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  • ‘O/L students to receive NICs by September’
    The Department of Registrations of Persons has made arrangements to issue national identity cards (NICs) to the students who are to sit for this year’s G.C.E. (O.L.) Examination. Students would get...
  • Buddhist schools instructed to hold religious ceremonies
    The Education Ministry has informed all Buddhist school heads of the country to organise religious programmes for students on July 16 for the Esala Poya day. To foster noble and positive values to...
  • About 1,164 road accident deaths in five months
    During the past five months, about 1,164 persons have died in road accidents. During that period, about 1,093 fatal road accidents had taken place on roads countrywide.Motorcycle accidents have...
  • AC systems not working at Marawila hospital
    All patients who seek medical facilities at the Marawila Base Hospital are greatly inconvenienced as surgeries of all types have been suspended for two weeks as the air conditioning (AC) system has...
  • Pinketaya at Kadigamuwa Temple ransacked
    Thieves have broken the pinketaya (charity box) at the Ihla-Kadigamuwa Sri Pushparamaya Temple in Bingiriya open yesterday night and taken away coins in it, Viharadhipathi of the temple, Ven....
  • Teacher arrested for child abuse
    Bingiriya police arrested a graduate teacher in Kurunegala yesterday for a child abuse.The suspect is now under the prison custody at the Wariyapola Prison, police said.Bingiriya Police are...
  • ‘Train accidents kill 212 to date’
    Train accidents have killed 212 persons to date, Chief Security Superintendent of the Railway Department Anura Premaratne said.He said the main reason for the accidents is motorists’ carelessness....
  • ‘Over 170 HIV patients detected this year’
    “Health authorities have detected about 171 HIV patients in the past five months,” Dr. Chandrika Jayakodi, Head of the Sexually transmitted diseases of the Health Ministry, confirmed.The country has...
  • Sapling planting campaign in North Western Province to mark World Environment Day
    North Western Province Governor Peshala Jayaratne will carry out a campaign Haritha Deepa to plant one million saplings in Kurunegala and Puttalam on June 14,15,16 to mark the World Environment Day....
  • Ministry permits danselas, pandals for Poson
    The Buddha Sasana Ministry has permitted people to hold danselas and set up pandals during the Poson Poya festive season, Minister Perera told the Daily News yesterday.Furthermore, Buddhist Affairs...
  • Govt. to recruit 22,000 unemployed graduates
    The government is to recruit around 22,000 unemployed graduates for development projects soon, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said.He was speaking at a meeting of unemployed graduates of...
  • Errant traders fined Rs.2.7 mn
    Errant traders have been fined a total of Rs.2.7 million following 598 raids conducted by officials of the Kurunegala Consumer Affairs Authority between January and April.The suspects had been...
  • Errant driver fined Rs.76,100
    A youth riding a motorcycle while under the influence of liquor, and without valid driving and revenue licences, was fined Rs.76,100 by Marawila Magistrate K. Perera recently. Wennappuwa Police had...
  • Over 8,000 teacher trainees to be enrolled this year
    The Education Ministry will recruit over 8,000 teacher-trainees to 19 National Colleges of Education this year, Kurunegala Senior Education Director W.M.Balasooriya said.He was addressing a meeting...
  • Voluntary units to safeguard villages
    The Cabinet approval was received for the proposal by President Maithripala Sirisena to set up voluntary organisations to protect villagers, said Kurunegala Divisional Secretary W.E. Jayathilake.He...