https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-aswesuma-appeals-extended-november-15/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Aswesuma appeal deadline pushed to 15 November, with the final four days online only https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-bank-third-quarter-results-combank-hnb-boc-ntb/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's big banks report a squeezed third quarter as trading losses and impairment charges bite https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-british-airways-tail-strike-heathrow/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z British Airways A321neo suffers tail strike at Heathrow, aircraft grounded https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-budget-2027-cgt-crypto-licences-gems/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 brings crypto, telecom licences and gems under capital gains tax https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-budget-2027-doctors-exodus-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 could accelerate the exodus of doctors, medical alliance president warns https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-budget-2027-education-749-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Education gets Rs. 749 billion in Budget 2027 with record Rs. 104 billion for capital spending, PM tells House https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-budget-2027-vehicle-prices-unchanged/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Vehicle prices will not change under Budget 2027, importers' association says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-budget-tamil-national-question-rasamanickam/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z MP says the Budget speech did not mention the Tamil national question once https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-cbsl-governor-ai-deepfake-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank warns of AI-generated fake videos of its Governor promoting investments https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-colombo-mayor-fake-ai-flood-videos/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Colombo Mayor says legal action will follow over AI-generated fake flood videos https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-cse-aspi-22024-friday-close/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse closes the week down 133 points as HNB and LOLC drag the index https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-fujairah-road-crash-14-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Fourteen killed in Fujairah pile-up as lorry fire engulfs stopped traffic https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-indonesia-vice-president-gibran-resigns/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Indonesian Vice President Gibran resigns after courts rule against his education documents https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-leopard-rescued-snare-norwood/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Leopard freed from snare at Norwood estate, under veterinary care https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-manamperi-rice-lorry-verdict-two-acquitted/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Two acquitted in 2009 rice lorry robbery case; Manamperi and Perera called to present defence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-microsoft-global-outage-teams-outlook/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Microsoft outage knocks out Outlook, Teams and Copilot for tens of thousands https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-opposition-mps-budget-tea-party/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Some Opposition MPs stay away from the post-Budget tea party https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-public-service-engineers-strike-fat-allowance/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Public service engineers strike over allowance left out of Budget 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-srilankan-melbourne-flights-increase/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines adds three weekly Melbourne flights from 15 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-trump-no-deal-iran-oil-prices/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Trump says US does not need an Iran deal, pulls Vance from talks; crude prices climb https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-wildlife-department-84-single-cabs/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z Wildlife Department receives 84 single-cab vehicles in its largest single handover https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-anthropic-ipo-nasdaq-1-3-trillion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Anthropic sets $70-$78 range for Nasdaq listing, valuing the Claude maker near $1.3 trillion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-anuradhapura-monks-fast-custody-sacred-city/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Monks on fast-unto-death taken into police custody after confrontation at Ruwanweli Maha Seya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-asia-foundation-police-cybersecurity-campaign/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Police and Asia Foundation launch national cybercrime awareness campaign aimed at small businesses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-agriculture-paddy-yaya-model/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 opens underused paddy land to other crops, funds collective 'Yaya' farming https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-airports-bia-mattala/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: BIA expansion, Rs 6 billion for Ratmalana runway, new investors sought for Mattala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-ambulance-fleet-replacement/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget allocates Rs 3 billion to replace state ambulances over 20 years old https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-bunkering-three-ports/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Colombo bunkering capacity to rise 50,000 tonnes as Trincomalee tanks open to investors https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-cess-pal-newsprint-solar/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 cuts CESS 25% on 800 import lines and scraps the port levy on newsprint and solar batteries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-concessional-credit-schemes/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget channels Rs 174 billion in concessional credit at 3% to 5% interest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-cpc-kolonnawa-port-pipeline/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Rs 16.3 billion pipeline to halve oil unloading time from 96 to 48 hours https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-ditwah-supplementary-estimate/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Ditwah rebuild needs another Rs 260 billion in 2027, supplementary estimate tabled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-fisheries-600-million-exports/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget targets doubling fisheries exports to US$600 million by 2030 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-flood-control-colombo-canals/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 puts Rs 10.9 billion into urban flood control, Rs 3.2 billion of it on Colombo's canals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-food-levy-sprats-sugar/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sprats and Maldive fish levies cut to Rs 10 a kilo from Friday, sugar levy up Rs 10 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-health-capital-robotic-surgery/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 puts Rs 131 billion into health capital spending and funds a robotic surgery centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-heritage-citizenship-dual-fees/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: dual citizenship fees scrapped for spouses and descendants under heritage programme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-imf-committee-after-eff/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet committee to decide whether Sri Lanka seeks another IMF programme after March https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-income-tax-threshold-brackets/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 lifts the tax-free threshold to Rs 1.95 million and inserts a new 12% band https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-industrial-estates-minerals/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 4 billion for industrial estates, and a push to commercialise graphite, quartz and mineral sands https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-irrigation-77-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 allocates Rs 77 billion for irrigation, led by Mahaweli and cyclone repairs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-land-records-digitisation-bimsaviya/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 800 million for Bimsaviya, plan to digitise 3.5 million land parcels https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-livestock-dairy-poultry/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 funds breeding stock imports and revives stalled Badalgama milk plant https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-mannar-oil-four-contracts/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to award four Mannar Basin oil exploration contracts after February bid deadline https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-metro-buses-kandy-galle-jaffna/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Metro bus service to extend to Kandy, Galle and Jaffna, with 100 electric buses donated by China https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-migrant-worker-housing-loans/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 offers migrant workers housing loans up to Rs 5 million at subsidised interest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-olympic-gold-100-million-sports/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 100 million for an Olympic gold, Rs 2.5 billion to widen participation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-plantation-tea-rubber-coconut/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget allocates Rs 13 billion to plantations, targets US$5 billion in exports by 2030 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-power-grid-condensers-statcom/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget funds synchronous condensers and a Padukka STATCOM to stabilise the grid https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-presented-fiscal-numbers/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 goes to Parliament today with Rs. 2 trillion for capital spending and further PAYE relief https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-public-sector-pay-allowances/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 110 billion for the final phase of public sector pay, with allowance rises across eight services https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-railway-electrification/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 commits over Rs 1,200 billion to electrifying three railway lines https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-roads-487-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 allocates Rs 487 billion for roads, with Rs 53.4 billion for Kadawatha–Mirigama https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-rural-broadband-towers/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: five-year tax break and Rs 35 million grants to put broadband towers in rural villages https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-share-for-everyone-students/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget offers A-Level students free share portfolios worth up to Rs 10,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-solar-battery-subsidy/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 offers up to Rs 250,000 for home solar batteries and scraps the 10% import levy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-state-land-allocation-regional-investment/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 targets state land delays and a concession package for investment outside Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-tourism-development-levy-abolished/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 abolishes the Tourism Development Levy from April 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-uae-oman-cepa/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to seek economic partnership deals with UAE and Oman, apply to join RCEP https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-university-medical-faculties/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget sets aside Rs 450 million to start Rs 8 billion Peradeniya and Wayamba medical faculties https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-urban-low-income-housing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 allocates Rs 26.8 billion for urban low-income housing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-vat-exemption-books/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 exempts books and printed material from VAT, three years after the tax was imposed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-vat-film-tickets/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 splits cinema ticket VAT across the film chain and gives e-invoices legal force https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-water-sanitation-77-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 allocates Rs 77 billion for drinking water and sanitation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-cricket-bill-supreme-court-two-clauses/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court finds two clauses of the Sri Lanka Cricket Bill inconsistent with the Constitution https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-cse-aspi-rebound-rupee-close/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse rebounds above 22,000 on budget day as rupee eases to 332.50 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-deputy-speaker-us-envoy-maritime-security/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z US Chargé d'Affaires meets Deputy Speaker on maritime security and drugs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-dialog-axiata-3q-2026-profit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Dialog nine-month profit nearly doubles to Rs. 28.5 billion on data and broadband growth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-dutch-embassy-fake-job-rackets-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Dutch Embassy warns of fake job rackets using forged immigration letters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-eu-gsp-framework-apparel-brussels-eba/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z New EU preferences scheme starts in January, with GSP+ holders required to reapply https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-ev-import-standards-research-staffing-committee/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Parliament committee seeks mandatory standards for imported EVs, flags research staff shortage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-farmer-crop-insurance-scheme-aaib/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z New crop insurance scheme offers farmers Rs 100,000 an acre against climate losses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-foreign-ministry-tourist-visa-jobs-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Ministry warns Sri Lankans against travelling abroad for work on tourist visas https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-galle-nakiadeniya-shops-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Fire destroys four shops at Nakiadeniya in Galle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-gampaha-kelaniya-water-cut-saturday/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z 13-hour water cut for parts of Gampaha and Kelaniya on Saturday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-gardiner-group-pickle-island-acquisition/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Gardiner Group buys pickleball venture The Pickle Island, with Aravinda de Silva as partner https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-hajj-2027-quota-saudi-agreement/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka secures 3,500-pilgrim Hajj quota for 2027 under Saudi agreement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-haycarb-1h-revenue-profit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Haycarb half-year revenue up 42% to Rs. 40.6 billion as energy storage carbon demand holds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-johnston-fernando-economy-sathosa/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Johnston Fernando says the government cannot manage the economy and defends his Sathosa record https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-kandy-water-cut-friday/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Five-hour water cut for several Kandy-area localities on Friday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-laugfs-gas-cylinder-deliveries-resume/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z LAUGFS Gas to resume cylinder deliveries after 3,000-tonne LPG shipment arrives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-leptospirosis-6900-cases-high-risk-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z 6,900 rat fever cases reported this year, Epidemiology Unit says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-lunugamvehera-maw-ara-spill-gates/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Lunugamvehera, Alikota Ara and Maw Ara reservoirs spilling as rains continue https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-manchester-united-sack-michael-carrick/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Manchester United sack Michael Carrick with club in relegation zone https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-met-rain-warning-five-provinces-southern/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Met warns of over 100mm rain in five provinces today, Southern added https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-met-showers-advisory-13-november/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Showers forecast for Eastern Province and hill country on Friday, no rainfall threshold issued https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-national-park-bikini-photoshoot-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Environment Ministry opens probe into alleged commercial photoshoots inside national parks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-navy-trawler-narcotics-southern-seas/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Navy seizes another multi-day trawler suspected of carrying narcotics in southern deep seas https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-nbro-ditwah-landslide-warnings-depression/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z NBRO warns Ditwah-weakened slopes could slip again as a Bay of Bengal depression nears https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-nvidia-board-huang-future-shares-plunge/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Nvidia board to weigh Jensen Huang's future as shares plunge 8.6% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-nvidia-huang-resigns-kress-interim-ceo/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns; CFO Colette Kress named interim chief https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-opec-oil-output-near-pre-war-levels/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Global oil output back to 97% of pre-war levels, OPEC says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-premadasa-pre-budget-workshop-imf-data/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa says the government is budgeting on hidden data and a broken IMF mandate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sampath-bank-september-quarter-tax-relief/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sampath Bank September quarter profit up 15% — but pre-tax earnings fell 7% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-scott-colom-mississippi-senate-win/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, a first for the state in 140 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sl-women-ireland-emerging-nations-trophy/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka women open Emerging Nations Trophy with a 10-wicket rout of Ireland https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sptde-matara-hambantota-transmission-line/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Shanghai Electric unit wins contract for 78 km Matara–Hambantota transmission line https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sri-lanka-pakistan-first-test-first-innings/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka take 12-run first-innings lead in Rawalpindi as de Silva and Mendis make centuries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-terrorism-bill-supreme-court-determination/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court finds Terrorism Bill clauses inconsistent with Constitution, Speaker tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-thailand-alcohol-buddhist-holidays/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Thailand permits alcohol sales at five venue types on Buddhist holidays https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-vehicle-registrations-october-drop-third/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z New-car registrations fall by a third in October as Sri Lanka's vehicle market cools https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-wanathawilluwa-lactoswatte-trial-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Wanathawilluwa training camp case: further evidence set for November 17 and 18 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-wang-yi-rubio-phone-call/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Wang Yi and Rubio hold phone call described as positive and productive https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-washington-dc-logan-circle-shooting/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z One killed and four injured in Washington DC shooting; suspect found dead https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-windforce-1h-bess-expansion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z WindForce commissions five battery storage plants as half-year profit edges up to Rs. 1.86 billion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-yoshitha-money-laundering-postponed-november-26/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Yoshitha Rajapaksa's money-laundering trial put off to 26 November after he reports illness https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-13-paris-peace-forum-children-investment/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka calls for greater global investment in children at Paris Peace Forum