brothel functioning under the guise of an Ayurveda spa, recently.The suspects were of the ages 17, 23 and 26, and were identified as residents of...
Two suspects arrested for snatching necklace

Wariyapola police arrested two suspects for snatching a gold necklace from a teacher within two hours on March 1.The masked suspects had come on a motorcycle and snatched the necklace worth Rs. 165,...
Nun stabbed to death

A bhikkuni was stabbed to death in Kubukkankadawala, Mundel on December 28. The man who stabbed her had committed suicide, Mundel police said.She was known as Kumara Theri (58), who was living at a...
Two PS members, six others in gambling den arrested

Eight suspects including two Pohottuwa PS councillors were arrested by Nawagattegama Police on February 21, while they were gambling in Welewewa, Nawagattegama.The suspects are to be produced before...
Three men fined Rs. 90,000 for having gaja muthu

Galgamuwa police produced three suspects who kept gaja muthu (tusk gems) at their houses before Galgamuwa Magistrate P.Jayasundara recently. They were ordered to be fined Rs.90,000.The estimated...
Motorcyclists carrying children without helmets nabbed

About 52 parents transporting their children to schools in Kurunegala on motorcycles without helmets were arrested by officers of the Kurunegala Police Traffic Division on February 16.Thirteen women...
Businessman arrested for smuggling foreign liquor

Excise Department officials arrested a businessman in Marawila, for smuggling foreign liquor into the country, recently. One hundred and sixty bottles worth Rs.750,000 were seized during the raid....
Student injured in clash

A 15-year-old student was injured in a clash that erupted at the Sawarana Muslim Maha Vidyalaya in Merawala, Chilaw, recently.The victim had been attacked by four other students at the school...
Over 100,000 senior citizens await public allowances

Over 101,317 senior citizens are in the waiting list to get public allowances, Kurunegala District Senior Divisional Secretary W.E. Jayathilake said quoting the latest State surveys.He was addressing...
Undergrads further remanded

The 12 undergraduates in remand custody over the ragging of juniors at Wayamba University in Kuliyapitiya were ordered to be kept in remand until February 22.Kuliyapitiya Magistrate J .S. Weeratunge...
‘Half of K’gala’s coconut oil diluted’

Fifty percent of coconut oil available at groceries for consumers of the Kurunegala District is adulterated and many types of low-quality vegetable oil are mixed into the pure oil, Kurunegala...
Over Rs. 1 mn collected through fines

Rs. 1,060,000 had been collected through fines imposed on errant drivers, liquor addicts and manufacturers and illegal sand and clay transporters in the Hettipola area by the Hettipola Police last...