https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-18-amrb-attanayake-dies-deputy-minister/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z A.M.R.B. Attanayake, deputy higher education minister under J.R. Jayewardene, dies https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-18-dp-aviation-ocera-airlines-international/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z DP Aviation to rebrand as OCERA Airlines and move into international flying https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-18-gareth-thomas-london-jaffna-flights-petition/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z Harrow West MP launches petition for direct London–Jaffna flights https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-18-maha-season-water-issue-date-decision/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z Maha season water issue dates to be settled today, with reservoirs at a third of capacity https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-18-namal-rajapaksa-court-airbus-bribery/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa back before the Chief Magistrate today as Airbus bribery case is called https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-18-pakistan-fuel-cut-austerity-oil-surge/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan cuts official fuel allocations by half as Brent nears $100 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-ai-generated-csam-police-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Police warn AI is being used to generate realistic child abuse material https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-anagarika-dharmapala-162nd-anniversary/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z 162nd birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala marked today https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-archchuna-ramanathan-baseline-road-defence/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Court sets 10 November for defence evidence in Archchuna Ramanathan case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-bahrain-embassy-medical-camp/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's Bahrain embassy runs free medical camp with first consular clinic alongside https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-bank-officials-bail-import-payments-fraud/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Four bank officials bailed in the phantom-import currency case, barred from their own banks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-caa-diapers-five-businesses-fined/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Five businesses fined Rs. 140,000 over diapers sold without importer details https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-cbsl-dambulla-deposit-taking-order/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank orders Dambulla resident to stop taking public deposits and refund them https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-chilaw-high-court-heroin-death-sentence/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Chilaw High Court sentences businessman to death over 2017 heroin seizure https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-china-ai-sri-lanka-judicial-system/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z China to support introduction of AI to Sri Lanka's judicial system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-colombo-fashion-week-couture-trousseau-living-sculpture/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Colombo Fashion Week opens Couture + Trousseau 2026 on 'Living Sculpture' theme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-cse-fourth-session-slide-aspi/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z CSE falls a fourth straight session as ASPI closes just above 21,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-david-pieris-baic-kandy-showroom/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z David Pieris opens eighth BAIC showroom with Kandy outlet https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-dematagoda-black-bridge-shooting/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Three-wheeler driver shot dead under Dematagoda's Black Bridge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-dengue-98249-cases-gampaha/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Dengue cases reach 98,249 for the year, with Gampaha worst affected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-drug-trafficker-assets-frozen-90-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 90 million in property frozen from alleged drug trafficker in Wattala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-edb-fine-food-australia-pavilion/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka stages first national pavilion at Fine Food Australia, EDB reports https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-first-battery-storage-floating-solar-inauguration/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's first battery storage plant and a floating solar farm to open Friday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-fort-court-office-assistant-rs-500-bribe/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Fort Magistrate's Court office assistant arrested over Rs. 500 bribe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-great-place-to-work-hilton-amari/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Hilton named Sri Lanka's top workplace for a second year as hotel sector dominates rankings https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-hizbullah-elected-slmc-chairman/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z MP M.L.A.M. Hizbullah elected chairman of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-imf-japan-tax-conference-asian-countries/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka joins 15th IMF–Japan High-Level Tax Conference in Japan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-jp-morgan-gbi-em-edge-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka given 7.5% weight in J.P. Morgan's new frontier bond index https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-jr-jayewardene-120th-anniversary-corruption/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z JR Jayewardene's grandson invokes his 1987 rebuke to businessmen on corruption https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-karannagoda-yoshitha-pre-trial-conference/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Colombo High Court fixes pre-trial conference in Karannagoda and Yoshitha corruption case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-lanka-metro-transit-seven-routes-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Transport Minister publishes seven Lanka Metro Transit routes for late-September rollout https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-malabe-t56-ammunition-cache/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z CID recovers 145 rounds of T-56 ammunition hidden in Malabe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-mini-worlds-end-body-recovered/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Army commandos recover body of man who fell at Mini World's End https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-online-train-tickets-pravesha-strike/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Train tickets go on sale online as the strike shuts station counters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-pakistan-austerity-fuel-gulf-conflict/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan orders second round of fuel austerity this year as Gulf conflict drives up prices https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-peace-corps-34-volunteers-arrive/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Thirty-four US Peace Corps trainees arrive for service in Northern and North Central provinces https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-petroleum-exploration-bidding-order-approved/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Energy committee clears the order governing petroleum exploration bids, two months after it was gazetted https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-pm-ragging-moral-responsibility-universities/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Universities carry a moral responsibility to stop ragging, Prime Minister tells subcommittee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-president-imf-delegation-seventh-review/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z President tells IMF mission Sri Lanka is ready to move from stability to transformation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-prison-officers-salaries-budget-dumbara/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Prison officers' pay to be taken up in the Budget, Justice Minister says at Dumbara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-renuka-perera-ciaboc-southern-expressway-permits/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Former NTC chairman Renuka Perera arrested over 56 Southern Expressway bus permits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-sajith-premadasa-22a-ditwah-democracy/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa calls 22nd Amendment a fatal blow to democracy at Ditwah housing handover https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-schools-fewer-than-50-students-restructuring/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z 1,665 schools have fewer than 50 students as restructuring plan takes shape https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-seeduwa-hotel-worker-pushed-murder/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Hotel worker killed after being pushed from upper floor in Seeduwa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-shiranthi-ct-scanner-fcid-summons/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z FCID summons Shiranthi Rajapaksa over Rs. 10 million raised for a CT scanner that was never traced https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-sonal-dinusha-icc-player-of-the-month-august/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Sonal Dinusha named ICC Men's Player of the Month for August after record follow-on twin tons https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-sri-lanka-paris-gastronomy-village-international/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka returns to Paris gastronomy festival after eight years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-sri-lanka-pavilion-fha-maldives/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Ten Sri Lankan exporters show lifestyle and giftware at Maldives hospitality fair https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-un-mission-iran-war-crimes-minab/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, Tehran crimes against humanity https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-union-bank-toyota-lanka-leasing/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Union Bank signs Toyota Lanka leasing tie-up with seven-year repayment terms https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-us-visa-ban-abbas-unga-iran-approved/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z US bars Abbas from UN General Assembly, approves visas for Iran's leaders the same day https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-vial-vehicle-prices-drop/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Importers say vehicle prices have fallen by about Rs. 1 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-vietjet-thales-cfm-colombo-route/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Vietjet signs Thales and CFM deals it says will support the Colombo route https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-vishwa-kodikara-cocaine-fine/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z Actor Vishwa Kodikara fined Rs. 5,000 after pleading guilty to cocaine possession https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-17-wmo-global-water-resources-2025/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z World's rivers had one of their driest years in 35 years, WMO reports