https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-10000-rails-imported-coastal-line-rehabilitation/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 2 billion rail shipment clears port two months behind schedule https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-204-wild-elephant-deaths-eight-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z 204 wild elephants dead by mid-August as jaw-bomb killings climb fastest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-akd-central-highlands-authority-estate-rights/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Central Highlands Authority bill due in Parliament as President pledges estate land rights https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-amber-advisory-strong-winds-rough-seas/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Amber advisory shifts north: strong winds off Kankesanthurai, Mannar and Trincomalee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-anuradhapura-korakahawewa-wife-murdered/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Woman killed inside Anuradhapura forest reserve, husband injured in suicide attempt https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-beliatta-arrest-facebook-groups-cid-email/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z First arrest in Facebook image-trading probe as police open CID reporting channels https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-ciaboc-manusha-preliminary-probe-concluded/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Bribery Commission completes preliminary probe into Manusha Nanayakkara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-colombo-port-top-20-container-rankings/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Colombo Port climbs to 20th in global container rankings on 11.9% growth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-dinana-dakuna-imf-poverty-crisis/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Dinana Dakuna says IMF-framed stability masks a collapse in real incomes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-ditwah-4918-houses-under-construction/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Defence Ministry says 4,918 houses under construction for Ditwah victims https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-el-nino-84546-affected-vegetable-prices/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z El Niño toll climbs to 84,546 as traders warn vegetable prices will rise https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-eppawala-lanka-phosphate-capacity/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Lanka Phosphate adds Rs. 110mn of machinery at Eppawala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-expressway-revenue-124-million-long-weekend/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Expressways take Rs. 124 million in two days as Poya long weekend travel peaks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-filgrastim-160000-vials-mcpa-emergency/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Doctors say 160,000 cancer drug vials are stuck over the back of a label https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-government-pharmacists-one-day-strike/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Government pharmacists call one-day strike from Monday over withdrawn allowance circular https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-imf-seventh-review-mission-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z IMF team due in Sri Lanka next month for seventh EFF review https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-jesudasan-properties-70-million-frozen/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 70 million in property linked to drug trafficker Naufer Jesudasan frozen https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-kandy-esala-perahera-water-cutting-concludes/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Kandy Esala Perahera ends with water-cutting ceremony at Gatambe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-king-harald-v-norway-dies-haakon-viii/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Norway's King Harald V dies at 89 and his son becomes King Haakon VIII https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-kodagoda-alternative-dispute-resolution/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Justice Kodagoda says 90% of disputes need not reach a courtroom https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-mahendran-extradition-legal-barrier/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Minister says legal barrier blocks Mahendran's extradition, with other routes under review https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-navodayapuram-housing-50-landslide-families/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z President hands over 'Navodayapuram' houses to 50 landslide-hit families in Poonagala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-navy-commander-india-defence-cooperation/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Navy Commander reviews defence cooperation plan with India on New Delhi visit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-negombo-prison-officers-identification-parade-notices/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Negombo Prison Chief Jailer and 19 officers ordered to face identification parade https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-nepal-barrier-lake-overflow-rescue-suspended/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Barrier lake on the Nepal-Tibet border breaches after halting rescue work https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-nepal-reverses-foreign-rescue-teams/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Nepal reverses course and admits foreign rescue teams after diplomatic pressure https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-parliament-convene-september-8-11/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Parliament to sit for four days from September 8 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-port-city-murder-two-arrested-sigiriya/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Two Chinese nationals wanted over Port City murder arrested in Sigiriya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-pothuhera-derailment-northern-line-disrupted/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Train derails at Pothuhera, disrupting Northern Line services https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-railway-station-masters-basl-22a/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Railway Station Masters' Association backs BASL over 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-reservoirs-drop-kantale-drought-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Reservoirs fall to single digits as drought bites, with Kantale at 30% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-rumesh-tharanga-zurich-diamond-league-92-07m/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Rumesh Tharanga throws 92.07m to win Zurich Diamond League with final attempt https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-sri-lanka-response-un-rapporteur-22a-judges/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tells UN the judges' retirement-age change is not aimed at specific judges https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-state-bungalows-two-years-productive-use/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Two years on, 30 former ministers' bungalows still await a use https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-substance-abuse-80-100-deaths-daily/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Substance use kills 80 to 100 people a day in Sri Lanka, expert tells police campaign https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-two-more-petitions-supporting-22a/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z More intervenient petitions back the 22nd Amendment as supporting side grows https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-ugandan-king-oyo-nyimba-dies-34/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, once the world's youngest monarch, dies at 34 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-28-warm-weather-advisory-hambantota-aug29/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z Warm weather advisory adds Hambantota, pushing the heat warning into the south https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-badowita-asanka-associate-ice-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Alleged distributor in 'Badowita Asanka' drug network arrested with ice https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-basl-responsible-scrutiny-judiciary-22a/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Bar Association: judicial independence is not a shield against scrutiny https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-final-randoli-perahera-begins/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Final Randoli Perahera parades in Kandy behind tusker Wasana https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-fire-house-kinsey-junction-borella/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Fire breaks out at house near Kinsey Junction in Borella https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-galle-motorcycle-three-wheeler-two-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Two killed in Galle crash involving motorcycle and three-wheeler https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-gregory-lake-pollution-cea-findings/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Gregory Lake water could be fatal if drunk, environmental authority finds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-gsp-plus-reapply-2028-herath/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to reapply for EU GSP+ by end of 2028, Foreign Minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-jaffna-restaurant-fined-950000-bottled-water/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Jaffna restaurant fined Rs. 950,000 over Rs. 200 water bottle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-kebithigollewa-infant-three-killed-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Ten-day-old infant among three killed in Kebithigollewa head-on collision https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-maskeliya-hornet-attack-plantation-workers/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Ten plantation workers hospitalised after hornet attack during Maskeliya puja https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-matara-beauty-salon-heroin-ice-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Couple arrested at Matara beauty salon with heroin and Ice worth Rs. 70 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-met-heavy-rainfall-western-sabaragamuwa/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Met Department forecasts rainfall above 50mm in the south-west https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-nepal-flood-toll-270-glacial-collapse/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Nepal flood toll reaches 547 as a new barrier lake threatens a second disaster https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-nikini-full-moon-poya-observed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Buddhists mark Nikini Full Moon Poya, commemorating the First Buddhist Council https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-nilaveli-coral-museum-research-centre/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Nilaveli coral centre to open as museum and research facility https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-npp-mp-intervenes-basl-22a-petition/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z NPP MP asks Supreme Court to throw out Bar Association petition against 22A https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-nuwara-eliya-pony-assault-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Man arrested over pony assault at Gregory Lake after video goes viral https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-online-networks-trading-intimate-images-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Probe launched into online networks trading images of women and children https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-premadasa-rambewa-false-data-promises/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa says government policy rests on false data, citing Rs. 17,315 poverty figure https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-premium-vehicle-registrations-july-jb-securities/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Premium vehicle registrations fall to 115 in July as luxury demand cools https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-president-mahanayake-theros-kandy/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z President calls on Malwathu and Asgiriya Mahanayake Theros in Kandy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-prison-overcrowding-analyst-reports-anuradhapura/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Justice Minister gives six-week timeline for easing prison overcrowding https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-rooftop-solar-300kw-curtailment/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Large rooftop solar ordered off the grid daily until Sunday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-sri-lanka-120th-minimum-wage-ranking/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka 120th of 130 countries in global minimum wage ranking https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-sri-lanka-disaster-aid-nepal-floods/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka commits USD 1 million to Nepal flood relief https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-ssc-test-day-five-sri-lanka-follow-on/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Dinusha's unbeaten 133 saves the SSC Test as Sri Lanka deny India a sweep https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-sun-directly-overhead-sri-lanka-august-28/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Sun passes directly overhead Sri Lanka from Friday, starting over Jaffna https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-uefa-criminal-action-infantino/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z UEFA moves toward criminal case against Infantino over scrapped World Cup sell-off https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-warm-weather-advisory-eastern-six-districts-aug28/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Warm weather advisory for Friday puts Jaffna and Kilinochchi back on the list https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-27-welikada-inmate-escapes-jailors-motorcycle/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z Welikada inmate escapes on a prison jailor's motorcycle