https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-cbsl-asset-freeze-six-companies/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank freezes assets of six companies and their directors, High Court extends orders https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-cds-repeal-act-speaker-endorsement/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Speaker's certificate completes CDS abolition as Act No. 22 of 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-chinese-ambassador-defence-secretary/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z New Chinese Ambassador calls on Defence Secretary in second Defence Ministry visit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-court-appeal-russian-trafficking-sentence/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Court of Appeal cuts couple's trafficking sentence to four years, citing their children https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-dickwella-asian-games-t20i-squad/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Dickwella recalled after five years as Sri Lanka names Asian Games squad https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-elephant-fence-5741km-resource-boost/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Wildlife officers get motorcycles and field vehicles for 5,741km elephant fence network https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-england-sri-lanka-first-odi-result/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Will Jacks takes 5 for 22 as England beat Sri Lanka by 89 runs in first ODI https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-fcid-arrest-24-85-billion-forex-transfers/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z FCID arrests man over Rs. 24.85 billion in foreign currency sent abroad against imports that never arrived https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-imf-seventh-review-mission-concludes/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z IMF ends Sri Lanka mission without staff-level deal, presses on tax and anti-corruption https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-india-ncb-colombo-drug-cooperation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z India's Narcotics Control Bureau chief due in Colombo for anti-trafficking talks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-met-heavy-rain-rough-seas-fishing-advisory/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Met Department warns of rain above 100mm and very rough seas in the Bay of Bengal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-namal-rajapaksa-fort-magistrate-remand/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa due before Fort Magistrate today as Airbus money laundering remand expires https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-national-paper-corporation-driver-missing-cab/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Paper Corporation chairman's driver missing with official cab after fuel-leak call https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-ntmi-driving-licence-medical-appointments/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Free phone booking for driving licence medical tests starts tomorrow, NTMI says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-padavi-parakramapura-assets-frozen/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Couple arrested in Padavi Parakramapura, Rs. 47.5 million in assets frozen https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-presidents-fund-al-achievers-kilinochchi/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z President's Fund to honour 2025 A/L top achievers, starting in Kilinochchi https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-principals-service-salary-subcommittee/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Parliament panel to appoint subcommittee on Principals' Service pay gap https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-protection-state-terrorism-bill-gazetted/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Terrorism Bill gazetted to replace 1979 PTA, adding court oversight and detention limits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-sajith-imf-post-eff-successor-programme/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Sajith presses IMF on what decides whether Sri Lanka needs a successor programme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-slldc-machinery-urban-flood-mitigation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears Rs. 1.23 billion machinery purchase to clear Colombo's urban canals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-three-high-court-judges-appointed/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z President appoints three new High Court judges https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-trump-annihilate-iran-un-talks/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Trump threatens to annihilate Iran at the UN, then confirms his envoys met Iranian officials https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-23-weligama-post-office-missing-2-1-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z Annual audit uncovers Rs. 2.1 million missing at Weligama Main Post Office https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-22a-no-referendum-supreme-court-determination/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z No referendum needed for 22A, Supreme Court tells Parliament — but the sitting Chief Justice is carved out https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-4570-smart-boards-schools-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 4,570 smart boards being distributed to schools, Prime Minister tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-650000-sri-lankans-temporary-migration-unfpa/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 672,249 Sri Lankans are living abroad temporarily, most of them for work https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ag-three-judge-bench-gotagogama-indictments/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z AG asks Chief Justice for a three-judge bench to hear the GotaGoGama attack case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ampara-hospital-director-death-negligence-report/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Doctor presses Health Ministry to publish report into former Ampara hospital director's death https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-anojan-sivarasa-presidential-clemency-appeal/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z President to write to the Saudi King for Anojan Sivarasa; Herath gives Parliament the full case history https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-anti-corruption-bill-referendum-bail-clause/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court: the Anti-Corruption Bill's bail restrictions need a referendum https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-anuradhapura-kalawewa-water-suspension/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Eight-hour water cut across five Anuradhapura areas for Kalawewa plant work https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-bay-of-bengal-deep-depression-red-marine-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Bay of Bengal low becomes a depression; fishing barred across a large block of sea https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-bhavithra-gananathan-sita-wembley/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan-origin actress Bhavithra Gananathan to play Sita at Wembley on Sunday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-cabinet-nic-polycarbonate-cards-muhlbauer/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet awards €4.93m contract for five million polycarbonate identity cards https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ccib-wimal-weerawansa-contempt-investigation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Police open contempt investigation into Weerawansa's Anuradhapura rally remarks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-cea-reusable-bags-colombo-book-fair/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z CEA asks book fair visitors to bring their own bags as polythene rules tighten https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ceat-kelani-fitch-aa-plus-sixth-year/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z CEAT Kelani holds Fitch 'AA+(lka)' rating for a sixth straight year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-chandrasekar-vijay-fishermen-walk-the-talk/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Fisheries Minister challenges Tamil Nadu's Vijay to 'walk the talk' on poaching https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ciaboc-dg-imf-corruption-economic-crisis/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z CIABOC chief tells IMF panel corruption helped cause Sri Lanka's collapse https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-ciaboc-phosphate-export-bribe-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z CIABOC arrests Uva development officer over Rs. 8.1 million phosphate export bribe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-court-of-appeal-high-court-judicial-appointments/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Two High Court judges proposed for Court of Appeal; three new High Court judges due tomorrow https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-cse-gains-fitch-upgrade-aspi/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse climbs back above 21,000 on the Fitch upgrade https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-easter-sunday-convicted-acquitted-named-sentencing/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Named: the 15 convicted and nine acquitted in the Easter Sunday conspiracy case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-easter-sunday-sentencing-220-years-property-confiscated/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Easter Sunday convicts handed 220-year prison terms, all property confiscated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-easter-sunday-verdict-15-guilty-9-acquitted/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Easter Sunday conspiracy trial: 15 convicted, nine acquitted after five years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-el-nino-surpasses-previous-records-met-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Met Office: this El Niño has now surpassed every previous event on record https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-electricity-relief-supplementary-estimate-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 17.2bn supplementary estimate for electricity bill relief goes before Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-england-sri-lanka-first-odi-chester-le-street/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka open ODI series at Chester-le-Street after 3-0 T20I whitewash https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-essential-medicines-shortage-33-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 33 of 618 essential medicines out of stock, Health Minister tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-expressway-seat-belt-exemptions-police/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Police set out who is exempt from the expressway seat belt rule https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-first-capital-growth-3-4-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z First Capital sees growth slowing to 3-4% in 2026 and 2027 on May rate hike https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-fitch-upgrades-sri-lanka-b-minus-stable/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Fitch upgrades Sri Lanka to 'B-' from 'CCC+', outlook stable https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-food-inflation-weather-oil-first-capital/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z First Capital sees food inflation at 8.5% and weather keeping it there into 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-giriulla-police-chase-heroin-arrests/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Police open fire on car in Giriulla chase; three held, outlets differ on the heroin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-harak-kata-kehelbaddara-padme-prison-clash/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 'Harak Kata' and 'Kehelbaddara Padme' clash in prison, one hospitalised https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-herath-condolences-sheikh-ahmed-al-maktoum/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Foreign Minister Herath sends condolences to Dubai over death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-irrigation-director-general-jayadeera/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet names P.M. Jayadeera Director General of Irrigation from 6 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-jagath-angage-arrested-ciaboc/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Former Western Province health minister arrested by CIABOC https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-loku-patty-assets-frozen-welipenna/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 35 million in property linked to 'Loku Patty' frozen under money laundering law https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-mosvold-sixes-october-4/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Mosvold Sixes returns on 4 October with 20 travel companies on the card https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-muthurajawela-bia-jet-fuel-pipeline-china-petroleum/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Chinese state pipeline firm wins $40.84m Muthurajawela–BIA jet fuel contract https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-nadeeka-pushpakumari-asian-games-boxing/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Pushpakumari wins 5-0 at Asian Games as two other Sri Lankan boxers go out https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-namal-rajapaksa-parliament-corruption-promises/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa attacks government over corruption and unkept promises in petroleum debate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-navy-waveless-referee-boat-diyawanna/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Navy reveals it built Sri Lanka's first waveless referee boat for Diyawanna rowing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-neville-fernando-hospital-air-force-treasury/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Treasury to own Neville Fernando Hospital outright, Air Force to run it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-omega-traders-dhal-processing-facility-wattala/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Omega Traders opens 150-tonne-a-day dhal processing plant at Wattala, plans to buy local black matpe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-salley-medical-board-september-28-passwords/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Medical board keeps Salley in hospital until 28 September as password standoff continues https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-slbfe-133-construction-workers-israel/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 133 construction workers leave for Israel on Wednesday in first visible construction batch https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-slinex-26-concludes-visakhapatnam/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z SLINEX-26 ends in Visakhapatnam with live firing and anti-piracy drills https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-sri-lanka-cricket-bill-cabinet-gazette/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears new Sri Lanka Cricket Bill for gazette and Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-sri-lanka-india-asian-games-womens-cricket-final/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka Women take Asian Games silver after 147-run defeat to India https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-sri-lanka-indonesia-bilateral-consultations-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves five-year consultations MoU with Indonesia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-vehicle-registrations-august-nine-month-low/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Vehicle registrations fall 13.8% in August to nine-month low https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-viyasa-business-facilitation-centre-opens/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z 'ViYASA' business facilitation centre opens under the Presidential Secretariat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-western-province-north-heroin-firearms-weliweriya/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Seven locally made guns, 531 rounds and 2kg of heroin seized after a 5g Ice arrest led police up the chain https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-wolverine-path-ii-russia-exercise-primorye/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan troops train on Russian soil for the first time as 'Wolverine Path II' opens in Primorye https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-22-world-congress-snakes-kandy-october/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z Kandy to host inaugural World Congress on Snakes from 1 October, with over 400 delegates