https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-aml-cft-mutual-evaluation-preparation/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z President presses institutions on anti-money laundering evaluation as three new Acts take effect https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-ampara-tipper-accident-civil-defence-soldier-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Civil defence soldier killed as tipper truck overturns on motorcycle in Ampara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-anuradhapura-dhamma-school-memento/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Parents question dancer image on Dhamma school awards in Anuradhapura https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-appeal-court-johnston-fernando-cwe-trial/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Appeal Court orders Johnston Fernando's CWE corruption trial to resume https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-auditor-general-salary-parliament-crosstalk/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Bimal Ratnayake and Harsha de Silva clash over Auditor General's salary https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-cabinet-approves-judges-retirement-bill/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves constitutional amendment bill extending judges' retirement age https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-cabinet-vehicle-inspection-seatbelt-regulations/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet sends vehicle roadworthiness rules and seatbelt extension to Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-chamika-karunaratne-dna-test-rejected/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Court rejects bid to compel DNA sample from cricketer Chamika Karunaratne https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-cop-remanded-gin-ganga-underworld-murder/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Police officer remanded over body found in the Gin Ganga https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-dehiwala-bakery-shooting-attempt-foiled/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Dehiwala bakery owner disarms gunman after shooting attempt fails https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-iaj-judges-retirement-age-reconsider/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z International Association of Judges urges Sri Lanka to reconsider retirement age amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-icc-womens-rankings-athapaththu-harshitha/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Athapaththu hits career-best sixth as Sri Lanka's women climb ICC rankings https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-india-malathion-dengue-donation/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z India hands over 500 litres of Malathion for Sri Lanka's dengue fight https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-indian-vessel-red-sea-attack-sinks/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Indian vessel sinks after Red Sea attack off Yemen; all 14 crew rescued https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-ips-researchers-graduate-scholarships/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Six IPS researchers win graduate scholarships at Oxford, UCL and other universities https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-joint-opposition-anti-corruption-bill/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Joint Opposition asks international partners to review Anti-Corruption Bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-met-forecast-75mm-rain-easing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Met Department lowers heavy-rain threshold to 75 mm as wet spell begins to ease https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-pillayan-remanded-august-18/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Pillayan further remanded until August 18 over 2008 Batticaloa murders https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-pmb-paddy-15000mt-yala/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Paddy Marketing Board buys 15,000MT of Yala harvest through 90 stores https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-police-retirement-extension-clean-records/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Government weighs one-year service extension for police officers turning 60 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-prisons-commissioner-general-post-vacant/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Prisons chief post stays vacant pending probe into former commissioner general https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-red-advisory-puttalam-pottuvil-rough-seas/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Red advisory widened to the whole Puttalam–Pottuvil coast as seas turn very rough https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-reservoirs-39-percent-two-spilling/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Only two irrigation reservoirs spilling as national storage holds at 39% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-sallay-intervening-petitions-august-6/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Attorney General opposes intervening petitions in Suresh Sallay's detention case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-slcert-social-media-extortion-scams/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka CERT warns of fresh surge in social media extortion scams https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-slpp-kariyawasam-igp-remarks-investigation/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Government orders investigation into SLPP secretary's remarks about the IGP https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-southern-province-prison-security-review/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Southern Province orders prison security review after intelligence on possible unrest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-spider-man-brand-new-day-box-office-record/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' breaks Avengers: Endgame's opening weekend record https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-sri-lanka-india-social-security-epf/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankans working in India to keep paying into local EPF under proposed pact https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-tamil-parties-indian-high-commissioner/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Six Tamil-speaking parties brief Indian High Commissioner on key concerns https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-trcsl-blocks-unlicensed-online-gambling-sites/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Telecom operators ordered to block all unlicensed online gambling websites https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-udhayanidhi-stalin-trisha-remark-row/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Udhayanidhi Stalin faces backlash over remark aimed at actor Trisha https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-un-migration-action-plan-trafficking/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves 2026-2028 migration plan under UN Global Compact https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-weather-death-toll-six-nearly-3000-affected/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Weather death toll rises to eight as DMC puts those affected above 11,800 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-zaheer-khan-anchor-jaffna-kings-lpl/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Zaheer Khan becomes co-owner as Anchor Sports takes over Jaffna Kings https://lankanewz.com/article/motorcycle-lanes-kaluwanchikudy-pilot-aug4/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to trial dedicated motorcycle lanes, starting at Kaluwanchikudy https://lankanewz.com/article/navy-36-illegal-fishing-july-16-31-aug4/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Navy and Police arrest 36 in late-July illegal fishing crackdown https://lankanewz.com/article/tourist-arrivals-july-196845-sltda-aug4/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tourist arrivals dip 1.7% in July to 196,845 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-batticaloa-kalmunai-cab-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Man killed as cab hits lottery booth on Batticaloa–Kalmunai road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-chief-prelates-judges-retirement-age-letter/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Chief Prelates write to President opposing move to extend judges' retirement age https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-chinese-woman-bia-cigarettes-narcotics-bureau/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Chinese woman arrested at BIA with Rs. 3 million in smuggled cigarettes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-communist-party-indian-trawlers-jaffna/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Communist Party urges President to act on Indian trawlers in Jaffna waters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-copf-approves-rs-71-7-billion-relief-package/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z CoPF approves Rs. 71.7 billion relief package over Middle East conflict costs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-defence-ministry-disaster-preparedness-directive/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Defence Ministry orders immediate disaster preparedness as severe weather spreads https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-doctors-union-drug-regulation-nmra/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Doctors' union says drug regulation has 'collapsed' as 40 medicines run short https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-expired-dengue-test-kits-private-labs/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Regulator says it cannot check private labs for expired dengue test kits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-fisheries-ban-extended-puttalam-pottuvil/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Fishing ban extended from Puttalam to Pottuvil as Red warning is reissued https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-gotabaya-writ-petition-order-september-22/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Appeal Court to rule on September 22 on Gotabaya Rajapaksa's bid to block arrest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-habarana-car-wild-elephant-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Four escape unhurt after car hits wild elephant on Habarana–Minneriya road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-harak-kata-high-security-prison-transfer/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Court orders 'Harak Kata' moved to high-security prison as AG appeals PTA ruling https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-harsha-de-silva-no-crossover/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Harsha de Silva dismisses crossover reports but says government wants people like him https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hatton-nuwara-eliya-school-closures/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z All schools in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts to close on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hatton-polpitiya-earth-collapse-woman-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z All four people buried by earth collapse on Hatton house confirmed dead https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hill-country-roads-blocked-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Hill country roads cut by rockfalls and floodwater as rain tops 200 mm https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hormuz-tanker-threat-worst-since-war-began/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Threat to Middle East oil tankers at its worst since the war began, analysts say https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-house-arrest-legal-provisions-drafting/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Drafting begins on house arrest provisions as government moves on prison overcrowding https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kandana-water-cut-moratuwa-panadura-horana/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Water cut on Tuesday for Moratuwa, Panadura, Bandaragama, Horana and Piliyandala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kegalle-karadupana-bus-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Eighteen injured as SLTB and private buses collide head-on at Karadupana, Kegalle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kelani-river-major-flood-warning-dehiowita/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Major flood warning issued for Kelani River valley at Dehiowita, Ruwanwella and Yatiyantota https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kotmale-reservoir-spill-gampola-families-displaced/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Kotmale Reservoir spill gates opened as 500 families are displaced at Gampola https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-mahara-post-mortem-free-lawyers-resignation/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Mahara inmate died of blood loss, post-mortem finds, as lawyers' group demands minister resign https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-mahaweli-flood-warning-kandy-divisions/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Red major-flood alert issued for ten divisions along the Mahaweli https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-mawanella-aranayaka-water-supply-disrupted/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Water supply cut to Mawanella and Aranayaka as rain blocks intakes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-met-100mm-heavy-rain-sabaragamuwa-kandy-nuwara-eliya/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Heavy rain above 100 mm forecast for Sabaragamuwa, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-met-rains-ease-typhoon-august-6/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Rain to ease from Tuesday afternoon, but Pacific typhoon could bring more after August 6 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nawalapitiya-embankment-collapse-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Man killed as earth embankment collapses on shop in Nawalapitiya; families evacuated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nbro-landslide-warnings-kandy-kegalle-nuwara-eliya-ratnapura/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z NBRO raises landslide warnings to 'Red' evacuation level in three districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nuwara-eliya-2331-affected-six-missing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Four of six missing found dead in Nuwara Eliya as 2,331 counted affected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-peradeniya-university-suspends-kandy-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z University of Peradeniya suspends all academic work as Mahaweli swells https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-pettah-shop-fire-main-street/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Fire breaks out at Pettah shop on Main Street https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-prison-security-tightened-nationwide/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Security tightened at prisons nationwide after Mahara unrest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-public-sector-salaries-pensions-commission-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Public sector salaries and pensions commission opens its office on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-pucsl-electricity-tariffs-unchanged-q3/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Electricity tariffs to stay unchanged in third quarter, PUCSL decides https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-ritu-akarsha-mervyn-silva-case-denial/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Actress denies link to bank account named in Mervyn Silva assets case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-sc-opinion-president-parliament-terms/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z MP says government will seek Supreme Court opinion over presidential and parliamentary terms https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-sri-lanka-wsdc-debate-first-place/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tops World Schools Debating Championship preliminary standings for the first time https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-tamil-muslim-parties-president-executive-presidency/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Tamil and Muslim party alliance meets President; Dissanayake restates case for abolishing executive presidency https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-trump-iran-talks-begin-monday/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Trump says Iran talks begin Monday; Tehran says no talks are under way https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-upper-kotmale-spill-gates-opened/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Three spill gates open automatically at Upper Kotmale Reservoir as catchment rain continues https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-yoshitha-rajapaksa-karannagoda-indictments/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Bribery Commission indicts Yoshitha Rajapaksa and ex-Navy chief Karannagoda over UK naval course