https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-chamara-sampath-ciaboc-statement/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake summoned to give a statement to the Bribery Commission https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-habaraduwa-sisters-ginigala-murder/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z Two elderly sisters found beaten to death behind their home in Habaraduwa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-kalutara-nagoda-restaurant-owner-shot/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z Restaurant owner shot dead and his wife wounded in Kalutara T-56 attack https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-maduro-torture-conspiracy-charges/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z Maduro and wife charged with conspiracy to commit torture in US indictment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-motorcycle-registration-five-district-offices/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z Motorcycle registration to open at five district offices from 19 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-postal-service-digitization-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's postal service to be fully digitised by 2027, Postmaster General says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-sri-lanka-pakistan-first-t20i-rawalpindi/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka open T20I series in Pakistan under tightened Rawalpindi security https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-09-srilankan-riyadh-flights-cancelled/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines keeps Riyadh flights grounded after attacks on two Saudi airports https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-99x-ai-hub-observability-platform/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z 99x launches AI Hub to track what engineering teams spend on AI tools https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-akuregoda-forged-passport-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Second forgery arrest in Akuregoda lawyer murder case: Minuwangoda man held over fraudulent documents https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-anne-carson-nobel-literature-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Canadian poet Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-anti-corruption-amendment-bill-passed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Parliament passes the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill with amendments https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-breast-cancer-6000-cases-nccp/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Breast cancer kills three Sri Lankans a day, cancer programme director says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-ccib-gazetted-pta-detention-site/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Central Crime Investigation Bureau gazetted as a detention site under the PTA https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-ccib-rs-100-million-asset-freeze-drug-proceeds/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Gym, tourist bungalow and apartment frozen in Rs. 100 million drug-money case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-christa-pike-walking-failed-execution/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Christa Pike walking in hospital after Tennessee execution attempt failed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-cse-close-aspi-down-1-38-pct/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse falls 1.38% as the ASPI slides to 20,234 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-dhananjaya-de-silva-resigns-test-captaincy/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Dhananjaya de Silva resigns as Sri Lanka Test captain with immediate effect https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-ecommerce-exporters-odi-slasscom-report/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Seven in 10 Sri Lankan exporters already sell online, but paperwork is the brake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-edb-trincomalee-sme-export-forum/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z EDB takes export push to Trincomalee, targeting fisheries, agriculture and tourism SMEs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-election-laws-interim-report/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Interim report to be drawn up on election laws, excluding provincial council polls https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-fcid-usd-25-million-six-companies-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z FCID arrests 25-year-old over alleged US$25 million sent abroad through six fictitious companies https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-gnanasara-fr-petition-robes-supreme-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court petition seeks to have Gnanasara Thera produced in court in his robes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-haiti-185-police-stf-deployment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to send 185 police officers to Haiti, most of them from the STF https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-hormuz-tanker-attacks-iran-routes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Iran warns it will block unauthorised Hormuz routes as tanker attacks mount https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-imf-talks-new-programme-after-eff/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka in talks with the IMF on a successor programme after the current deal ends in March 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-india-sri-lanka-cyber-security-consultations/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z India and Sri Lanka hold first formal cyber-security consultations in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-inferior-coal-loss-15-765-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Inferior coal cost Sri Lanka Rs. 15.765 billion, Energy Minister tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-iranian-vessels-sri-lanka-refuses-supplies/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tells Iran it will not supply the stranded vessels, citing US sanctions exposure https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-ja-ela-ice-heroin-seizure/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Nearly 5kg of ice seized from a rented house in Ja-Ela, valued at over Rs. 50 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-kelaniya-student-killed-waskaduwa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Kelaniya University student killed in Waskaduwa road crash https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-kollupitiya-land-fraud-704-million-cid/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Court orders CID probe into Rs. 704 million Kollupitiya land fraud attempt https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-kosala-senadheera-magistrate-reinstated/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Suspended Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera cleared and reinstated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-kusal-mendis-appointed-test-captain/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Kusal Mendis appointed Sri Lanka Test captain, hours after Dhananjaya de Silva resigned https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-ladies-college-rowing-musaeus/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Ladies' College beats Musaeus 29–23 in 21st annual rowing regatta https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-mahaweli-maha-season-water-release/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Mahaweli Authority asks farmers to use rainwater as Maha season releases begin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-maldives-work-visa-rules-tightened/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Maldives bars switching to work visas after arrival https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-margaret-hamilton-apollo-software-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Margaret Hamilton, who led the software that landed Apollo 11, dies at 90 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-masterchef-sri-lanka-maldives-special/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z MasterChef Sri Lanka takes its final five to the Maldives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-met-severe-lightning-deduru-oya-spill/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Severe lightning warning for eight provinces as Deduru Oya spill gates open https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-missing-persons-omp-investigations-expedited/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Government says missing-persons investigations expedited, OMP resourced again https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-montana-governor-gianforte-visit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Montana Governor Greg Gianforte arrives in Sri Lanka on Friday to push pulse exports https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-mosvold-sixes-2026-travel-trends-leisure/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Travel Trends Leisure win Mosvold Sixes as 23 tour operators take the field https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-motor-traffic-open-transfer-documents/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Motor Traffic Department warns against selling vehicles on open transfer documents https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-motorcycle-registration-five-district-offices/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Motorcycle registration moves to five district offices from 19 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-naotunne-vijitha-melbourne-monk-sentenced/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan monk jailed in Melbourne for abusing six girls at a Buddhist temple https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-nimh-world-mental-health-day-programmes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z NIMH trains prison and health staff, targets screen use among teenagers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-npp-mp-chandana-sooriyaarachchi-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z NPP MP Chandana Sooriyaarachchi arrested after pedestrian injured in Panagoda road accident https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-parliament-commotion-patabendi-appuharmy/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Commotion in Parliament after Environment Minister says Opposition MP is "out of his mind" https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-peoples-bank-remittance-doodaru-pranama/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z People's Bank opens remittance draw for migrant workers' children on World Children's Day https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-president-committee-monks-prison-robes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z President appoints committee on how jailed monks are held, after Gnanasara robe removal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-psta-bill-saliya-pieris-committee-deviations/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Anti-terror bill departs from committee's recommendations on bail, Saliya Pieris says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-robot-olympiad-sri-lanka-teams-hyderabad/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Four Sri Lankan school teams place at Asia Pacific Robot Olympiad in Hyderabad https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-sec-warning-quantum-ai-limited/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z SEC warns public against Quantum AI Limited https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-selyn-world-vision-menstrual-health-50-schools/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Selyn Foundation and World Vision to run menstrual health sessions in 50 schools https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-singer-naita-mou-youth-employment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z SINGER signs MoU with NAITA to certify technicians and open apprenticeships https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-speaker-anti-corruption-bill-no-confidence-motion/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Opposition signs no-confidence motion against Speaker as he endorses the Anti-Corruption Bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-sri-lanka-lithuania-mou-30-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka and Lithuania sign MoU on first high-level visit in 30 years of ties https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-treasury-bill-yields-rise-october-auction/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z Treasury bill yields edge up as investors crowd into the three-month tenor https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-university-hostels-55-approved/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z PM says 55 new university hostels approved, reversing a 2015 policy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-us-70000-fee-opt-student-work-training/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z US proposes $70,000 fee for international students to work after study https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-vat-reduction-two-three-years-president/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z President says the Government aims to cut VAT within two to three years