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  • Fruit gardens at temples, schools
    State schools and Buddhist temples will have fruit gardens under the guidance of President Maithripala Sirisena.In two months, 2,300 fruit gardens will be set up following...
  • World Habitat Day celebration in Nikaweratiya
    The World Habitat Day will be celebrated tomorrow in Nikaweratiya under the patronage of Housing and Construction Minister Sajith Premadasa.About 300 low income families in...
  • Account statement was altered - Former CWE DGM
    Former Minister Johnston Fernando appeared for the case against him over alleged misappropriation of Rs.5.2 million of public funds at the Kurunegala High Court yesterday (27...
  • Kurunegala to become green city
    Kurunegala Mayor Thusara Sanjeewa Vitharana said the Kurunegala town will be made a green city under the patronage of the Urban Development Authority and over thousand of...
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  • Woman fined for dog bite
    A woman was fined Rs. 1,000 by Kurunegala Magistrate Namal Perera for unleashing her dog to bite a Public Health Inspector (PHI) who came to her land to inspect for mosquito breeding grounds.B.G....
  • Hearing postponed to September 25
    A case against former minister Johnston Fernando and three suspects was called for hearing on September 20 at the Kurunegala High Court.The former minister and the three suspects are charged with...
  • Dilan challenges Prof. Rohana
    SLFP Deputy Chairman Dilan Perera challenged the SLPF General Secretary Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa to take disciplinary action against the members of SLFP groups of 16 MPs as he had told the...
  • Vocational training for 25,000 school leavers
    The National Apprentice and Vocational Training Authority will train 25,000 school leavers this year and interviews to recruit them will start from October 1 and will be held till September 25 at 9 a...
  • Pharmacist selling intoxicants arrested
    A pharmacy owner at Ibbagamuwa in Kurunegala was arrested with 50 intoxicating tablets last week by Gokarella police.The suspect had confessed the tablets were to be sold to senior schoolchildren of...
  • Free shoes for students of low income families
    Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said the Cabinet has approved his request that the schoolchildren of low-income families countrywide must be provided with free pairs of shoe.Accordingly,...
  • ‘No retired army officers at A/L exam centres’
    The Examinations Department will not deploy retired army officers at A/L exam centres.Earlier, a decision was made to deploy retired army officers to supervise the GCE (A/L) Exam-2018. Commissioner...
  • Motorcyclist fined for disregarding police orders
    A motorcyclist was fined Rs. 22,000 when he was produced before Kurunegala Additional Magistrate Namal Perera for riding at a high speed ignoring police orders to halt.The suspect, D. W. Chatura...
  • ‘Divisional Secretaries to accept fines, examination fees
    The Police Headquarters has informed all police stations in a circular that violators of road rules can pay their fines at every Divisional Secretariat countrywide since post offices are now closed...
  • ‘Students admitted to leading schools breaching rules’
    Over 50 students are reported to have been admitted to popular leading provincial schools in the Kurunegala District recently violating the relevant circulars of the Education Ministry.A senior...
  • Vocational courses for 10,000 students unsuccessful at GCE A/L exam
    Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam told Daily News yesterday in Kuliyapitiya that 10,000 students who failed the GCE (A/L) exam will be provided with vocational training.They training will be...
  • Relief for victim’s three children
    President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed IGP Pujith Jayasundara to provide necessary assistance to three children of the police officer who committed suicide.He was serving at the Gokarella...