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  • Ex-soldier held for alleged sexual assault
    Nikaweratiya Police arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, recently.The suspect, a 52-year-old father of two, had been...
  • Arrested for swindling youths out of Rs.2 mn
    Dummalasuriya Police arrested an ex-soldier who had swindled youths seeking foreign employment out of Rs.2 million, recently.The suspect, a 47-year-old resident of Thorayaya...
  • Govt. to provide 13,743MT urea
    The government will provide 13,743 metric tonnes of urea, 3,299 tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate, and 3,781 tonnes of Muriate of Potash to farmers in Kurunegala.It had also...
  • Eight youths fined for drunken driving
    Kurunegala Additional Magistrate Namal Perera fined eight youths Rs.6,500 each for drunken driving, recently. They had pleaded guilty to the charges.Meanwhile, Kalpitiya...
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  • Five years’ RI for drug possession
    Rambodagalle Magistrate G.N. Priyadarshanie sentenced a suspect to five years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for possessing 30 milligrams of heroin, recently.The accused had been identified as a 22-year...
  • Hospital MO’s quarters dilapidated
    The Rasnayakapura Hospital medical officer’s (MO’s) quarters was dilapidated, the hospital’s development committee told the Daily News, last Sunday.Around 33,000 residents in Rasnayakapura’s 28 Grama...
  • Police hunt suspect over alleged homicide
    Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who had allegedly killed a clerk of the Nikaweratiya Magistrate’s Court in Kurunegala.The victim was identified as 52-year-old D.M. Karunathilake, a...
  • Infant-killer sentenced to death
    Kurunegala High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara sentenced to death a suspect who had killed his seven-month-old granddaughter with a knife, on Wednesday. He was also fined Rs.30,000.The infant, M.M....
  • No more fertiliser for Galgamuwa tobacco growers
    The Galgamuwa Regional Agriculture Committee in Kurunegala will discontinue fertiliser supplies to tobacco growers in the electorate from the 2018/2019 Maha season.A Galgamuwa Agrarian Services...
  • Suspect remanded till November 15
    Kuliyapitiya Magistrate Ruwan Dhammika Dissanayake yesterday remanded a suspect arrested in connection with an assassination attempt on a Pannala urban councillor until November 15.The hit had been...
  • Councillor injured in brawl
    An urban councillor was recently injured in a brawl that erupted at former State Economic Affairs and National Policies Minister Niroshan Perera’s house in Wennappuwa.The victim had been identified...
  • Drug dealer possessing heroin arrested
    Marawila Police arrested a 25-year-old youth possessing 5 grams of heroin worth Rs.150,000, last Sunday.The suspect, a resident of Marawila, had been dealing drugs to other youths in the locality in...
  • Power pirate fined
    Hettipola Magistrate S.F. Hahify fined a suspect Rs.10,000 for manipulating the power supply to his house and a shop owned by him, recently.The accused, a resident of Hettipola, was also ordered to...
  • ‘Cabinet paper under way to ban tuition during school hours’
    Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said that he would submit a Cabinet paper today proposing the banning of tuition classes during school hours, as many students had been skipping school to...
  • Teachers, students combat dengue
    The Education and Health Ministries formed a group to combat the spread of dengue in the North Western Province (NWP) with the participation of school teachers, students and their parents, recently....
  • Held for dealing drugs to minors
    Police arrested a drug dealer selling heroin to schoolchildren recently. The suspect had 620 milligrams of heroin with him at the time of the arrest.The suspect had been active under the guise of a...