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  • 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...
  • ‘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...
  • Gamblers arrested
    The Marawila Police took into custody five women and a man while they were gambling at a betting centre in a hut.The woman who was in charge of the betting centre too was...
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  • Ten-year jail term for child molester
    A 37-year-old married man who molested a six-year-old schoolgirl was sentenced to a ten-year jail term and fined Rs.10,000 by Kurunegala High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara, last Friday.In addition,...
  • Excise Department receives Rs.203 mn through fines
    The Excise Department has arrested about 49,305 offenders and acquired a sum of Rs.203 million through fines, recently.It was reported that of the offenders, 5,114 were women. Illegal items worth Rs....
  • ‘E-NICs, e-passports to be issued soon’
    Internal Affairs, Home Affairs and Provincial Councils and Local Government State Minister J.C. Alawathuwala said that the e-identity cards and e-passports would be introduced to the public, this...
  • Kurunegala drug kingpin netted
    Pothuhera Police apprehended a drug kingpin in the Kurunegala district, last Saturday. A 122.22-gram consignment of heroin worth Rs.1.4 million was also seized at the time of the arrest.The suspect,...
  • Seven drown in Chilaw coast
    Seven persons have drowned in the sea along the Chilaw - Wennappuwa coastal belt, so far this month.A Puttalam Disaster Management Centre official told the Daily News, yesterday, that people visiting...
  • Land dispute ends in patricide
    A drunken man had allegedly killed his father with a sharp object over a land dispute in Pannala, on Monday. The deceased has been identified as G. Edward Wijepala, a 62-year-old resident of...
  • ‘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.L.A. Ranatunga said....
  • 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 be recruited this year,...
  • 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.The raids were carried out...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Police looks for group of thieves collecting stationery
    Kuliyapitiya police has launched an investigation to arrest a group of thieves who had obtained stationery worth Rs. 50,000 from bookshops in Kuliyapitiya and Kurunegala saying that the stationery is...