https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-ciaboc-raid-namal-secretary-sanje-samarasinghe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Bribery commission and STF search home of Namal Rajapaksa's personal secretary overnight https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-driving-licence-printing-halted-card-shortage/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Printing of 673,000 driving licences halted as cards and machines run short https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-election-commission-social-media-ai-voters/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Election Commission says social media and AI are already shaping how Sri Lankans vote https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-government-analyst-reports-three-month-target/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Justice Minister sets 31 January deadline to cut Government Analyst delays to three months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-high-grown-tea-34-year-low-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z High Grown tea output fell to a 34-year low in September — and the elevation ft.lk gives no percentage for is the one that fell furthest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-islandwide-power-outage-upper-kotmale/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Islandwide power outage hits Sri Lanka; Upper Kotmale fault suspected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-police-clearance-system-restored-october/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Police clearance certificate system back online — after an outage police never dated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-prisons-list-jailed-monks-buddhist-affairs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Prisons sends list of jailed monks to Buddhist Affairs after robe circular takes effect https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-puttalam-anuradhapura-bus-overturns-12-injured/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Twelve injured as bus overturns near Mee Oya bridge on Puttalam-Anuradhapura road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-tvk-functionary-meth-nagapattinam-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z TVK functionary arrested in India over methamphetamine bound for Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-17-varuni-bogahawatta-car-seized-matara-coop-fraud/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z Police seize senior inspector's car after fraud suspect found paying the lease https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-ajith-medis-smb-finance-ceo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z SMB Finance names Ajith Medis chief executive — and the profile it published leads on turnaround work https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-asian-gym-for-life-challenge-89-gymnasts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z 89 young gymnasts leave for inaugural Asian Gym for Life Challenge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-court-bars-monks-presidential-secretariat/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Court bars Ulapane Sumangala Thera and 54 others from the Presidential Secretariat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-cse-aspi-reclaims-20000/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z ASPI reclaims 20,000 three sessions after losing it, vindicating a forecast made at the level https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-dengue-cases-rise-rainy-weather/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Dengue is rising again with the rains, a month after the control unit warned it would https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-driving-licence-brokers-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Motor Traffic chief warns licence brokers are selling forgeries, as 678,000 licences wait to be printed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-fao-world-food-day-climate-preparedness-financing/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z FAO urges Sri Lanka to pre-fund farm disaster response, citing US$814mn in Ditwah crop damage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-galadari-radisson-blu-reopening-q4-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Galadari sets a reopening window as Radisson Blu — and the quarter it names has already begun https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-gotabaya-motion-lift-travel-ban-singapore/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Gotabaya Rajapaksa asks the court that barred him from flying to let him go to Singapore https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-hambantota-port-vehicles-19-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Hambantota Port has handled 167,569 vehicles in 19 months — and the mix has shifted to used imports https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-hies-2025-report-delayed-december/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Household income survey report delayed to December, extending Sri Lanka's poverty data gap https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-imf-world-bank-ai-jobs-gap-bangkok/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z World Bank puts the coming jobs gap at 800 million as the IMF warns AI could go either way https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-jaffna-groundwater-unit-189-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 189 million groundwater management unit begins construction in Jaffna https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-judicial-service-commission-court-clerks-recruitment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z JSC to fill 2,646 court vacancies, with Saturday's exam covering 1,600 clerks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-kadigamuwa-landslide-third-time-upcountry-line/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Earth slides onto the Kadigamuwa track a third time, and both outlets now agree it is the Upcountry Line https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-kiriella-defends-minority-remarks-gnanasara/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Kiriella defends his minority-voter remarks, and says no new law is needed to pardon Gnanasara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-kurdistan-delegation-ceylon-chamber-trade/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Kurdistan delegation and Ceylon Chamber discuss trade beyond tea https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-lal-kantha-government-rules-out-gnanasara-pardon/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Government will not pardon Gnanasara Thera, Lal Kantha says, hours after monks left the Secretariat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-mahanayake-theras-gnanasara-release-monk-facility/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Both Mahanayake Theras press prison officials over Gnanasara Thera https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-parliament-sittings-october-20-23/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Parliament's October sittings bring two drug Bills and the dog registration Bill to a vote https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-personalised-number-plates-consultative-committee/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Personalised number plates are back before a committee — as the DMT's own six-month launch window runs out https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-rmb-clearing-bank-opens-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z A renminbi clearing bank has opened in Sri Lanka, letting China trade settle without the dollar https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-sampath-bank-rs10bn-basel-iii-debenture/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z CSE clears Sampath Bank's Rs. 10bn debenture, the first slice of a Rs. 50bn programme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-shiranthi-rajapaksa-released-bail-bypass-surgery/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Shiranthi Rajapaksa granted bail as the National Hospital tells court she needs bypass surgery https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-slaf-tarang-shakti-2026-india-exercise/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka sent one surveillance aircraft and six crew to India's Tarang Shakti 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-sri-lanka-u17-beat-pakistan-99-runs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's Under-17s win the series opener in Multan by 99 runs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-sri-lanka-women-u19-tri-series-champions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's Under-19 women defend 158 to win the tri-series final in Faisalabad by four runs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-srilankan-riyadh-dammam-suspension-october-24/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan extends its Riyadh and Dammam suspension to 24 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-suresh-salley-trial-at-bar-ekneligoda/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Suresh Sallay was taken to the Ekneligoda trial-at-bar under CID guard — as witness No. 90 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-tourism-revenue-september-185-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z September tourism revenue rose against last year — and fell 30% against August https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-us-17-million-colombo-port-digitisation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z US puts $17 million into digitising the Port of Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-vidullanka-fiji-mini-hydro-epc/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Vidullanka wins $1.35mn Fiji mini hydro contract, ten months after bidding https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-xpress-pearl-compensation-international-accountability/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z US$1 billion ordered, US$1 million paid: lawyer says X-Press Pearl shows the limits of national courts