https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-ahangama-kathaluwa-tipper-bus-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Five hurt as overtaking tipper truck hits oncoming bus near Kathaluwa bridge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-all-schools-closed-october-27-weather/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z All schools island-wide to close on Tuesday as heavy rain persists https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-ccib-dematagoda-vas-kavi-video-lawyer/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z CCIB investigates a viral video alleging a beating at Dematagoda Police; lawyer gives a statement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-dhamma-school-teacher-training-modules/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Ministry introduces four training modules for Dhamma school teachers as attendance falls https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-exports-13-61-billion-nine-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Export earnings reach US$13.61 billion in nine months, up 5.04 percent https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-hatton-mawanella-landslides-estate-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Earth falls on buses at Hatton, boulders block a Mawanella road as the hill country takes the rain https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-indian-national-kush-bia-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Indian national held at Katunayake with 5.1kg of Kush worth Rs. 51 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-indian-navy-first-training-squadron-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Indian Navy training squadron docks in Colombo on Monday with five Sri Lankan cadets aboard https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-kalu-ganga-mahaweli-minor-flood-warnings/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Flood warnings spread to four basins and 29 divisions as the rain moves west https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-kalutara-police-shoot-three-wheeler-drugs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Man shot by police in Kalutara is the alleged supplier of the Nagoda murder weapon https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-kande-viharaya-tusker-tour-guide-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Tour guide trampled to death by temple tusker at Kande Viharaya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-kassapa-thera-police-investigation-incitement/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Police investigate Balangoda Kassapa Thera's satyagraha remarks after NPP complaint https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-keheliya-travel-ban-compensation-nonpayment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court bars Keheliya Rambukwella and three others from leaving the country over unpaid compensation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-lula-wins-fourth-term-brazil/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil after overturning a first-round defeat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-nissanka-ruled-out-pakistan-tests-udara/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Nissanka ruled out of the Pakistan Tests, with Lahiru Udara called up as his replacement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-norochcholai-unit-two-maintenance-shutdown/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Norochcholai's second unit goes offline again for maintenance, two days after the plant was made whole https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-police-uniformed-officers-traffic-enforcement-powers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Any uniformed officer can book a traffic offender, police say after social media questions https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-reservoirs-spilling-polgolla-victoria-thabbowa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Eight reservoirs discharging and Kala Wewa over capacity as NBRO issues landslide red notices https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-slns-gajabahu-bimstec-maritime-exercise/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z SLNS Gajabahu sails for India for the first BIMSTEC maritime security exercise https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-supreme-court-annuls-ranil-pardon-maintenance/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court voids a pardon Ranil Wickremesinghe gave a maintenance defaulter https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-supreme-court-commercial-high-court-jurisdiction/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court revives dismissed commercial case, holding jurisdiction cannot be stripped at pre-trial https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-sweden-bans-chatgpt-claude-government/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Sweden blocks ChatGPT and Claude on government computers, keeps Copilot https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-unp-presidential-pardon-gnanasara-call/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z UNP calls for an immediate presidential pardon for Gnanasara Thera https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-uss-canberra-second-colombo-visit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z US warship USS Canberra returns to Colombo for a second visit this year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-26-vegetable-prices-rise-rainy-weather/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z Tomatoes jump to Rs 650 a kilo at wholesale as rain drives vegetable prices up https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-caa-islandwide-price-display-raids/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Nearly 200 violations found in five days of CAA raids on shops not displaying prices https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-dickoya-hornsey-college-documents-burned/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Pupils' birth certificates burned in break-in at Dickoya's Hornsey College https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-dmc-10311-affected-adverse-weather/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z First death of the weather spell as DMC puts over 10,500 people in 12 districts affected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-france-second-wave-protests-1000-detained/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z France's second protest wave draws 410,000 as nearly 1,000 are detained https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-harini-amarasuriya-cnn-quest-neutrality/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z PM tells CNN Sri Lanka will stay out of the Iran war: conflicts like it "serve no one" https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-homagama-police-custody-death-allegation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Police say Homagama custody death was sudden illness; family alleges assault https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-iranian-tanker-crew-evacuated-galle/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Sick crew evacuated from Iranian tankers off Galle, treated, and flown home https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-kandy-protest-kavantissa-elephant-killings/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Kandy protest over Kavantissa returns to the street, asking who wanted the tusks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-karunathilaka-renewable-beyond-70-percent-afp/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Energy Minister says Sri Lanka may push past its 70% renewable target — and will reprice rooftop solar https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-katana-heroin-21kg-narcotics-bureau/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Narcotics Bureau seizes more than 21kg of heroin in Katana raid https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-kavantissa-villagers-allege-forced-confessions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Galgamuwa villagers say wildlife officers pressed Kavantissa suspects to confess https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-koggala-habaraduwa-train-school-bus-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Thirteen children injured as train hits school excursion bus at ungated Koggala crossing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-lioc-octane-95-petrol-rs-495/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z All three private distributors raise Octane 95 petrol by Rs 20 to Rs 495 a litre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-litro-700000-cylinders-goodwill-vessel/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Litro to put 700,000 gas cylinders on the market by Tuesday as fifth vessel docks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-navy-109-billion-narcotics-year/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Navy puts a year of narcotics seizures at Rs 109 billion, and the Talalla haul explains the jump https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-pakistan-england-lahore-tri-series-fourth-match/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Shadab's unbeaten 113 wins it by one wicket, and leaves Sri Lanka one win from the final https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-pakistan-test-squad-sri-lanka-masood-dropped/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan drop Shan Masood and their frontline spinners for the Sri Lanka Tests https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-php-circular-state-institutions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Ministry circular orders all state institutions to fix PHP flaws, with 70% of sites exposed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-riyadh-king-khalid-airport-reopens/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Riyadh airport reopens two terminals, with the Houthis calling it a target https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-satyagraha-suspended-mahanayake-intervention/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Monks suspend Viharamahadevi satyagraha after Mahanayake Theros step in https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-sltb-200-electric-bus-audit-procurement/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Audit finds SLTB's 200-electric-bus plan stalled: ten bidders, one bid, nothing bought https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-taavi-samaraweera-fifth-gold-italy/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Taavi Samaraweera takes a fifth gold of 2026 at the WTT Youth Contender in Italy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-tilanka-kalalgoda-ice-arrest-nugegoda/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Colombo district ICE distributor arrested at Kalalgoda with 1kg of crystal meth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-tourist-arrivals-1-8-million-sltda/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Tourist arrivals pass 1.8 million but run 1.4% behind last year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-25-vap-poya-katina-season-begins/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z Vap Poya falls today, opening the Katina robe-offering season