https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-dengue-1276-cases-weekly-rise/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z Dengue cases climb to 1,276 in a week as rains persist https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-england-buttler-ruled-out-oval-odi-decider/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z Buttler ruled out of Oval decider against Sri Lanka as Lawrence joins England squad https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-jaishankar-lavrov-araghchi-unga81/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z India's foreign minister works the Gulf file at the UN, meeting Iran, Russia and Oman https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-navy-jaffna-madagal-drug-seizure/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z Navy seizes heroin and ICE in pre-dawn Jaffna beach operation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-pope-leo-paris-mass-concorde/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z Pope Leo draws 800,000 to Paris Mass, the largest event of his France tour https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-tangalle-dikwella-heroin-seizure/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z 2.8 kg of heroin seized in house raid at Tangalle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-tea-coconut-production-decline-january-july/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z Tea and coconut output fall over the first seven months; rubber holds steady https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-27-venezuela-rodriguez-unga-no-deals/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z Venezuela's interim president leaves the UN with photographs but no deals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-ananda-ganegoda-music-producer-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Veteran music producer Ananda Ganegoda dies at 80 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-athens-plaka-explosion-six-dead/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Six dead, four of them American, as blast levels Athens tourist-district building https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-bangkok-disaster-zone-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Bangkok declared a disaster zone as three days of rain floods the city https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-bimal-fractional-division-22a-walkback/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Bimal Rathnayake concedes a 'fractional division' over 22A, then says he meant society https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-catania-airport-etna-ash-closure/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Etna ash shuts Catania airport into Sunday as Italy raises red aviation alert https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-channels-2026-english-writers-collective/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z English Writers Collective launches Channels 2026 anthology https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-china-us-30-billion-tariff-cut-eight-point-consensus/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z China and US agree $30bn tariff cut and AI talks — and rule out tolls on waterways https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-counsellors-sexual-withdrawal-married-men/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Counsellors report rising sexual withdrawal among married men in Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-crib-36th-agm-record-growth/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Credit bureau reports record 2025 as report volumes jump 41% to 13.46 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-cse-week-mixed-first-capital/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse closes mixed week as foreign selling passes Rs. 57bn for the year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-diesel-subsidy-80-100-rupees-litre/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Government weighs diesel subsidy of Rs. 80 to Rs. 100 a litre from end of month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-dj-chathu-panadura-drug-house-raid/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Police raid Panadura house used as drug packaging base by trafficker 'DJ Chathu' https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-dr-congo-plane-crash-17-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z DR Congo military plane crash kills 17, including two senior generals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-energy-minister-denies-rooftop-solar-curtailment/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Energy Minister rejects claims government is throttling rooftop solar https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-gce-ol-rescrutiny-results-released/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z GCE O/L re-scrutiny results released https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-heavy-rains-2865-affected-15-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Heavy rains affect 2,865 people across 15 districts; two dead, one missing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-high-waves-sea-inundation-southern-coast/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z High waves and sea inundation warning issued for southern coastal areas https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-horowpothana-youth-body-abandoned-well/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Body of 21-year-old found in abandoned well in Horowpothana https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-imf-programme-exit-march-2027-bimal/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Government will exit IMF programme when EFF expires in March 2027, says Bimal Rathnayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-iran-hormuz-seven-day-offer-trump-rejects/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Iran offers to reopen Hormuz in seven days; Trump said to have rejected it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-lasantha-book-launch-ciaboc-culture-of-fear/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Lasantha's killing was a message to every journalist like him, CIABOC chief says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-met-october-november-flood-risk/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Met Department tells authorities to prepare for possible floods in October and November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-mihintale-petition-gnanasara-pardon/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Mihintale chief monk asks President to pardon Gnanasara Thera, launches signature drive https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-namal-rajapaksa-ciaboc-statement-welikada/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Bribery Commission records Namal Rajapaksa's statement inside Welikada Prison https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-ngo-bill-civic-space-arullsamy/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Draft NGO law would make civil society 'align with government policy', TPA politburo member warns https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-peradeniya-ui-greenmetric-2026-ranking/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Peradeniya again Sri Lanka's top university in global sustainability ranking https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-police-leasing-repossession-legal-procedure/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Police warn leasing firms: seize a vehicle by force and you face criminal charges https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-polonnaruwa-kidney-hospital-gas-explosion/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Four separate investigations opened into fatal Polonnaruwa hospital blast https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-rabies-dogs-vaccinated-record/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Record 1.69 million dogs vaccinated as Sri Lanka pushes to end rabies deaths https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-rumesh-tharanga-sweden-javelin-japan/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Sweden-imported javelin reaches Rumesh Tharanga in Japan, days before his Asian Games event https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-samsung-mini-led-tv-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Samsung brings Mini LED televisions to Sri Lanka at Rs. 650,000 and above https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-sc-grama-niladhari-bribery-sentence-affirmed/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court affirms five-year sentence for Grama Niladhari over Rs. 25,000 bribe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-sherin-thewarapperuma-passes-away/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Sherin Thewarapperuma, wife of the late Palitha Thewarapperuma, dies https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-sjb-no-confidence-motion-speaker/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z SJB considering no-confidence motion against Speaker, says Madduma Bandara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-suraksha-student-insurance-hiv-testing/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Suraksha student insurance extended to cover HIV/AIDS testing costs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-susanthika-asian-games-record-broken/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Susanthika Jayasinghe's 24-year Asian Games 100m record broken in Japan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-26-toronto-airport-hashish-cocaine-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z Canadian border officers seize 57kg of drugs bound for Sri Lanka at Toronto airport