https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-anuradhapura-schoolgirl-sltb-bus-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Schoolgirl, 10, killed when motorcycle collides with SLTB bus in Anuradhapura https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-badminton-cycling-federations-suspended/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Badminton and cycling federations suspended by gazette, transformation committees appointed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-bed-graduates-provincial-schools-recruitment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Education degree holders cleared for provincial school posts, interviews before year-end https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-british-airways-returns-colombo-gatwick/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z British Airways lands at Katunayake, restoring a direct London link broken for 11 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-cassilingam-section-149-anti-corruption-fairness/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z SLPP's Cassilingam questions whether Section 149 is being applied fairly in Namal's case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-driving-licence-sri-lankans-abroad-clarification/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankans abroad can drive on their local licence when they return, minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-elephant-transit-home-kalahagala-polonnaruwa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Second elephant transit home planned at Kalahagala, cutting a nine-hour transfer to under two https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-farmers-compensation-early-cultivation-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Agriculture Minister promises compensation to farmers who planted early on the department's advice https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-farmers-crop-damage-compensation-early-planting/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Farmers told to plant two weeks early against drought are now being rained out — and will be compensated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-grand-hyatt-colombo-bidders-expansion/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Hyatt says it will enter Sri Lanka through Colombo — as the State tries to sell it the tower it has waited 14 years for https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-jica-fisheries-post-harvest-study/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka and JICA to study fish wastage before launching a post-harvest loss project https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kalutara-railway-beach-unidentified-body/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Body of unidentified man found on beach behind Kalutara railway station https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kirinda-puhulwella-ps-chairman-bail/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z NPP council chairman and four officials bailed over alleged detention of teacher and son https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kudu-salindu-karandeniya-sudda-assets-frozen/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Bus linked to Akuregoda lawyer murders impounded as police freeze drug-money assets https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kuwait-two-sri-lankan-women-deaths/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Kuwait opens foul-play investigations into deaths of two Sri Lankan women https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-mannar-army-defender-crash-soldier-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Soldier killed and 11 injured as Army Defender hits palmyra tree in Mannar https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-mawanella-pistols-shotgun-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Man held at Mawanella with two pistols, shotgun and 156 rounds of shot https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-motor-sports-federation-registration-suspended/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Motor sport's national federation suspended and placed under ministry control https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-namal-rajapaksa-50-days-letter/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa marks 50 days in remand with a letter: ready for 500 if it helps the country https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-national-drowning-prevention-policy/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Four ministries to draft a national drowning prevention policy, with water safety taught in schools https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-pakistan-afghanistan-trade-collapse-tdap/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan-Afghanistan trade has fallen about 95%, with crossings shut more than a year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-pm-amarasuriya-education-burden-kadawalawewa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Government should carry part of the education burden parents bear, PM says at school handover https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-police-warning-dating-app-financial-scams/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Police warn of dating-app scams that plant banking malware on victims' phones https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-president-hospital-report-false-denial/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z President's Office says reports that Dissanayake was hospitalised are false https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-prisons-gazette-monks-robes-nikaya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Gazette gives imprisoned monks the right to wear robes outside prison, with the Nikaya deciding https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-rupee-depreciation-6-6-percent-cbsl/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Rupee down 6.6% against the dollar this year as foreign holdings of government paper slip https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-sajith-premadasa-dehiattakandiya-farmers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Sajith says farmers left helpless, puts paddy production cost at Rs 137 a kilo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-sampath-fernando-army-chief-of-staff/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Major General Sampath Fernando appointed Army Chief of Staff from October 27 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-satyagraha-banners-municipal-council-ninth-day/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Standoff at Viharamahadevi Park as council officials try to remove satyagraha banners https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-six-flags-goliath-seat-belts-georgia/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Six Flags to fit seat belts to Goliath after rider's fatal fall in Georgia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-soul-sounds-christmas-charity-concert/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Soul Sounds to headline Rays of Hope Christmas charity concert in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-supreme-court-meetiyagoda-police-sergeant-fundamental-rights/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court finds three Meetiyagoda officers violated a police sergeant's rights, nearly 15 years on https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-talalla-beach-narcotics-navy-coast-guard/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Talalla haul confirmed at 561kg and Rs. 11.8bn, the Navy's largest land seizure this year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-thambuttegama-niyadawala-elephant-crop-damage/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Thambuttegama villagers ask government to protect farmers as elephants fell coconut trees https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-thanamalwila-nikawewa-youth-shot-dead/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Man, 28, found shot dead on leased coconut land at Nikawewa; father discovered the body at dawn https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-vanuatu-earthquake-tsunami-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes west of Vanuatu, tsunami warning issued for coasts within 300km https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-vat-sscl-trader-exclusion-proposal/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Retired IRD deputy chief urges taking traders out of VAT and raising the rate to 20% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-wambatuwewa-crocodile-schoolboy-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Schoolboy, 12, taken by a crocodile at a Wambatuwewa bathing place; body recovered after tank drained https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-wasantha-samarasinghe-london-british-investors/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Minister tells London forum British investment in Sri Lanka has reached $1.73 billion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-wellawatte-brothel-raid-thai-women/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Four Thai women arrested in Wellawatte brothel raid