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  • New LG members assume office on March 6
    The Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry has declared that the term of the newly-elected LG members will begin from March 6, 2018 and that the gazette notification in this regard was...
  • Ambanpola police officers rescue goats
    Ambanpola police rescued nine goats that were being taken to be slaughtered, by paying the cost of the goats to the owner.Police officers seized a van transporting goats illegally and the suspects...
  • Kurunegala elects 658 LG members
    Six hundred fifty eight members have been elected for 21 local bodies of the Kurunegala District.Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has captured 19 Pradeshiya Sabhas in the Kurunegala District. The...
  • New LG members to assume duties on March 6
    Newly-elected members numbering 8,325 for the 340 local bodies countrywide from the LG polls-2018 would assume their duties in their respective local bodies on March 6.According to the Provincial...
  • Government jobs for unemployed national sportspersons
    Kurunegala District Parliamentarian and Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara has forwarded a Cabinet paper to secure jobs in the government sector for the unemployed, talented national sportspersons...
  • Insurance scheme for vege farmers
    The Agricultural Insurance Board (AIB) has introduced a insurance scheme for vegetable farmers as per a budget proposal for 2018.The farmers can claim insurance compensations to the tune of Rs.40,000...
  • The Polgahawela flyover
    Polgahawela flyover to be opened today
    The newly built flyover at Polgahawela in Kurunegala will be declared open for the use of the public today (17), said Lakshman Kiriella, Minister of Highways and Higher Education, in Kurunegala...
  • Thousand bhikkhus to India on pilgrimage
    One thousand monks would be honoured for their services and 2,000 remote Buddhist temples would be financially assisted in this year. The monks will be facilitated to go on pilgrimage to India to pay...
  • Additional officials to catch corrupt public servants
    The Bribery Commission, as per President Maithripala Sirisena’s instructions, would deploy about 200 additional officials countrywide to nab public servants who accept bribes from the general public...
  • Price of nadu rice controlled
    The Government will declare a controlled price for nadu rice during the festive season.Accordingly, a maximum price of a nadu kilo will be Rs. 74. Consumers’ Affairs Authority Chairman...
  • GCE (A/L) 2017 results on Dec. 28
    The Department of Examinations will issue GCE (A/L) 2017 results on December 28.About 315,227 candidates sat the exam at 2,230 exam centres.Senior Director of Education, Kurunegala District W.M....
  • HIV-positive patients number 2,600 on island
    “Recent informal surveys conducted by health authorities have indicated that there are nearly 45,000 female prostitutes within Sri Lanka who provide services to 300,000 males daily,” said Dr. H.A.C.W...