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  • Brakes for substandard driving schools
    Substandard driving schools will be raided by Department of Motor Traffic officials starting from this month.Commissioner General of the Department Jagath Chandrasiri has...
  • Giribawa Hospital needs doctors
    Residents in the Giribawa Pradeshiya Sabha area in Kurunegala undergo severe health risks as the Giribawa Hospital lacks doctors.About five doctors are required to serve the...
  • Two temple looters nabbed
    Anamaduwa police arrested two persons while they were breaking pin ketas (charity boxes) at a temple and a devalaya in Anamaduwa on January 7.The suspects had come in a milk...
  • ‘Cabinet approval to recruit 3,850 PTIs’
    Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said Cabinet approval was granted to recruit 3,850 sports coachers for state schools.The Minister was speaking at a press briefing...
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  • Suspects held for illicit sand transportation
    Bingiriya Police arrested two tipper drivers transporting sand illegally excavated from the Deduru Oya, recently.They were produced before Hettipola Magistrate M.F. Mahaphy, who fined them Rs.20,000...
  • IGP orders investigation
    IGP Pujith Jayasundara has instructed Kurunegala Police to investigate the incident where two freshers of the Wayamba University were attacked recently.The victims are currently receiving medical...
  • Bus conductor arrested with heroin
    A private bus conductor of Kurunegala was arrested with 1.720 g of heroin on December 24.Produced before the Kurunegala Chief Magistrate Sampath Hewawasam, the suspect was remandedHe is identified as...
  • Liquor seller nabbed
    A man selling illegal liquor to pilgrims in Panduwasnuwara, Kurunegala were arrested with 50 bottles of liquor by Hettipola police last week.The suspect has sold betel and toffees in a small café in...
  • Teenage couple in paddy field nabbed
    A 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were arrested by Nikaweratiya police when the couple was in a paddy field.A farmer had noticed the couple and had informed police.They had been away from...
  • PS members attacked
    Nikaweratiya police said a group of UNP Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) councillors were attacked by several UNP supporters when the councillors were returning after a meeting held at Rasnayakapura, Kobeigane...
  • ‘Imports disrupt local poultry farming’
    Small-scale poultry farmers had been inconvenienced as a number of large-scale companies connected to the poultry industry were importing hens for the upcoming festive season, Kurunegala Poultry...
  • Over 200 errant drivers nabbed in Kurunegala
    Police carried out a special operation in Kurunegala on November 21 to nab motorists violating road rules.Kurunegala ASP Saman Dissanayake led 55 police officers from 11 police stations in the...
  • Teenage couples loitering at Nikaweratiya held
    Nikaweratiya police nabbed over 56 teenage couples in the last couple of weeks.Nearly all of them are students, police said.They had pretended to their parents that they were going to private classes...
  • Gamperaliya projects in Kurunegala halted
    A senior official of the Kurunegala District Secretariat told Daily News that a circular was received by the Kurunegala District Secretary to halt the Gamperaliya development projects that are not...
  • Youth possessing heroin receives three years’ RI
    Rambadagalle Magistrate G.N. Priyadarshanie sentenced a youth to three years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for possessing 70 milligrams of heroin, recently.The suspect is 18 years old and had pleaded...
  • ‘Sajith must be UNP candidate for premiership at general election’
    The UNP Central Working Committee should nominate UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa unanimously as the UNP candidate for the Prime Minster at the general election if the UNP needs to win this time,...