https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-anojan-sivarasa-death-sentence-set-aside/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Saudi Supreme Court sets aside Anojan Sivarasa's death sentence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-basil-rajapaksa-interpol-red-notice-tourism-funds/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Court orders Interpol Red Notice for Basil Rajapaksa over Rs. 7.8mn tourism funds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-cbsl-fatf-mutual-evaluation-onsite/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank Governor says Sri Lanka will not return to the FATF grey list as on-site evaluation begins https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-cse-aspi-below-20000-first-since-2025/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z ASPI breaks below 20,000 for the first time since August 2025 as decliners outnumber gainers 10 to 1 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-customs-2026-revenue-target-achieved/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Customs clears its full-year target on 13 October — against a bar set 13.5% below what it collected last year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-dengue-vaccine-nmra-import-delay/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Promised dengue vaccine still not imported, three months after the NMRA began reviewing it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-domestic-dollar-bonds-300-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Treasury opens a dollar bond to the diaspora for the first time since the default, with a 3-year tranche that outlives its own repayment plan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-eu-trincomalee-green-energy-hub-port/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z The EU proposes a green energy hub at Trincomalee — the same port India and the UAE are developing for oil https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-g24-sri-lanka-debt-restructuring-reference/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z G24 says Sri Lanka's debt crisis became a reference point for reforming the global restructuring system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-hong-kong-sixes-sri-lanka-squad-cooray/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Sangeeth Cooray to captain Sri Lanka at the Hong Kong Sixes, in Group B with Bangladesh and Scotland https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-iran-asks-india-intervene-tanker-crews-galle/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Iran asks India to intervene over tanker crews stranded off Galle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-kadigamuwa-embankment-collapse-train-halted/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Earth collapses onto track at Kadigamuwa again, halting a Peradeniya train nine days after a rockfall derailment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-labour-minister-occupational-safety-week/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Labour Minister says firms are weighing accident prevention against compensation payouts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-lalkantha-punish-person-not-robe-63-monks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z A cabinet minister calls Gnanasara Thera a friend, and says the robe should not be punished for what a monk does https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-met-lightning-warning-all-provinces/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Severe lightning warning widened to all nine provinces, with heavy showers above 100 mm forecast https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-police-warn-false-social-media-posts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Police warn of action under Computer Crimes Act over false social media posts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-power-transmission-private-four-grid-lines/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Four transmission lines go to private tender, and the tariff collapse is the argument behind it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-prison-regulations-interim-report-monk-robes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Prison committee delivers interim report: monks to keep robes outside jail unless their Nikaya objects https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-pushpakumara-56-infantry-division-command/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Major General Asitha Pushpakumara takes command of the 56 Infantry Division https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-rubber-150-years-planters-association/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z 150 years of Sri Lankan rubber: a billion-dollar export sector, and an output figure the anniversary does not give https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-slt-mobitel-smart-ai-token-credits/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z SLT-MOBITEL switches on SMART AI, the token-credit platform it announced 69 days ago https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-sri-lanka-researchers-canberra-robotics-lab/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z High Commissioner tours Canberra robotics lab founded by a Sri Lankan professor https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-tourism-cash-dollar-incentives-promoters/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z President weighs cash incentives for tourism promoters, against a 2026 target the government has already cut once https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-voge-experience-centre-bambalapitiya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Yamamoto opens a VOGE experience centre in Bambalapitiya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-acposl-suspends-all-music-licensing/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z ACPOSL suspends all music licensing until November, and apologises https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-adb-100-million-water-sanitation-subprogramme-2/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet takes a second US$100 million ADB tranche for water sector reform https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-ambalangoda-fisherman-ice-kush-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Ambalangoda fisherman arrested with 2.14 kg of 'Ice' and 510 g of Kush https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-aswesuma-october-payment-985283-families/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 2.04 billion in Aswesuma benefits credited on October 14, as the first-phase roll falls by 13,770 families https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-australia-blocks-elephant-dung-magnets/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Australia blocks elephant dung fridge magnets carried in from Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-cdc-pandemic-preparedness-5-4-billion-mulleriyawa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears a Rs. 5.43 billion centre for disease control at Mulleriyawa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-chinese-national-port-city-extortion-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Chinese national arrested over Port City extortion racket, with four passports and 42 SIM cards seized https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-ctc-cigarette-tax-revenue-illicit-trade/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Tobacco industry says cigarette taxes have gone as far as they can. A think tank says they are below benchmark. https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-data-centre-gap-market-failure-wijayasuriya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's data centre shortage is partly a market failure, President's digital adviser says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-dipped-products-glove-plant-katunayake/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Dipped Products starts up a Rs. 4.2 billion glove plant at Katunayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-dj-snake-senter-music-festival-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z DJ Snake to headline Senter Music Festival at Port City Colombo this month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-grandpass-mahawatta-fire-houses-destroyed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Fire tears through a row of houses at Mahawatta, Grandpass https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-heavy-rain-lightning-advisory-five-provinces/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Met Department forecasts 100–150 mm of rain in five provinces, with severe lightning in six https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-herath-cica-summit-baku/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Herath to lead Sri Lanka's delegation to the CICA summit in Baku, an upgrade on the last one https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-imf-weo-resilience-strain-sri-lanka-2027-growth/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z IMF returns 2026 global growth to 3.1%, and raises Sri Lanka's 2026 forecast to 4% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-ips-state-of-economy-2026-productivity/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka has run out of its old growth engines, IPS says in State of the Economy 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-johnston-fernando-secretary-sathosa-remanded/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Johnston Fernando's former secretary remanded to 21 October over Rs. 1.9 million Sathosa claim https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-kandy-jaffna-road-contract-tudawe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet awards Rs. 1.07 billion to widen 4.76 km of the Kandy-Jaffna road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-nakolagane-wildlife-sanctuary-cej-elephant-fences/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet declares 682-hectare Nakolagane sanctuary, hours before CEJ says fences are being rebuilt there https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-namal-rajapaksa-airbus-indictment-trial-at-bar/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Airbus investigations complete: AG moves to indict Namal Rajapaksa before a trial-at-bar https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-northern-province-tourism-world-bank-delft/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Tourism Ministry tells Parliament the North is the focus, with $100mn from the World Bank and a Colombo cruise route approved https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-panadura-mattress-showroom-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Mattress showroom gutted by fire in Panadura, lightning suspected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-pm-colombo-canals-drainage-two-weeks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z PM orders Colombo's canals and drains cleared within two weeks as heavy rain is forecast https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-president-ect-private-operator-imf-summit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z President offers East Container Terminal to a private operator, and keeps the door open to a fresh IMF programme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-president-procurement-reform-2-trillion-capex/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z President sets out a procurement overhaul, and restates a Rs. 2 trillion capital budget his own Bill puts at Rs. 1,752.5 billion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-psychiatrist-shortage-brain-drain/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka has 100 to 120 psychiatrists for the whole country, National Hospital consultant says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-reliance-consumer-products-sleis-keynote/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Reliance wants Sri Lankan products on Indian shelves — and says policy clarity matters more than incentives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-remittances-6-86-billion-nine-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Remittances hit US$6.87bn in nine months, with September the weakest year-on-year month of 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-sarath-silva-gnanasara-sentence-unlawful/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Former Chief Justice calls Gnanasara Thera's sentence unlawful and alleges a conspiracy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-sf-lokka-travel-ban-anuradhapura-officers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Travel bans on three former Anuradhapura police officers over the 'SF Lokka' killing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-siriliya-saviya-prosecution-mri-scanner-laundering/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Siriliya Saviya fund was used to launder money, prosecution tells Colombo court https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-sri-lanka-test-squad-pakistan-mendis-captain/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka name 15-man Test squad for Pakistan, with Kusal Mendis as captain https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-state-assets-management-bill-redraft/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet abandons the 2024 State Assets Management Bill and orders a new one drafted https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-state-printing-corporation-ppp-cabinet/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet opens the State Printing Corporation to a private partner, a week after awarding the 2027 textbook run to 21 private printers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-stationery-allowance-6000-rupees-1-5-million-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves a Rs. 6,000 stationery allowance for 1.5 million schoolchildren in 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-weligama-pradeshiya-sabha-2027-budget-defeated/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Weligama council defeats its own chairman's 2027 budget by one vote