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Polls · Kurunegala

LG Polls 2025: NPP secures 10 seats in Kurunegala MC - LNW Lanka News Web

The National People’s Power secured 10 seats in the Kurunegala Municipal Council  after obtaining 5,721 votes.  National People’s Power (NPP) – 5,721 (10 seats)Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) – 3,426 (5 seats)Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (SLMP) – 1,117 (2 seats)Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) – 729 (1 seat)United National Alliance (UNA) – 558 (1 seat)United National Party (UNP) – 508 (1 seat)All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) – 417 (1 seat) People…Read Article

Kurunegala · Kurunegala

Prime Minister outlines bold vision for overhauling education system - LNW Lanka News Web

April 28, Colombo (LNW): Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya has pledged sweeping reforms to Sri Lanka’s education sector, highlighting past failures in teacher recruitment and vowing that future appointments will be made solely based on actual school vacancies. Speaking at a series of public meetings across the Kurunegala District, including in Polgahawela, Weerambugedara, Piduruwella, Pillesse, Mawathagama, and Paragahadeniya, Dr Amarasuriya …Read Article

Cricket · Kurunegala

Sri Lanka tests app to pay traffic fines online

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has launched pilot projects to enable the payment of traffic fines through its GovPay app, and the payment of expressway toll via credit card, minister Bimal Rathnayake said, to bring money in pettagamas into circulation. “Keeping money in a pettagama won’t make it capital,” Ratnayake told reporters. “We want to bring it into the circuit, the capital creation process.” There’s an estimated 1.3 trillion rupees of money not…See the Story

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කුරුණෑගල ගෑස් පිරවුම්හලක ඇතිවූ ගින්නකින් සිව්දෙනෙකු මරුට

NEWSNOW| –  ඊයේ (07) රාත්‍රි 11ට පමණ කුරුණෑගල, වැහැර ප්‍රදේශයේ ගෑස් පිරවුම්හලක ඇතිවූ ගින්නකින් පුද්ගලයින් සිව්දෙනෙකු මියගොස් ඇති බව පොලිසිය පවසයි. අනතුරින් එම ස්ථානයේ සිටි කළමනාකරු ඇතුළු සිව්දෙනෙකුට මෙලෙස ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත්ව තිබේ. මෙම ගින්න හටගෙන ඇති අතර ගින්නෙන් තවත් පුද්ගලයින් සිව්දෙනෙකු තුවාල ලබා ඇති බව පොලීසිය පවසයි. තුවාල ලැබූ පුද්ගලයින් කුරුණෑගල ශික්ෂණ රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කර ඇති අතර කුරුණෑගල මහනගර සභාවේ ගිනිනිවීමේ ඒකකය එක්ව ගින්න මැඩපවත්වා ඇති බව පොල…Kurunegala · KurunegalaRead Article

ඉදිරි දිනවල බොහෝ ප්‍රදේශවල සවස් කාලයේ ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි

NEWSNOW | – අද (01) සිට ඉදිරි දින කිහිපයේදී දිවයිනේ බොහෝ ප්‍රදේශවල සවස් කාලයේ ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි ඇති වීමට හිතකර වායුගෝලීය තත්ත්වයක් නිර්’මාණය වෙමින් පවතින බව කාලගුණවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්’තමේන්තුව පවසයි. ඒ අනුව දිවයිනේ බොහෝ ප්‍රදේශවල සවස් කාලයේදී හෝ රාත්‍රී කාලයේදී තැනින් තැන වැසි හෝ ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි ඇති වේ. විශේෂයෙන් මධ්‍යම, සබරගමුව, බස්නාහිර, දකුණු සහ ඌව පළාත්වලත් කුරුණෑගල සහ පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කවලත් ඇතැම් ස්ථානවලට මි.මී. 100 ක පමණ තද වැසි ඇති විය…Kurunegala · KurunegalaRead Article

A Victory for the Bathalegoda Estate Workers - Groundviews

Photo courtesy of Ishankha Singha Arachchi With British colonial rulers controlling the coastal regions, including the lowlands, they secured the Kandyan kingdom through an agreement unifying Sri Lanka into a single state in March 1815. Until then, the feudal land tenure system had existed but following the British takeover, it gradually transformed into a capitalistKurunegala · KurunegalaRead Article

German Import Promotion Desk reps on sourcing mission visit Sri Lanka companies

ECONOMYNEXT – Representatives of the German Import Promotion Desk (IPD) have visited 14 companies across 9 districts in Sri Lanka on a sourcing mission aimed at boosting Sri Lankan exports to the European market, the Export Development Board (EDB) said. Companies in Kurunegala, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Monaragala, Hambantota, Matara, Galle, Gampaha and Kalutara were visited. “This mission focused on identifying high-potential businesses in key secto…Cricket · KurunegalaRead Article

Valuation officer arrested for Rs. 50,000 bribe in Kurunegala

A valuation officer who accepted a bribe of Rs. 50,000 has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). The suspect was taken into custody following a complaint lodged by a resident of Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Kurunegala. She had allegedly demanded the bribe in exchange for facilitating a reduction in the stamp duty payable to the government for the deed of a freehold land registered under the complai…Kurunegala · KurunegalaRead Article

Sri Lanka plans 234MW of floating solar power plants

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka is making preparations to build 234 Mega Watts of floating solar power plants in four reservoirs, as part of plan to boost renewable energy generation, Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody said. Sri Lanka is conducting feasibility study on a 100 MW floating solar plant in the Deduru Oya reservoir in Kurunegala and a 50 MW plant in Ridigama tank (reservoir) in Hambantota, Minister Jayakody told parliament. Environment impact …Cricket · KurunegalaRead Article

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