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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....
  • 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  • CAA seizes 720MT outdated milk powder
    Consumers Affairs Authority (CAA) officials seized around 720 metric tonnes (MT) of outdated milk powder being sold in public markets in Kuliyapitiya, Kurunegala, recently....
  • 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...
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  • 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...
  • ‘Over 70 persons drowned in Kurunegala this year’
    Seventy eight persons had drowned while they were bathing in unsafe waterways in this year, Police sources said.Disaster Management Centre Media Director Pradeep Kodippili has sent a circular to the...
  • Bus conductor held in drug case
    Kurunegala Chief Magistrate Sampath Hewawasam remanded a suspect accused of dealing drugs recently.The accused is a bus conductor and a resident of Kurunegala. He had been arrested with 2.72 grams of...
  • Liquor brewer arrested
    A suspect who had prepared 50 bottles of illegal liquor to be sold during Christmas has been arrested recently. Police seized the liquor during a raid. The stock was was hidden in a tank near the...
  • Conflict claims 272 elephants this year
    About 272 wild elephants have died in Sri Lanka during the past 11 months. Moreover, about 88 persons have died due to the human-elephant conflict during this period as well.Two hundred and fifty-six...
  • Police arrest 155 offenders in special op
    Kurunegala ASP Saman Dissanayake told the media yesterday that a special operation to apprehend errant drivers and other offenders, was held last weekend.Accordingly, about 146 errant drivers and...
  • Treasure hunters fined Rs.4.5 million
    Eighteen suspects who excavated historical sites in Ambanpola, Kurunegala, in search of treasures and other valuable artifacts, were fined Rs.4.5 million by Maho Magistrate T. Rathanayake, recently....
  • Errant businessman fined
    Wariyapola Magistrate Darshana Silva fined a businessman Rs.7,500 for selling food unfit for human consumption, recently. The suspect had pleaded guilty to the charges.The goods consisted of 5,000kg...
  • ‘Over 5,200 retirees benefit from CDD pension scheme’
    The Cooperative Development Department (CDD) of the North Western Province (NWP) had introduced a pension scheme for its employees in 2008 and there were funds of Rs.700 million in that trust fund,...
  • Rs.570 mn collected through fines
    During the past five months, a sum of Rs.570 million had been collected through fines following raids conducted by Kurunegala Police, Kurunegala DIG Wasantha Kithsiri Jayalath of the said.He was...
  • DMS post at Kuliyapitiya Hospital vacant
    The Kuliyapitiya Hospital lacks a District Medical Superintendent (DMS) for over four years.The Chief Incumbent of Kuliyapitiya Vidhya Vinoda Pirivena Ven, Epaladeniye Sumanasiri Thera said the issue...