https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-40-unions-basl-22a-joint-statement/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Forty unions and professional bodies sign joint statement backing BASL against 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-anuradhapura-612-tanks-below-5-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Water in 612 Anuradhapura tanks falls below 5% as Rajarata drought deepens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-arogya-1000-wellness-centres-launch/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Health Ministry launches 1,000 Arogya wellness centres project on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-asgiriya-prelate-temple-lands-urumaya-dambulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Asgiriya Chief Prelate rejects claim that temple lands should be redistributed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-atlas-angel-ii-us-sri-lanka-disaster-exercise/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z US and Sri Lanka open Atlas Angel II disaster response exercise https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-bogambara-prison-tourism-handover/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Bogambara Prison to be handed back for tourism development next year, deputy minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-chula-padmendra-model-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Police open investigation into model Chula Padmendra's death; inquest scheduled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-colombo-court-complex-collapse-cracks/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo District Court shut after partial collapse as cracks appear in High Court chambers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-colombo-inflation-8-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo inflation hits 8% in August, breaching the Central Bank's target ceiling for a second month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-development-officers-protest-salary/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Development officers call island-wide protest over pay, citing a disputed wage ranking https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-drought-water-villages-polonnaruwa-nwsdb/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z In drought-hit Polonnaruwa villages, the day is organised around fetching water https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-drug-arrests-531116-since-government-took-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Police put drug arrests at 531,116 since the government took office https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-exports-10-billion-first-seven-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's exports pass US$10 billion in first seven months, but July goods earnings fall https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-expressway-revenue-355-million-five-day-holiday/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Expressways take record Rs. 355 million over five-day holiday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-firearm-licence-renewal-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Firearm licence renewals for 2027 open on Tuesday, with a 31 December deadline https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-five-judge-bench-22a-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Chief Justice names five-judge bench to hear 22nd Amendment petitions from Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-follow-the-money-financial-crimes-wijepala/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Policing must follow the money, not just make arrests — Public Security Minister https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-four-missing-drowning-pamunugama-epamulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z All four recovered dead off Pamunugama after being swept away while bathing at Epamulla https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-four-train-services-cancelled-power-set/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Four train services cancelled as power set and locomotive go unavailable https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-gdsa-denies-22a-position/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Dental surgeons' association denies taking a position on the 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-government-new-regulations-private-security-services/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Draft bill to regulate private security firms expected in Parliament within months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-hatton-wasp-attack-17-workers/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Seventeen tea workers hospitalised after wasp attack on a Hatton estate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-hokandara-kush-stf-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z STF arrests man with more than 2kg of 'Kush' in Hokandara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-ice-consignment-colombo-port-463kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Three more arrested over 463kg Colombo Port Ice haul, including two Pakistanis https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-japanese-tourists-investors-arrive-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z More than 250 Japanese tourists and investors arrive in Colombo on a single flight https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-karunanayake-appears-ciaboc-lotteries-board/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Karunanayake appears before Bribery Commission after four missed summonses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-karunanayake-arrested-ciaboc-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Ravi Karunanayake arrested by Bribery Commission, released on bail the same evening https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-mawanella-head-on-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Four injured, one critically, in head-on collision at Mawanella https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-mineral-sector-investment-transparency/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z President tells mineral sector meeting licensing delays are driving investors away https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-oil-prices-jump-us-attack-iran-larak-island/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Oil climbs above 3% through Monday after US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-payagala-shooting-man-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Man, 28, shot dead in Payagala; police suspect underworld dispute https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-pm-harini-departs-bhutan-food-systems-summit/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z PM Amarasuriya leaves for Bhutan in first Sri Lankan leader's visit there in 16 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-pmb-paddy-46000mt/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z State paddy purchases pass 46,000 tonnes as buying extends to mills and cooperatives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-schools-dengue-control-programme-new-term/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Schools told to run dengue control programmes before the new term begins https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-showers-western-sabaragamuwa-galle-matara-kandy/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Showers forecast for Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and four districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-slc-constitution-legal-draftsman-cabinet/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z SLC constitution reaches Legal Draftsman as committee sets out route to elections https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-social-protection-action-plan-ilo/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Ten-year social care action plan presented, minister says all stakeholders must back it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-tourist-arrivals-1-5-million-sltda/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Tourist arrivals pass 1.5 million, but run 2% behind last year as SLTDA targets 2.5 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-warm-weather-advisory-vavuniya-record/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Vavuniya hits 38.8°C as the heat advisory rolls into September https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-22a-petitions-30-supreme-court-deadline/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Petitions on the 22nd Amendment reach 30 as the filing window closes on Monday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-amber-advisory-high-waves-puttalam-pottuvil/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Amber advisory warns of 3-metre waves from Puttalam to Pottuvil until Monday afternoon https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-anuradhapura-sacred-city-electric-buses/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z President orders diesel curbs and electric buses for Anuradhapura Sacred City https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-caa-denies-dairy-price-hike-reports/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z CAA says viral 'breaking news' post on dairy price increases is false https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-cpc-petrol-prices-reduced-92-95/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Ceypetco cuts petrol prices from midnight, leaving diesel and kerosene untouched https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-ctu-education-reforms-not-ready/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Teachers' union says government is not ready for next year's education reforms https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-cyprus-ferry-capsizes-kyrenia/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z At least eight dead and 23 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-dilith-jayaweera-authoritarian-jr-jayewardene/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Dilith Jayaweera says the government is more authoritarian than J.R. Jayewardene https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-eheliyagoda-student-killed-video-dispute/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z A-Level student killed in Eheliyagoda after dispute over a recorded video https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-embilipitiya-paper-mill-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Fire at Embilipitiya Paper Mill scrap store brought under control https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-ford-lake-ontario-sign-trump/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Ontario plants a 'Lake Ontario' billboard as Trump orders the lake renamed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-gmoa-dental-surgeons-oppose-22a/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Doctors' association opposes the 22nd Amendment; dental surgeons deny they joined https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-gothatuwa-perahera-traffic-restrictions/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Traffic restrictions in Gothatuwa and Rajagiriya for Suramyarama Perahera https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-hakgala-conservation-tourism-projects/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Conservation and tourism projects planned for Hakgala Botanical Garden https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-india-glacier-monitoring-un-climate-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z India steps up glacier monitoring as UN and Nepal warn of Himalayan climate risk https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-justice-minister-22a-will-proceed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Justice Minister says the government will not back down on the 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-katana-murder-three-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Three arrested over fatal assault in Katana https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-kelani-river-missing-youth-mulleriyawa/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Divers search Kelani River for a second day after Mulleriyawa man goes missing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-kurundi-viharaya-police-security-restored/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Ministry to restore police security at Kurundi Rajamaha Viharaya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-moratumulla-severed-head-found/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Severed human head found near riverbank in Moratumulla https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-nara-el-nino-fish-stocks-analysis/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z NARA begins multi-agency analysis of El Niño's effect on fish stocks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-nepal-bhote-koshi-warning-toll-675/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Nepal's flood toll reaches 903 as the missing count nearly doubles to 4,247 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-npp-vadamarachchi-member-arrested-nelliady/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z NPP local government member arrested in Nelliady over alleged break-in at retired officer's home https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-nuwara-eliya-woman-killed-husband-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Woman killed with axe in Nuwara Eliya domestic dispute, husband arrested https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-police-loudspeaker-warning-penal-code/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Police warn loudspeaker noise can be prosecuted as a public nuisance https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-praja-shakthi-nuwara-eliya-997-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 997 million earmarked for 786 Nuwara Eliya projects under Praja Shakthi https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-rameshwaram-fishermen-indefinite-strike/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Rameshwaram fishermen launch indefinite strike over 18 held by the Sri Lanka Navy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-sl-women-asia-cup-nine-wicket-win-uae/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka open Asia Cup title defence with nine-wicket win over UAE https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-sri-lanka-loses-womens-champions-trophy-hosting/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka loses hosting rights to inaugural Women's Champions Trophy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-sri-lanka-relief-teams-nepal-deployment/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to send disaster relief teams to Nepal within days https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-street-racing-arrest-cinnamon-gardens/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Man arrested with car over street racing in Cinnamon Gardens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-thanamalwila-firearm-ice-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Man on bail in murder case arrested with firearm and 'Ice' in Thanamalwila https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-warm-weather-advisory-eastern-aug31/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Warm weather advisory for Monday covers the Eastern Province and six districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-30-welle-saranga-arrested-dubai/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan intelligence leads Dubai police to underworld figure 'Welle Saranga'