https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-belarus-visa-fees-sri-lankan-students/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Belarus waives on-arrival visa fees for first-time Sri Lankan students https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-caa-summons-laugfs-price-hike/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Consumer Affairs Authority summons LAUGFS executives over the Rs 1,775 gas increase https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-italy-garante-meta-805-million-fine/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Italy fines Meta €805 million over Facebook's access to Android photo galleries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-knuckles-cave-girl-infant-found/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Girl missing five months found with her infant in a Knuckles cave; two arrested and a minister promises a new care policy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-public-health-inspectors-budget-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Public Health Inspectors say Budget 2027 passed them over while raising allowances for officers covering a fraction of their ground https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-saywell-coconut-tree-law-firm-claim/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z British woman injured by a falling coconut tree in Sri Lanka sues her own lawyers for £4.5 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-seven-ambassadorial-posts-vacant/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Seven Sri Lankan missions abroad have no ambassador — including Washington, Beijing and Berlin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-sivajilingam-former-mp-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Former MP M.K. Sivajilingam dies at 69 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-spacex-starship-ship-catch-flight-15/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z SpaceX catches a Starship returning from orbit for the first time, but loses the booster https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-tea-auction-5-4-million-kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z Tea auction offerings rise to 5.4 million kg as Western quality slips and the low end falls Rs 50 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-15-tourism-revenue-october-192-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-15T00:00:00.000Z October tourism earnings reach US$192.7 million — the first monthly rise since the record month began https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-assam-truck-bus-crash-24-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Assam truck and bus crash toll rises to 26 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-belarus-student-visa-fee-exemption/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Belarus waives arrival visa fees for Sri Lankan students starting higher education https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-binance-1-2-billion-seizure-doj/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z US courts clear seizure of $1.2 billion stolen in the Binance heist https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-bmw-recall-720796-vehicles-fire-risk/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z BMW recalls 720,796 vehicles over fire risk, owners told to park outside https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-budget-2027-strike-wave-irrigation-disaster-relief/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Irrigation and disaster-relief staff join a widening strike wave over Budget 2027 allowances https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-cess-cut-795-import-lines-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 cuts CESS on 795 import lines, phasing the levy out by 2029 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-colombo-tea-auction-5-4-million-kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Tea auction offerings rise to 5.4 million kg as Western high-grown quality slips https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-cse-friday-close-week-gain/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse closes the week's last session in the red — but the week itself gained 3.7% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-customs-officer-remanded-bribe-motorcycles/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Customs security officer remanded over Rs 30,000 bribe to release two motorcycles https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-diabetes-15-percent-sri-lanka-adults/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z One in four people in Colombo has diabetes, and 40% of those affected do not know it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-dmc-2676-affected-40-reservoirs-spilling/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z 2,676 affected by adverse weather as 40 reservoirs spill and three southern rivers run at flood risk https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-exercise-book-prices-18-percent-vat/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Exercise book prices to fall 18% from next month, book traders say, after the budget's VAT exemption https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-faa-nationwide-ground-stop/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z US grounds every departing flight for more than four hours after air traffic control telecoms failure https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-foreign-investors-rupee-bonds-fourth-week/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Foreign investors sell Sri Lanka rupee bonds for a fourth straight week https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-four-seasons-private-jet-sri-lanka-cinnamon/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to feature on Four Seasons' 2028 round-the-world private jet itinerary https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-govtech-digital-transformation-academy-adb-mti/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z ADB hires MTI Consulting to design a digital academy for Sri Lanka's public service https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-hayleys-first-half-dollar-billion-revenue/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Hayleys becomes the first Colombo-listed company to pass $1 billion in half-year revenue https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-hungary-20-million-cash-sesztak-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Hungary digs nearly $20 million in cash out of forests in Orban-era bribery probe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-india-sri-lanka-innovation-forum-launch/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z India-Sri Lanka Innovation Forum launched in Colombo to link startup ecosystems https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-iran-drone-claim-bahrain-centcom/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Iran says it destroyed a US radar in Bahrain; CENTCOM says both drones were shot down https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-jaaf-apparel-budget-2027-implementation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Apparel exporters back Budget 2027 measures but ask who qualifies for the 200% capital allowance https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-kalutara-restaurant-double-shooting-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Arrest over October double shooting at a Kalutara restaurant https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-kanchana-wijesekera-rules-out-return/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Kanchana Wijesekera rules out a return to politics, two years after losing his seat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-laugfs-cost-breakdown-justification/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z LAUGFS itemises its Rs 1,775 gas increase — and says the justified rise was Rs 1,912 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-musk-petition-reinstate-jensen-huang/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Elon Musk says he signed a petition to reinstate Jensen Huang at Nvidia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-namal-rajapaksa-budget-borrowing-unspent/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa says Rs 85 of every Rs 100 of capital spending is borrowed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-nanuoya-two-bus-collision-17-injured/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Two buses collide head-on at Nanu Oya; NewsFirst puts the injured at 18 and blames both drivers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-ndb-board-committees-mudalige-resignation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z NDB rebuilds four board committees as Sujeewa Mudalige resigns from the board https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-new-orleans-tanker-cruise-ship-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Tanker capsizes New Orleans river cruise boat, 32 taken to hospital https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-phi-union-budget-2027-allowances/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Public Health Inspectors say Budget 2027 passed them over on allowances https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-principal-salary-anomalies-subcommittee/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Parliamentary subcommittee takes up the salary drop teachers face on promotion to principal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-ranawaka-1750-double-cabs-allegation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Ranawaka alleges officials were given transport perks to protect 1,750 double cabs used by JVP activists https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-restaurant-food-prices-laugfs-gas-hike/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Kottu and rice go up Rs. 15 from midnight as restaurants pass on the LAUGFS gas hike https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-sajith-premadasa-budget-2027-string-of-lies/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa calls Budget 2027 'a budget of sheer lies' and accuses the President of abandoning Marxism for neo-liberalism https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-sec-sme-listings-share-for-everyone/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z SEC says Budget 2027 adopted two of its proposals: SME listings and 'A Share for Everyone' https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-slbfe-250000-overseas-jobs-target/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z SLBFE targets 250,000 overseas placements this year, with 125,018 registered by mid-year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-sri-lanka-music-tourism-international-acts/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka pitches music tourism as DJ Snake, Alan Walker and Alpha Blondy draw regional fans https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-srilankan-airlines-melbourne-10-weekly/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines adds three Melbourne flights a week from 15 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-state-recruitment-match-graduate-output/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Government to size state recruitment to the number of graduates leaving university each year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-tokyo-cement-trincomalee-ditwah-housing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Tokyo Cement hands over first five of 15 homes for Ditwah-hit families in Trincomalee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-treasury-secretary-rs-2-trillion-private-sector-pipeline/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Treasury opens a Rs 2 trillion 2027 project pipeline to private firms — but says unsolicited proposals are finished https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-trump-xi-putin-shenzhen-nuclear-summit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Trump, Xi and Putin to hold first three-way summit in Shenzhen, with nuclear arms on the agenda https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-ududumbara-missing-girl-found-cave/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Girl missing since mid-year found with newborn in a Knuckles rock cave https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-us-floated-nato-donbas-swap-zelensky/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z US floated NATO membership for Ukraine in exchange for a Donbas withdrawal, Zelensky says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-us-measles-elimination-status-lost/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z US loses its measles elimination status after 26 years as case numbers hit a 35-year high https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-usda-snap-eligibility-rule-6-3-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z US proposes food-aid rule that could cut 6.3 million from SNAP https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-14-van-gogh-sothebys-fischer-heirs-duress/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Sotheby's $180m Van Gogh sale challenged by heirs over Nazi-era duress claim