https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-ambatale-24-hour-water-cut-colombo-suburbs/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z 24-hour water cut for Colombo suburbs from Thursday night https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-ambuluwawa-auditor-general-land-audit/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Auditor General opens audit into Ambuluwawa land allocation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-brent-crude-96-goldman-120-forecast/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Brent tops US$96 for the first time since June as Goldman flags US$120 by year-end https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-child-abuse-warning-grade5-results/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Ministry warns of legal action over abuse of children linked to scholarship results https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-commonwealth-lawyers-22a-bench-concerns/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Commonwealth Lawyers Association president questions 22nd Amendment bench https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-customs-chinese-cigarettes-metal-doors/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Customs finds 200,000 Chinese cigarettes built into a container of imported doors https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-dinana-dakuna-bribery-complaint-npp-mps/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Dinana Dakuna asks Bribery Commission to summon all 159 NPP MPs over allowances https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-diyawanna-lake-pollution-three-phase-plan/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Parliament committee orders three-phase plan to stop Diyawanna Lake pollution https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-drought-trincomalee-reservoirs-livestock-wildlife/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Trincomalee tanks run dry as villagers ration the last water for wildlife https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-elephant-train-collision-detection-13-locations/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Sensor system to warn train drivers of elephants to be piloted at 13 locations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-eraj-fernando-former-hambantota-mayor-dead/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Former Hambantota mayor Eraj Fernando found dead in Colombo apartment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-fruit-farmers-insurance-scheme-aaib/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z New crop insurance scheme covers pineapple, papaya and banana growers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-gcrmn-coral-report-south-asia-sri-lanka-decline/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z South Asia's reefs recovered — but Sri Lanka's shelf declined https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-grade5-scholarship-results-released-cutoff-139/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z 2026 Grade 5 Scholarship results released; cut-off mark set at 139 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-japan-seven-low-floor-buses-handover-metro/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Japan hands over seven low-floor buses for the Metro Bus fleet https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-namal-rajapaksa-ciaboc-airbus-summons/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa to appear before Bribery Commission on Friday over SriLankan aircraft deal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-nato-defence-cooperation-thuyacontha/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Defence Secretary asks NATO for help modernising military hardware and cyber capabilities https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-paye-burden-urgent-action-presidential-secretary/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z PAYE burden needs fixing without delay, Presidential Secretary tells revenue chiefs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-polonnaruwa-irrigation-halted-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Polonnaruwa shuts off the last of its irrigation water as the FAO warns of an exceptional El Niño https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-priyankara-perera-singer-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Veteran singer and actor Priyankara Perera dies at 64 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-sallay-health-report-court-order/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Fort Magistrate orders National Hospital report on Suresh Sallay's health https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-sedawatta-ice-heroin-arrest-ccd/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Suspect held in Sedawatta with 8kg of Ice and 4kg of heroin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-supreme-court-concludes-22a-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court concludes 22nd Amendment hearing, determination to go to the Speaker https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-thalawathugoda-travel-agency-robbery/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 65 million in cash and gold stolen from Thalawathugoda travel agency https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-tourist-arrivals-august-191704-sltda/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z August tourist arrivals reach 191,704 but fall 3.3% on last year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-02-vijitha-herath-uae-visit/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z Herath begins two-day UAE visit, with labour and tourism ministers on the schedule https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-ahungalla-ice-heroin-kush-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Man arrested in Ahungalla with Ice, heroin and kush https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-amber-advisory-hambantota-pottuvil/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Amber advisory narrows to the south-east: 50-60 kmph gusts off Hambantota to Pottuvil https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-anuradhapura-man-hacked-death-exam/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Father hacked to death in Anuradhapura after dropping daughter at A/L exam centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-bhutan-food-systems-summit-amarasuriya-tobgay/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Amarasuriya invokes Parakramabahu's water principle at Bhutan food summit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-brazil-sugarcane-agreement/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves Brazil sugarcane agreement under a 2008 cooperation framework https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-community-corrections-house-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears community corrections bill for Parliament as house-arrest law is drafted https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-crime-cooperation-pacts-korea-china/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears cross-border crime pacts with South Korea and China https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-nepal-1-million-approved/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet formally approves the US$1 million donation to Nepal first pledged five days ago https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-quarantine-ordinance-1897-review/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet orders a review of Sri Lanka's 1897 quarantine law, a decade after the last attempt stalled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cbsl-statistics-growth-below-2018/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Two years of ~5% growth, and the economy is still smaller than in 2018 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-ceylinco-dengue-chikungunya-cover/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Ceylinco General launches a dengue and chikungunya policy at Rs. 2,000 a year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-ceylon-king-coconut-village-250/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z 'Ceylon King Coconut Village' programme to launch in Kurunegala with 250 villages planned https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-construction-pmi-july-61-4/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Construction PMI rises to 61.4 in July as bitumen shortages persist https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cse-close-aspi-figures-split/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse gives up early rally to close marginally lower https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-current-account-deficit-july-142mn/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Current account in deficit for a fourth month as trade gap hits US$6.5bn https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-customs-revenue-eight-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Customs beats August target four days early, banks Rs. 1.83 trillion in eight months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dammika-kumara-french-maritime-order/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z France awards Order of Maritime Merit to KDU Vice Chancellor Dammika Kumara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dengue-cases-august-10157/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z August closes with 10,157 dengue cases — barely a third of July's total https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dhanasiri-amaratunga-ccib-basik-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Former Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia mayor gives statement to CCIB in Shiran Basik probe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dry-weather-88068-crop-damage-compensation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Dry weather now affects 88,068 people, as Cabinet allocates Rs. 3bn for 8,000 acres of ruined crops https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-futa-lecturers-protest-september-2/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z University lecturers to protest on Wednesday as FUTA says 1,000 have left the state system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-hand-grenade-kavinda-jayawardhana-jaela/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Hand grenade found in canal behind SJB MP Kavinda Jayawardhana's home https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-hayleys-fentons-shield-restraint-factory/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Hayleys Fentons completes Rs. 1bn automotive safety plant at Wathupitiwala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-horton-plains-visitor-limits-shuttle/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Horton Plains to get daily visitor caps, online booking and an electric shuttle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-imf-senegal-2-2-billion-debt-treatment/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z IMF reaches US$2.2bn staff-level deal with Senegal, which must restructure its debt https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-intermediate-grade-medical-officers-committee/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Six-member committee to study proposed intermediate grade for doctors, report in a month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-kalu-malli-arrested-dubai-interpol/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z 'Kalu Malli', brother of drug suspect 'Dehibale Malli', arrested in Dubai https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-kegalle-npp-councillor-remanded-cabana-fraud/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z NPP councillor remanded over Rs. 26 million cabana project fraud https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-keir-starmer-stands-down-mp/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Keir Starmer to quit the Commons, triggering a by-election in Holborn and St Pancras https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-madampe-youth-arrested-child-abuse/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Madampe police arrest 20-year-old over alleged repeated abuse of 13-year-old girl https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-missing-schoolgirls-balangoda/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Three 17-year-old schoolgirls missing from Balangoda found in Trincomalee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-muralitharan-family-missing-nepal-floods/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan-origin family of four among 43 Australians missing in Nepal floods https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-namal-rajapaksa-youth-slpp-voters-returning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Namal says voters are returning to the SLPP, and that the government broke its promises to the young https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-nbro-30000-houses-landslide-relocation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z NBRO says nearly 30,000 houses in landslide-prone areas need relocating https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-nepal-hydropower-tunnel-rescue-933-workers/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Nepal turns to controlled blasts to open flooded hydropower tunnels holding 933 workers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-nsb-group-1h-2026-results/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z NSB core income grows in first half but profit before tax falls to Rs. 22.6bn https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-pezeshkian-reciprocate-us-interim-deal/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Iran offers to reciprocate if US returns to June deal, days after strikes resumed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-piyankara-jayaratne-sentenced-seven-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Former aviation minister Piyankara Jayaratne jailed for seven years over May Day lunch bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-public-debt-97-952-billion-pdmo/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Public debt reaches US$97.95bn at end-June as minister rejects Rs. 190bn increase claim https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-rainfall-electricity-tariffs-un-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z MP warns weak rains could push power tariffs up, as UN flags heavy rain from October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-rockfall-threat-hatton-colombo-ginigathhena/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Residents warn of loose rocks and trees above the Hatton-Colombo road at Ginigathhena https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-roshan-amarasinghe-cid-director/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z SSP Roshan Amarasinghe appointed to head the CID, on NewsFirst's account in an acting capacity https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-sajith-climate-national-security-caucus/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa tells climate caucus the issue is national security, not just the environment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-sco-bishkek-declaration-iran-war/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z SCO leaders condemn the war on Iran in Bishkek Declaration signed at 26th summit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-showers-forecast-strong-winds-sept1/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Showers and 40 kmph winds forecast again on Tuesday as the pattern holds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-srilankan-airlines-47-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines marks 47 years since its first flight as AirLanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-taavi-samaraweera-silver-croatia/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Taavi Samaraweera takes silver in Croatia for a fifth straight U-11 final https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-thushara-fernando-motor-traffic-commissioner/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Thushara Fernando takes over as Motor Traffic Commissioner General https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-tisl-supreme-court-anti-corruption-bill/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z TISL asks Supreme Court to rule Anti-Corruption Bill clauses need a referendum https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-un-sea-level-rise-kolkata-mumbai/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z UN report puts 14 million people in South Asia's deltas at immediate risk from rising seas https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-us-strikes-irgc-targets-iran-wedding/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z US pounds southern Iran as Tehran hits bases in four countries in biggest exchange since July https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-vijitha-herath-unhrc-judicial-reforms/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Government tells Geneva the judges' tenure extension answers the UN's own recommendations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-wei-huaxiang-tilvin-silva-jvp-china/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z New Chinese ambassador's first party call is on the JVP, a week after presenting credentials https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-world-bank-200mn-tourism-thrive-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z World Bank to lend $200mn for tourism, starting with $77mn to keep visitors in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-world-bank-296-irrigation-tanks-ditwah/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 5.8bn World Bank programme begins on 296 minor tanks, most damaged by Cyclone Ditwah https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-xpress-pearl-judges-bribery-complaint/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Bribery complaint filed against three Supreme Court judges over X-Press Pearl compensation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-yala-ponds-drought-wild-animals/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Wildlife Department trucks water into Yala as forest water sources run dry https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-youth-missing-kalu-ganga-horana/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Search for 19-year-old swept away in the Kalu Ganga at Horana