https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-ahungalla-ice-heroin-kush-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Man arrested in Ahungalla with Ice, heroin and kush https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-customs-revenue-eight-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Customs beats August target four days early, banks Rs. 1.83 trillion in eight months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dhanasiri-amaratunga-ccib-basik-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Former Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia mayor gives statement to CCIB in Shiran Basik probe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-horton-plains-visitor-limits-shuttle/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Horton Plains to get daily visitor caps, online booking and an electric shuttle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-intermediate-grade-medical-officers-committee/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Six-member committee to study proposed intermediate grade for doctors, report in a month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-madampe-youth-arrested-child-abuse/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Madampe police arrest 20-year-old over alleged repeated abuse of 13-year-old girl https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-nbro-30000-houses-landslide-relocation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z NBRO says nearly 30,000 houses in landslide-prone areas need relocating https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-nepal-hydropower-tunnel-rescue-933-workers/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Nepal turns to controlled blasts to open flooded hydropower tunnels holding 933 workers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-rainfall-electricity-tariffs-un-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z MP warns weak rains could push power tariffs up, as UN flags heavy rain from October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-showers-forecast-strong-winds-sept1/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Showers and 40 kmph winds forecast again on Tuesday as the pattern holds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-xpress-pearl-judges-bribery-complaint/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Bribery complaint filed against three Supreme Court judges over X-Press Pearl compensation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-40-unions-basl-22a-joint-statement/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Forty unions and professional bodies sign joint statement backing BASL against 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-anuradhapura-612-tanks-below-5-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Water in 612 Anuradhapura tanks falls below 5% as Rajarata drought deepens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-arogya-1000-wellness-centres-launch/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Health Ministry launches 1,000 Arogya wellness centres project on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-asgiriya-prelate-temple-lands-urumaya-dambulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Asgiriya Chief Prelate rejects claim that temple lands should be redistributed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-atlas-angel-ii-us-sri-lanka-disaster-exercise/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z US and Sri Lanka open Atlas Angel II disaster response exercise https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-bogambara-prison-tourism-handover/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Bogambara Prison to be handed back for tourism development next year, deputy minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-chula-padmendra-model-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Police open investigation into model Chula Padmendra's death; inquest scheduled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-colombo-court-complex-collapse-cracks/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo District Court shut after partial collapse as cracks appear in High Court chambers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-colombo-inflation-8-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo inflation hits 8% in August, breaching the Central Bank's target ceiling for a second month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-development-officers-protest-salary/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Development officers call island-wide protest over pay, citing a disputed wage ranking https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-drought-water-villages-polonnaruwa-nwsdb/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z In drought-hit Polonnaruwa villages, the day is organised around fetching water https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-drug-arrests-531116-since-government-took-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Police put drug arrests at 531,116 since the government took office https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-exports-10-billion-first-seven-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's exports pass US$10 billion in first seven months, but July goods earnings fall https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-expressway-revenue-355-million-five-day-holiday/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Expressways take record Rs. 355 million over five-day holiday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-firearm-licence-renewal-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Firearm licence renewals for 2027 open on Tuesday, with a 31 December deadline https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-five-judge-bench-22a-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court begins hearing 22nd Amendment petitions as filings reach a record 67 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-follow-the-money-financial-crimes-wijepala/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Policing must follow the money, not just make arrests — Public Security Minister https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-four-missing-drowning-pamunugama-epamulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z All four recovered dead off Pamunugama after being swept away while bathing at Epamulla https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-four-train-services-cancelled-power-set/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Four train services cancelled as power set and locomotive go unavailable https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-gdsa-denies-22a-position/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Dental surgeons' association denies taking a position on the 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-government-new-regulations-private-security-services/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Draft bill to regulate private security firms expected in Parliament within months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-hatton-wasp-attack-17-workers/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Seventeen tea workers hospitalised after wasp attack on a Hatton estate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-hokandara-kush-stf-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z STF arrests man with more than 2kg of 'Kush' in Hokandara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-ice-consignment-colombo-port-463kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo Port Ice haul revised to 471kg as outlets split on arrest count and value https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-japanese-tourists-investors-arrive-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z More than 250 Japanese tourists and investors arrive in Colombo on a single flight https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-karunanayake-appears-ciaboc-lotteries-board/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Karunanayake appears before Bribery Commission after four missed summonses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-karunanayake-arrested-ciaboc-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Ravi Karunanayake arrested by Bribery Commission, released on bail the same evening https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-mawanella-head-on-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Four injured, one critically, in head-on collision at Mawanella https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-mineral-sector-investment-transparency/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z President tells mineral sector meeting licensing delays are driving investors away https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-oil-prices-jump-us-attack-iran-larak-island/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Oil climbs above 3% through Monday after US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-online-gambling-tax-leakage/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Most of Sri Lanka's gambling has moved online, and the state collects almost nothing on it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-payagala-shooting-man-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Payagala shooting victim named as 'Dila'; police blame rival gang faction https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-pm-harini-departs-bhutan-food-systems-summit/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z PM Amarasuriya leaves for Bhutan in first Sri Lankan leader's visit there in 16 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-pmb-paddy-46000mt/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z State paddy purchases pass 46,000 tonnes as buying extends to mills and cooperatives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-schools-dengue-control-programme-new-term/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Schools told to run dengue control programmes before the new term begins https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-showers-western-sabaragamuwa-galle-matara-kandy/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Showers forecast for Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and four districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-slc-constitution-legal-draftsman-cabinet/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z SLC constitution reaches Legal Draftsman as committee sets out route to elections https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-social-protection-action-plan-ilo/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Ten-year social care action plan presented, minister says all stakeholders must back it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-tourist-arrivals-1-5-million-sltda/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Tourist arrivals pass 1.5 million, but run 2% behind last year as SLTDA targets 2.5 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-warm-weather-advisory-vavuniya-record/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Vavuniya hits 38.8°C as the heat advisory rolls into September