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  • ‘School van fares to follow’
    School van fares would be reduced by 10 percent if diesel prices were to drop from Rs.99 to Rs.95 per litre, Kurunegala District School Van Drivers’ Association Chairman R.M....
  • Four con artists arrested
    Nikaweratiya Magistrate S. Lakmali Dassanayake remanded four suspects until January 21, for attempting to pawn fake gold jewellery at a state bank in Kurunegala, recently....
  • Counsellors for schools countrywide: Minister
    Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has made preparations to recruit teachers as student counsellors for schools countrywide. Accordingly, about 1,000 teachers would...
  • CAA seizes 720MT outdated milk powder
    Consumers Affairs Authority (CAA) officials seized around 720 metric tonnes (MT) of outdated milk powder being sold in public markets in Kuliyapitiya, Kurunegala, recently....
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  • SLFP General Secretary vows to uplift party
    Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said he will take every step to uplift the party with the guidance of the SLFP leadership.He was addressing the participants after...
  • Brakes for substandard driving schools
    Substandard driving schools will be raided by Department of Motor Traffic officials starting from this month.Commissioner General of the Department Jagath Chandrasiri has sent a circular to the...
  • Giribawa Hospital needs doctors
    Residents in the Giribawa Pradeshiya Sabha area in Kurunegala undergo severe health risks as the Giribawa Hospital lacks doctors.About five doctors are required to serve the number of daily patients...
  • Two temple looters nabbed
    Anamaduwa police arrested two persons while they were breaking pin ketas (charity boxes) at a temple and a devalaya in Anamaduwa on January 7.The suspects had come in a milk collecting bowser to loot...
  • ‘Cabinet approval to recruit 3,850 PTIs’
    Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said Cabinet approval was granted to recruit 3,850 sports coachers for state schools.The Minister was speaking at a press briefing in Kuliyapitiya yesterday...
  • Cabinet approves Law Education as school subject
    Cabinet approval has been given to the Education Ministry, for their proposal to include Law Education as a subject into school syllabi, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said.The minister...
  • Suspects held for illicit sand transportation
    Bingiriya Police arrested two tipper drivers transporting sand illegally excavated from the Deduru Oya, recently.They were produced before Hettipola Magistrate M.F. Mahaphy, who fined them Rs.20,000...
  • ‘SLFP would be strengthened’
    Steps would be taken to build the SLFP in the future."I request all SLFP supporters who left the party during the last few years and joined other parties to return and help strengthen the SLFP," said...
  • Youth arrested over mobile phone theft
    An SSP in Kurunegala had recently apprehended a youth who had attempted to flee on seeing the jeep he was travelling in. He had intercepted the youth and, after inspecting his bag, found three mobile...
  • IGP orders investigation
    IGP Pujith Jayasundara has instructed Kurunegala Police to investigate the incident where two freshers of the Wayamba University were attacked recently.The victims are currently receiving medical...
  • Liquor seller nabbed
    A man selling illegal liquor to pilgrims in Panduwasnuwara, Kurunegala were arrested with 50 bottles of liquor by Hettipola police last week.The suspect has sold betel and toffees in a small café in...
  • Teenage couple in paddy field nabbed
    A 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were arrested by Nikaweratiya police when the couple was in a paddy field.A farmer had noticed the couple and had informed police.They had been away from...