https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-anthropic-ipo-nasdaq-1-3-trillion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Anthropic sets $70-$78 range for Nasdaq listing, valuing the Claude maker near $1.3 trillion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-anuradhapura-monks-fast-custody-sacred-city/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Monks on fast-unto-death taken into police custody after confrontation at Ruwanweli Maha Seya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-asia-foundation-police-cybersecurity-campaign/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Police and Asia Foundation launch national cybercrime awareness campaign aimed at small businesses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-agriculture-paddy-yaya-model/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 opens underused paddy land to other crops, funds collective 'Yaya' farming https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-airports-bia-mattala/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: BIA expansion, Rs 6 billion for Ratmalana runway, new investors sought for Mattala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-ambulance-fleet-replacement/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget allocates Rs 3 billion to replace state ambulances over 20 years old https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-bunkering-three-ports/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Colombo bunkering capacity to rise 50,000 tonnes as Trincomalee tanks open to investors https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-cess-pal-newsprint-solar/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 cuts CESS 25% on 800 import lines and scraps the port levy on newsprint and solar batteries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-concessional-credit-schemes/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget channels Rs 174 billion in concessional credit at 3% to 5% interest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-cpc-kolonnawa-port-pipeline/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Rs 16.3 billion pipeline to halve oil unloading time from 96 to 48 hours https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-ditwah-supplementary-estimate/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Ditwah rebuild needs another Rs 260 billion in 2027, supplementary estimate tabled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-fisheries-600-million-exports/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget targets doubling fisheries exports to US$600 million by 2030 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-flood-control-colombo-canals/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 puts Rs 10.9 billion into urban flood control, Rs 3.2 billion of it on Colombo's canals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-food-levy-sprats-sugar/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sprats and Maldive fish levies cut to Rs 10 a kilo from Friday, sugar levy up Rs 10 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-heritage-citizenship-dual-fees/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: dual citizenship fees scrapped for spouses and descendants under heritage programme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-imf-committee-after-eff/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet committee to decide whether Sri Lanka seeks another IMF programme after March https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-income-tax-threshold-brackets/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 lifts the tax-free threshold to Rs 1.95 million and inserts a new 12% band https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-industrial-estates-minerals/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 4 billion for industrial estates, and a push to commercialise graphite, quartz and mineral sands https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-land-records-digitisation-bimsaviya/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 800 million for Bimsaviya, plan to digitise 3.5 million land parcels https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-livestock-dairy-poultry/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 funds breeding stock imports and revives stalled Badalgama milk plant https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-mannar-oil-four-contracts/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to award four Mannar Basin oil exploration contracts after February bid deadline https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-metro-buses-kandy-galle-jaffna/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Metro bus service to extend to Kandy, Galle and Jaffna, with 100 electric buses donated by China https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-olympic-gold-100-million-sports/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 100 million for an Olympic gold, Rs 2.5 billion to widen participation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-plantation-tea-rubber-coconut/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget allocates Rs 13 billion to plantations, targets US$5 billion in exports by 2030 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-power-grid-condensers-statcom/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget funds synchronous condensers and a Padukka STATCOM to stabilise the grid https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-presented-fiscal-numbers/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 goes to Parliament today with Rs. 2 trillion for capital spending and further PAYE relief https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-public-sector-pay-allowances/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: Rs 110 billion for the final phase of public sector pay, with allowance rises across eight services https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-railway-electrification/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 commits over Rs 1,200 billion to electrifying three railway lines https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-roads-487-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 allocates Rs 487 billion for roads, with Rs 53.4 billion for Kadawatha–Mirigama https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-rural-broadband-towers/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027: five-year tax break and Rs 35 million grants to put broadband towers in rural villages https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-share-for-everyone-students/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget offers A-Level students free share portfolios worth up to Rs 10,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-solar-battery-subsidy/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 offers up to Rs 250,000 for home solar batteries and scraps the 10% import levy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-tourism-development-levy-abolished/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 abolishes the Tourism Development Levy from April 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-uae-oman-cepa/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to seek economic partnership deals with UAE and Oman, apply to join RCEP https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-university-medical-faculties/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget sets aside Rs 450 million to start Rs 8 billion Peradeniya and Wayamba medical faculties https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-urban-low-income-housing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 allocates Rs 26.8 billion for urban low-income housing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-vat-exemption-books/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 exempts books and printed material from VAT, three years after the tax was imposed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-vat-film-tickets/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 splits cinema ticket VAT across the film chain and gives e-invoices legal force https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-budget-2027-water-sanitation-77-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 allocates Rs 77 billion for drinking water and sanitation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-cricket-bill-supreme-court-two-clauses/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court finds two clauses of the Sri Lanka Cricket Bill inconsistent with the Constitution https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-cse-aspi-rebound-rupee-close/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse rebounds above 22,000 on budget day as rupee eases to 332.50 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-dialog-axiata-3q-2026-profit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Dialog nine-month profit nearly doubles to Rs. 28.5 billion on data and broadband growth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-dutch-embassy-fake-job-rackets-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Dutch Embassy warns of fake job rackets using forged immigration letters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-eu-gsp-framework-apparel-brussels-eba/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z New EU preferences scheme starts in January, with GSP+ holders required to reapply https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-ev-import-standards-research-staffing-committee/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Parliament committee seeks mandatory standards for imported EVs, flags research staff shortage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-farmer-crop-insurance-scheme-aaib/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z New crop insurance scheme offers farmers Rs 100,000 an acre against climate losses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-foreign-ministry-tourist-visa-jobs-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Ministry warns Sri Lankans against travelling abroad for work on tourist visas https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-galle-nakiadeniya-shops-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Fire destroys four shops at Nakiadeniya in Galle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-gampaha-kelaniya-water-cut-saturday/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z 13-hour water cut for parts of Gampaha and Kelaniya on Saturday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-gardiner-group-pickle-island-acquisition/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Gardiner Group buys pickleball venture The Pickle Island, with Aravinda de Silva as partner https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-hajj-2027-quota-saudi-agreement/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka secures 3,500-pilgrim Hajj quota for 2027 under Saudi agreement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-haycarb-1h-revenue-profit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Haycarb half-year revenue up 42% to Rs. 40.6 billion as energy storage carbon demand holds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-johnston-fernando-economy-sathosa/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Johnston Fernando says the government cannot manage the economy and defends his Sathosa record https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-kandy-water-cut-friday/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Five-hour water cut for several Kandy-area localities on Friday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-laugfs-gas-cylinder-deliveries-resume/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z LAUGFS Gas to resume cylinder deliveries after 3,000-tonne LPG shipment arrives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-leptospirosis-6900-cases-high-risk-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z 6,900 rat fever cases reported this year, Epidemiology Unit says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-lunugamvehera-maw-ara-spill-gates/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Lunugamvehera, Alikota Ara and Maw Ara reservoirs spilling as rains continue https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-manchester-united-sack-michael-carrick/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Manchester United sack Michael Carrick with club in relegation zone https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-met-rain-warning-five-provinces-southern/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Met warns of over 100mm rain in five provinces today, Southern added https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-national-park-bikini-photoshoot-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Environment Ministry opens probe into alleged commercial photoshoots inside national parks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-navy-trawler-narcotics-southern-seas/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Navy seizes another multi-day trawler suspected of carrying narcotics in southern deep seas https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-nbro-ditwah-landslide-warnings-depression/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z NBRO warns Ditwah-weakened slopes could slip again as a Bay of Bengal depression nears https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-nvidia-board-huang-future-shares-plunge/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Nvidia board to weigh Jensen Huang's future as shares plunge 8.6% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-nvidia-huang-resigns-kress-interim-ceo/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns; CFO Colette Kress named interim chief https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-opec-oil-output-near-pre-war-levels/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Global oil output back to 97% of pre-war levels, OPEC says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-premadasa-pre-budget-workshop-imf-data/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa says the government is budgeting on hidden data and a broken IMF mandate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sampath-bank-september-quarter-tax-relief/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sampath Bank September quarter profit up 15% — but pre-tax earnings fell 7% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-scott-colom-mississippi-senate-win/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, a first for the state in 140 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sl-women-ireland-emerging-nations-trophy/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka women open Emerging Nations Trophy with a 10-wicket rout of Ireland https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sptde-matara-hambantota-transmission-line/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Shanghai Electric unit wins contract for 78 km Matara–Hambantota transmission line https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-sri-lanka-pakistan-first-test-first-innings/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka take 12-run first-innings lead in Rawalpindi as de Silva and Mendis make centuries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-terrorism-bill-supreme-court-determination/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court finds Terrorism Bill clauses inconsistent with Constitution, Speaker tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-thailand-alcohol-buddhist-holidays/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Thailand permits alcohol sales at five venue types on Buddhist holidays https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-vehicle-registrations-october-drop-third/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z New-car registrations fall by a third in October as Sri Lanka's vehicle market cools https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-wanathawilluwa-lactoswatte-trial-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Wanathawilluwa training camp case: further evidence set for November 17 and 18 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-wang-yi-rubio-phone-call/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Wang Yi and Rubio hold phone call described as positive and productive https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-washington-dc-logan-circle-shooting/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z One killed and four injured in Washington DC shooting; suspect found dead https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-windforce-1h-bess-expansion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z WindForce commissions five battery storage plants as half-year profit edges up to Rs. 1.86 billion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-12-yoshitha-money-laundering-postponed-november-26/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z Yoshitha Rajapaksa's money-laundering trial put off to 26 November after he reports illness https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-anojan-sivarasa-saudi-charges-dropped/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Saudi prosecutors drop the case against Anojan Sivarasa, clearing him completely https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-bangladesh-pro-hasina-protests-violence/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Police fire tear gas as pro-Hasina protests turn violent across Bangladesh https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-bay-bengal-depression-east-coast-november-15/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Met chief says Bay of Bengal system may deepen and track north along Sri Lanka's east coast https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-bimstec-health-ministers-nalinda-chairman/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Jayatissa elected to chair BIMSTEC's first health ministers' meeting in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-budget-2027-speech-tomorrow-debate-timetable/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Budget 2027 speech set for Thursday afternoon, with a 26-day debate running to 14 December https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-bus-lalith-hanwella-mahogany-firearms/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Second weapons cache traced to 'Bus Lalith' in Hanwella, hidden in a mahogany tree https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-business-name-registration-five-day-pilot/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka pilots a five-day business name registration, replacing a process in place since 1918 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-cabinet-9bn-road-contracts-rr-maga-els/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet awards Rs 9bn in road contracts to RR Construction, Maga and ELS https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-ceylon-chamber-unioncamere-italy-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Ceylon Chamber signs agreement with Italy's national chamber union https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-chilaw-plantations-chairman-bribery-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Former Chilaw Plantations chairman arrested over 2014 textile purchase https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-citrus-leisure-lotus-tower-pact-extension/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Citrus Leisure extends Lotus Tower management deal to June 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-colombo-drainage-20km-469km-cabinet/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet says 20km of Colombo's 469km drainage network has been upgraded since 2014 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-colombo-roads-flooded-nbro-seven-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Colombo roads flood again as landslide warnings go out for seven districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-contempt-case-six-full-day-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Court of Appeal takes up contempt case against Weerawansa, Gammanpila and Dilith Jayaweera for a full day https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-copf-bank-lending-priorities-credit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z COPF questions whether bank lending is reaching production as short-term credit rises https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-cpc-first-half-profit-29-2-billion-subsidy/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z CPC's gross profit fell 73% in the first half — but a Rs. 41bn subsidy pushed net profit up 72% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-crosslink-cbsl-unauthorized-deposits/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank names Crosslink firms over unauthorised deposit-taking https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-cse-aspi-22032-streak-ends-profit-taking/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse's six-session winning run ends, but the ASPI holds 22,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-customs-october-revenue-exceeds-target/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Customs beats its October target by 4.9%, with 10-month revenue up 15.9% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-darchiev-russian-ambassador-us-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Russia's ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, dies at 66 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-dengue-control-operations-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Health Ministry sets up Dengue Control Operations Office as mosquito density rises https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-dialog-axiata-september-quarter-profit-9-25bn/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Dialog Axiata September quarter net profit jumps 62% to Rs 9.24bn on lower costs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-ey-eligible-bank-audits-cbsl/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank clarifies EY remains eligible to audit licensed banks after NDB partner restrictions https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-france-iran-irgc-supermarket-fridge-cyberattack/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z France blames Iran's Revolutionary Guard for supermarket fridge cyberattack https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-fuel-pricing-formula-private-operators-aponsu/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Energy Secretary: pricing formula lets private suppliers raise fuel prices despite subsidy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-gampola-landslide-met-100mm-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Landslide splits Gampola road in two as Met warns of 100mm rain in five provinces https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-gin-ganga-attanagalu-oya-warnings-extended/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Flood warnings for the Gin Ganga and Attanagalu Oya basins extended by a further 24 hours https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-grade-6-entrepreneurship-financial-literacy/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Entrepreneurship and financial literacy to enter the Grade 6 curriculum from 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-handunnetti-tar-shortage-government-two-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z 'Even finding the tar is hard': Handunnetti answers the two-year question in Matara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-hies-2025-income-divergence-quintiles/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's poorest fifth lost 16% of real income over nine years as the richest fifth gained 16% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-hirunika-appeal-three-judge-bench-january/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Three-judge bench to hear Hirunika Premachandra's appeal on 21 January https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-iran-lifts-2000km-missile-range-cap/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Iran lifts self-imposed 2,000km cap on ballistic missile range https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-kavantissa-elephants-public-property-cid/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Court rules elephants are public property, hands Kavantissa shooting probe to the CID https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-keratoconus-eye-rubbing-children/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Keratoconus now found in children as young as seven, cornea surgeon warns https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-knesset-opens-herzog-october-7-inquiry/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Israel's new Knesset opens with Herzog urging an October 7 inquiry https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-kolkata-mumbai-air-india-hijack-scare/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Air India flight moved to isolation bay at Kolkata after 'hijack alert' found on toilet mirror https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-kotmale-spill-gates-mahaweli-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Kotmale spill gates opened as a precaution, with Victoria now running six https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-lady-ridgeway-child-kidneys-missing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Health Ministry faces protest over child's death at Lady Ridgeway, with both kidneys still unaccounted for https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-lalkantha-provincial-council-elections-approval/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Lalkantha says public approval is higher now than at the election, wants provincial polls soon https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-lalkantha-rice-consumption-public-servants/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Agriculture Minister tells public servants to cut their rice intake by two-thirds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-lanka-ashok-leyland-six-month-revenue-78-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Lanka Ashok Leyland revenue up 78% to Rs 13.8bn, with no government vehicle purchases https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-mahela-jayawardene-nalanda-keerthi-sri/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Mahela Jayawardene conferred the Nalanda Keerthi Sri honorary title https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-matara-coop-vehicles-frozen-lakshman-yapa-cid/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Matara court freezes 12 vehicles in Rs 5bn co-op fraud as ex-minister gives CID statement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-metro-bus-jaffna-trial-run/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Metro bus service runs first Jaffna route trial as expansion moves north https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-midigama-house-shooting-matara/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Gunman fires at Midigama house before dawn; no one hurt https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-minor-crop-exports-cinnamon-150-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Minor crop exports top Rs. 150 billion in nine months, with cinnamon at Rs. 76 billion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-natural-capital-accounts-dcs-jayakody/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Statistics chief says GDP growth can mask a decline in Sri Lanka's natural wealth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-nayomi-chan-death-minister-tribute/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Women and Child Affairs Minister pays tribute to Nayomi Chan after death in childbirth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-odel-september-quarter-loss-704mn/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Odel's September quarter loss widens to Rs 704mn as margins slip and negative equity deepens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-oversight-lk-opposition-budget-website/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Opposition launches oversight.lk to track budget promises, a day before the Budget speech https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-pakistan-anchor-rabia-ahsan-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Pakistani news anchor Rabia Ahsan shot dead at home, husband in custody https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-panduwawala-frontier-research-executive-director/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Frontier Research appoints Thilina Panduwawala executive director https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-pathirana-contempt-court-unconditional-apology/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Lecturer Mahinda Pathirana ready to apologise unconditionally over contempt charge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-police-cybercrime-765-arrests-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Police report 765 arrests for digital fraud this year as IGP orders crackdown https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-president-final-2027-budget-transformation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z President reviews final 2027 Budget as government frames it as a shift from stabilisation to transformation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-pucsl-no-tariff-revision-q4/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z No electricity tariff revision for the final quarter, regulator rules https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-ranil-uk-trip-case-postponed-december-9/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Ranil's London trip case put off to December 9 as AG's advice is still awaited https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-remittances-7-6-billion-ten-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Worker remittances reach US$ 7.6 billion in ten months after steady October inflows https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-riyadh-houthi-cruise-missiles-intercepted/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Saudi coalition says it destroyed three Houthi cruise missiles aimed at Riyadh https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-sajith-premadasa-treasury-budget-relief/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z 'If the treasury is overflowing, why does relief need a budget?' — Premadasa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-sedawatta-container-cigarettes-600-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Container with 5.7 million smuggled cigarettes seized at Sedawatta yard https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-shangri-la-sri-lanka-hotels-profit-triples/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Shangri-La's two Sri Lankan hotels more than triple profit as occupancy rises against falling arrivals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-singer-september-quarter-finance-costs/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Singer's September-quarter profit slips 4% as finance costs more than double https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-softlogic-life-september-quarter-profit-plunge/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Softlogic Life September quarter profit falls 93% despite premium growth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-spain-general-strike-housing-14-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Spain stages first general strike in 14 years as housing costs eat a young worker's whole salary https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-sri-lanka-404-rawalpindi-de-silva-mendis/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka close on Pakistan's total at 404/4 as de Silva and Kusal Mendis make centuries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-sri-lanka-maternal-mortality-rate/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's maternal death rate runs far below the global and South Asian average https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-uduwara-earth-slip-badulla-bandarawela/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Earth slip at Uduwara shuts the Badulla–Bandarawela road completely https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-us-sovereign-government-cloud-cybercx/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z US to back Sri Lanka's sovereign government cloud and national AI computing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-11-visit-visa-foreign-employment-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-11T00:00:00.000Z Ministry warns against working abroad on visit visas, citing hardship in Malaysia, Dubai and Oman