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  • Train accidents claimed 570 lives: Ashok
    Three hundred and seventy persons had died in train accidents so far, this year, Deputy Transport Minister Ashok Abeysinghe said. He was addressing a media conference held in...
  • ‘School van charges up 5 percent’
    School van charges would be increased by 5 percent on September 25 due to the recent diesel price hike, All Ceylon Schoolchildren's Transport Service Association President...
  • ‘Examinations Dept. open to inquiries’
    Students could inquire the Examinations Department on the re-evaluated G.C.E.(O.L.) examination papers, a circular issued by Examinations Commissioner-General B. Sanath...
  • Drunk drivers fined
    Additional Kurunegala Magistrate Namal Perera fined 11 motorcyclists and three-wheeler drivers Rs.9,500 each, for driving under the influence of liquor.The suspects, who had...
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  • Pharmacy burgled: suspect held
    Police arrested a man who had allegedly burgled a pharmacy in Nikaweratiya, on Tuesday.The suspect had stolen Rs.29,000 in cash, as well as drugs and other goods. Police had discovered the suspect...
  • Sharp drop in coconut prices
    Coconut prices had dropped recently, with a fruit being sold at Rs.25. A coconut was previously priced at Rs.65.It had been a result of the excessive coconut kernel imports, Kurunegala Coconut...
  • Sexual assault cases on the rise in NWP
    Cases of sexual assault on underage girls had been on the rise in the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts during the past seven months. Most of the assaults had been carried out at rest houses.Four...
  • Model village for artistes
    Housing and Construction Minister Sajith Premadasa had planned to set up a model village with 25 houses, for senior artistes in Kurunegala, recently.It would be set up at Maho, Yapahuwa, and a seven-...
  • Brothel raided, manager, five women arrested
    Kurunegala police raided a brothel located at an isolated place by the Kurunegala-Dambulla Main Road and arrested five women and its manager last week. It has been maintained as a lodge.The women, in...
  • O/L students asked to handover NIC applications to Department
    Commissioner General of Department of Registration for Persons Viyani Gunathilake has sent a special message to school heads.The message informs that students who wish to obtain their NICs for the...
  • Principals asked not to harass parents for donations
    NWP Chief Minister Dharmasiri Dassanayake as Provincial Minister of Education has informed all school heads of both Kurunegala and Puttalam districts that they should not request for any undue...
  • O/L re-scrutiny: Closing date extended to April 12
    The Examinations Department has extended the closing date for receiving applications for re-scrutiny of answer scripts of the G.C.E. O/L Examination 2017 to April 12, Examinations Commissioner...
  • Man shot dead in Kurunegala
    A man has shot his best friend dead, while he was sleeping at night at his house on February 25.The deceased was identified as J.M. Manoj Indika Jayasekara (30) of Batekumbura in the Polgahahawela...
  • Warrant on MP Shantha Abeysekara
    Chilaw High Court Judge M.C.B.S. Morayas issued a warrant on Thursday to arrest Puttalam District Parliamentarian Walimuni Shantha Sisisrakumra Abeysekara for having firearms at his house.A case was...
  • Principals cautioned to get NICs for 2018 A/L, O/L students
    Commissioner General of Examinations B. Sanath Pujitha has sent a circular to all government andprivate school heads asking them to get National Identity Cards (NICs) for the students who are to sit...
  • Teachers at overstaffed national schools to get transfers
    Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has instructed Secretary to the Ministry Sunil Hettiarachchi that all teachers without timetables at national schools should be given transfers to other...