https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-asia-rugby-sevens-colombo-second-leg/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka beat India and UAE, lose to Hong Kong as Asia Sevens finale opens in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-balangoda-kassapa-hospitalised-satyagraha/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera hospitalised during Gnanasara satyagraha https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-caa-pvc-pipes-sls-seizure/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z CAA seizes 1,140 PVC pipes and fittings over missing SLS mark https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-ciaboc-raid-namal-secretary-sanje-samarasinghe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Bribery commission and STF search home of Namal Rajapaksa's personal secretary overnight https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-cocaine-recovered-jamaican-suspect-hospital/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z More than 80g of cocaine recovered from Jamaican suspect at Colombo hospital https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-driving-licence-printing-halted-card-shortage/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Printing of 673,000 driving licences halted as cards and machines run short https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-election-commission-social-media-ai-voters/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Election Commission says social media and AI are already shaping how Sri Lankans vote https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-france-nationwide-protests-400-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z At least 400 arrested as 550,000 protest across France https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-government-analyst-reports-three-month-target/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Justice Minister sets 31 January deadline to cut Government Analyst delays to three months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-grade5-scholarship-rescrutiny-results/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Grade 5 scholarship re-scrutiny results released https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-haiti-498-troops-stf-deployment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Nearly 500 more Sri Lankan troops and STF personnel deployed to Haiti https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-high-grown-tea-34-year-low-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z High Grown tea output fell to a 34-year low in September — and the elevation ft.lk gives no percentage for is the one that fell furthest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-islandwide-power-outage-upper-kotmale/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Islandwide power outage hits Sri Lanka; Upper Kotmale fault suspected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-janawarame-purawasiyo-counter-protest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Counter-march reaches the Presidential Secretariat a day after monks were barred from it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-kadugannawa-rockfall-bus-heavy-rain/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Stone falls on bus at Kadugannawa as Met warns of rain above 100mm https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-litro-gas-shortage-cylinders-tuesday/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Litro says the gas shortage will clear by Tuesday as a second cargo arrives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-mahela-jayawardene-mumbai-indians-exit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Mahela Jayawardene steps down as Mumbai Indians head coach https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-oil-110-barrel-hormuz-highest-since-may/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Oil touches $110 for the first time since May as Hormuz attacks mount https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-oktoberfest-city-of-dreams-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Oktoberfest returns to City of Dreams for four nights from October 21 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-police-clearance-system-restored-october/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Police clearance certificate system back online — after an outage police never dated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-pope-leo-discharged-lung-cancer-surgery/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Pope Leo leaves hospital four days after lung cancer surgery https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-prisons-list-jailed-monks-buddhist-affairs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Prisons sends list of jailed monks to Buddhist Affairs after robe circular takes effect https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-puttalam-anuradhapura-bus-overturns-12-injured/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Twelve injured as bus overturns near Mee Oya bridge on Puttalam-Anuradhapura road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-spectacles-grant-visually-impaired-children/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 50,000 grants announced for spectacles for visually impaired children https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-tamil-composer-deva-dies-chennai/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Tamil film composer Deva dies in Chennai https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-tvk-functionary-meth-nagapattinam-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z TVK functionary arrested in India over methamphetamine bound for Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-varuni-bogahawatta-car-seized-matara-coop-fraud/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Police seize senior inspector's car after fraud suspect found paying the lease