https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-22a-no-referendum-supreme-court-determination/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z No referendum needed for 22A, Supreme Court tells Parliament — but the sitting Chief Justice is carved out https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-650000-sri-lankans-temporary-migration-unfpa/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 672,249 Sri Lankans are living abroad temporarily, most of them for work https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ag-three-judge-bench-gotagogama-indictments/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z AG asks Chief Justice for a three-judge bench to hear the GotaGoGama attack case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-anojan-sivarasa-presidential-clemency-appeal/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z President to write to the Saudi King for Anojan Sivarasa; Herath gives Parliament the full case history https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-anti-corruption-bill-referendum-bail-clause/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court: the Anti-Corruption Bill's bail restrictions need a referendum https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-bay-of-bengal-deep-depression-red-marine-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Bay of Bengal low becomes a depression; fishing barred across a large block of sea https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ccib-wimal-weerawansa-contempt-investigation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Police open contempt investigation into Weerawansa's Anuradhapura rally remarks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ciaboc-dg-imf-corruption-economic-crisis/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z CIABOC chief tells IMF panel corruption helped cause Sri Lanka's collapse https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ciaboc-phosphate-export-bribe-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z CIABOC arrests Uva development officer over Rs. 8.1 million phosphate export bribe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-court-of-appeal-high-court-judicial-appointments/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Two High Court judges proposed for Court of Appeal; three new High Court judges due tomorrow https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-easter-sunday-convicted-acquitted-named-sentencing/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Named: the 15 convicted and nine acquitted in the Easter Sunday conspiracy case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-easter-sunday-verdict-15-guilty-9-acquitted/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Easter Sunday conspiracy trial: 15 convicted, nine acquitted after five years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-el-nino-surpasses-previous-records-met-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Met Office: this El Niño has now surpassed every previous event on record https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-electricity-relief-supplementary-estimate-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 17.2bn supplementary estimate for electricity bill relief goes before Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-england-sri-lanka-first-odi-chester-le-street/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka open ODI series at Chester-le-Street after 3-0 T20I whitewash https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-fitch-upgrades-sri-lanka-b-minus-stable/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Fitch upgrades Sri Lanka to 'B-' from 'CCC+', outlook stable https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-giriulla-police-chase-heroin-arrests/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Police open fire on car in Giriulla chase; three held, outlets differ on the heroin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-jagath-angage-arrested-ciaboc/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Former Western Province health minister arrested by CIABOC https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-loku-patty-assets-frozen-welipenna/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 35 million in property linked to 'Loku Patty' frozen under money laundering law https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-muthurajawela-bia-jet-fuel-pipeline-china-petroleum/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Chinese state pipeline firm wins $40.84m Muthurajawela–BIA jet fuel contract https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-neville-fernando-hospital-air-force-treasury/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Treasury to own Neville Fernando Hospital outright, Air Force to run it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-salley-medical-board-september-28-passwords/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Medical board keeps Salley in hospital until 28 September as password standoff continues https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-sri-lanka-cricket-bill-cabinet-gazette/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears new Sri Lanka Cricket Bill for gazette and Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-sri-lanka-india-asian-games-womens-cricket-final/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka Women take Asian Games silver after 147-run defeat to India https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-sri-lanka-indonesia-bilateral-consultations-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves five-year consultations MoU with Indonesia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-vehicle-registrations-august-nine-month-low/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Vehicle registrations fall 13.8% in August to nine-month low https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-viyasa-business-facilitation-centre-opens/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 'ViYASA' business facilitation centre opens under the Presidential Secretariat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-western-province-north-heroin-firearms-weliweriya/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Seven locally made guns, 531 rounds and 2kg of heroin seized after a 5g Ice arrest led police up the chain https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-wolverine-path-ii-russia-exercise-primorye/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan troops train on Russian soil for the first time as 'Wolverine Path II' opens in Primorye https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-190000-gcsf-cancer-injections-nmra-customs/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Doctors ask who cleared 190,000 cancer injections through Customs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-22a-determination-handed-to-speaker/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court determination on 22A reaches the Speaker; debate set for 24 and 25 September https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-38-schools-closed-kuda-ganga-flood-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z 38 schools closed and a minor flood warning on the Kuda Ganga as rain continues https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-aeroflot-moscow-colombo-october-3/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Aeroflot to resume Moscow–Colombo flights on 3 October after four-month break https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-agalawatta-constable-motorcycle-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Police constable killed in Agalawatta motorcycle collision https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-agalawatta-lightning-death-15-year-old/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Schoolboy killed by lightning while sleeping on the floor in Agalawatta https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-akd-tax-relief-2027-budget-akuressa/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z President says some taxes will be removed in the 2027 Budget https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-al-2026-practical-exams-september-24/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z A/L 2026 practical exams run from 24 September to 21 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-ampara-elephant-control-units/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Ampara gets 14 new elephant control units as conflict escalates https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-apollo-hospitals-healthcare-investment/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z India's Apollo Hospitals tells Colombo it wants to build hospitals in Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-basl-law-council-australia-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Bar Association signs cooperation agreement with the Law Council of Australia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-census-household-computer-ownership-21-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Only one in five Sri Lankan households owns a computer, and the share has not moved in three years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-chandrabandara-boxing-asian-games-70kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Chandrabandara edges Yemen's Saeed on a split decision to reach Asian Games last 16 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-chemical-importers-senfin-cash-flow-risks/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Broker flags cash-flow risk for small chemical importers under June import rules https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-cse-slips-below-21000-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse slips below 21,000 as turnover falls to second-lowest of the year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-ditwah-school-damage-audit-2-27-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Audit puts Cyclone Ditwah school damage at Rs. 2.27 billion — and says it was never declared https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-easter-sunday-main-trial-verdict-september-22/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Verdict due Tuesday in the main Easter Sunday conspiracy trial of 24 accused https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-eranga-gunasekara-economic-leaks-closed/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Deputy minister says the state's financial leaks are closed — the World Bank's own upgrade came with caveats https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-fisheries-andaman-multiday-vessels-advisory/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Fisheries Department orders multi-day boats out of Andaman waters as low-pressure system deepens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-gcm-migration-plan-launched-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka launches national plan for safe migration under UN compact https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-gnanasara-fresh-presidential-pardon-request/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Gnanasara Thera asks senior monks to seek a fresh pardon from President Dissanayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-habarakada-shooting-four-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Four arrested over two Habarakada shootings, live grenade recovered https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-imf-graduate-youth-unemployment-43-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z 43% of Sri Lanka's educated 15–24s are jobless — the worst rate in the IMF's 12-economy Asian comparison https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-indian-digital-driving-licences-bia/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Indian tourists turned away at BIA because Sri Lanka will not accept digital driving licences https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-kolonnawa-firearms-ammunition-arrests/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Four held in Kolonnawa raids with seven rifles and 600 rounds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-lindula-waltrim-estate-wasp-attack/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Plantation worker killed and seven injured in wasp attack at Lindula estate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-mayadunne-corea-acting-court-appeal-president/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Justice Corea sworn in as Acting President of the Court of Appeal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-music-licence-regulations-weddings-events/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z A licence is now needed to play Sinhala, Tamil or Hindi music at a wedding — English songs are exempt https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-navy-171-disaster-relief-teams-deployed/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Navy puts 171 disaster relief teams on standby and deploys 14 inland https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-navy-officers-remanded-trincomalee-2008/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Two former Navy officers remanded over 2008 disappearance of two women at Trincomalee base https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-nbro-red-landslide-warnings-six-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Red landslide warnings double to six districts as five rivers reach flood levels https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-ncpi-inflation-8-1-percent-august/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z National inflation reaches 8.1% in August, overtaking the Colombo index https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-nimal-perera-bond-scam-legal-action-call/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Activist lawyer calls for action against Nimal Perera over bond scam and insider dealing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-parliamentary-delegations-china-south-africa/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan MPs return from SCO traditional medicine forum in China and Commonwealth conference in Cape Town https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-police-on-site-drug-testing-drivers/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Police to put roadside drug-testing kits in officers' hands within three months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-prison-congestion-committee-measures/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Remand, not conviction, is filling the prisons — committee backs video hearings and faster analyst reports https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-private-fuel-companies-set-own-prices/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Government weighs letting private fuel firms set their own prices within a band https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-ratmalana-metro-depot-fourth/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Ratmalana depot opens as the fourth Metro Bus yard, completing the project's first phase https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-repeated-crises-layered-trauma-study/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Study finds repeated crises have left Sri Lankans carrying layers of trauma https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-resus-energy-2mw-solar-ampara/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Resus Energy commissions 2MW solar plant at Damana, Ampara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-sappta-spices-1-billion-export-target/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Spice exporters told to chase $1bn through value addition, not volume https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-slc-transformation-committee-tier-a-reforms/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Cricket committee to cut top-tier clubs from 14 to 10 and move to four-day games https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-slmc-habeeb-rifan-national-list-mp/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z SLMC names Batticaloa lawyer as National List MP for one year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-slpp-anuradhapura-rally-images-fact-check/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Viral 'record crowd' photos from the SLPP's Anuradhapura rally include a Dhaka protest and AI fakes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-southern-expressway-eight-vehicle-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Eight vehicles collide on Southern Expressway, ten hospitalised including six schoolchildren https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-supreme-court-transit-passengers-customs-gold/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court ends a 35-year fight over gold seized in transit at Katunayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-tea-board-70-nurseries-replanting-400m-kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Tea Board funds 70 nurseries in replanting push for 400m kg by 2030 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-two-fishermen-rescued-talaimannar/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Two fishermen rescued off Talaimannar after day boat drifts without fuel https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-un-rc-franche-el-nino-iod-district-preparedness/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z UN envoy warns El Niño and dipole effects too uncertain for one national plan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-walgama-matara-21kg-drugs-two-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Police seize 21kg of narcotics at Walgama in Matara; man and woman arrested https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-wimal-weerawansa-arrest-warrant-un-protest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Arrest warrant issued for Wimal Weerawansa over 2016 UN protest — then he turns up in court