https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-bairaha-farms-q2-profit-down-50-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Bairaha Farms second-quarter profit halves to Rs 213.7mn on tax, finance costs and JV losses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-bosnia-eufor-italian-helicopter-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Four killed as Italian EUFOR helicopter crashes in Bosnia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-bread-bakery-prices-rs5-increase/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Bread and bakery products go up Rs 5 from midnight tonight https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-caa-legal-action-laugfs-gas-shortage/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Consumer Affairs Authority weighs legal action against LAUGFS over three-month gas shortage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-disability-caucus-separate-budget-line/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Parliamentary caucus wants a separate disability budget line in every ministry's estimates https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-dmt-data-systems-walana-corruption-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Investigators begin extracting Motor Traffic Department data in corruption probe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-erin-patterson-appeal-life-without-parole/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Australia's mushroom murderer loses appeal and is resentenced to life without parole https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-galle-ai-voice-fraud-medical-student/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Man used AI voice to pose as a medical student and take Rs 1.8 million from a 71-year-old https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-halambage-80-hong-kong-sixes-bangladesh/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Halambage hits 80 off 17 balls as Sri Lanka chase down Bangladesh at the Hong Kong Sixes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-iix-corporate-bond-market-shallow-7-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Corporate bond market at 1% of GDP is too shallow for 7% growth, IIX research finds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-ilo-heat-stress-145000-jobs-2040/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Heat stress could cost Sri Lanka 145,000 jobs and USD 26 billion a year by 2040, ILO finds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-jaffna-man-tid-arrest-mallakam-released/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Jaffna man held by TID on return from India released by Mallakam court https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-kobeigane-three-officers-suspended-custody-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Three Kobeigane police officers suspended over theft suspect's death in custody https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-maligakanda-children-ice-probation-report/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Court orders report on relatives who could take in two children found with ICE https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-monaragala-obbegoda-car-crash-three-injured/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Three injured as car leaves Monaragala–Pottuvil road and overturns at Obbegoda https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-nbro-air-quality-decline-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z NBRO reports air quality decline across northern and central districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-ncm-speaker-not-debated-november-3/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z No-confidence motion against the Speaker will not be debated on November 3, Leader of the House says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-oregon-mcminnville-helicopter-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Three killed as two helicopters collide in mid-air over Oregon farmland https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-padukka-meepe-factory-explosion-three-injured/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Three factory workers injured in Padukka explosion during work on a fuel tank https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-paffrel-terrorism-organised-crime-bills-letter/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z PAFFREL writes to the President questioning both security bills, provision by provision https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-patrick-stewart-dies-86-star-trek/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-police-performance-report-1664-murders-48-children/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z 1,664 murders in three years, including 48 children, Police Performance Report shows https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-sec-chairman-capital-market-budget-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z SEC chairman urges Budget 2027 to put the capital market at the centre of growth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-tourist-arrivals-october-136000-decline/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z October tourist arrivals reach 136,093 as SLTDA reports a fall against last year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-us-midterms-early-voting-43-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z More than 43 million Americans have voted early, five days out from the midterms https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-voters-register-2026-certified-seat-reallocation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z 2026 voters' register certified at 17.64 million, and four districts change seat counts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-a9-bus-woman-dies-medawachchiya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Woman dies aboard Hambantota–Vavuniya bus on the A9 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-african-swine-fever-attention-pigs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Health officials flag African swine fever in pigs, without saying where or how much https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-alliance-finance-orange-bond-rs1bn/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Alliance Finance to raise Rs. 1 billion in Sri Lanka's first Orange Bond https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-amazon-250-devices-services-jobs-cut/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Amazon cuts about 250 jobs in its devices unit, weeks after new Kindle launches https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-andaman-sea-atmospheric-disturbance-met/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Met Department flags a possible new disturbance near the southern Andaman Sea https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-beira-lake-cleanup-2500-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Government says Beira Lake funds will be released shortly, nine months after the Rs 2.5 billion plan was announced https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-breast-cancer-early-detection-caucus/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Women MPs to launch islandwide breast cancer detection drive on 2 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-caa-laugfs-gas-case-colombo-magistrate/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Consumer Affairs Authority sues LAUGFS Gas over failure to maintain continuous supply https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-cb-governor-oil-prices-inflation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank Governor says $100 oil is manageable, but a prolonged spike would push inflation higher https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-centrum-air-tashkent-mattala-flights/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Uzbekistan's Centrum Air begins twice-weekly Tashkent–Mattala flights https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-ceylon-chamber-terrorism-bills-gsp-plus/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Ceylon Chamber warns the two security bills could put GSP+ at risk https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-ciaboc-revision-application-rakitha-bail/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z CIABOC asks High Court to overturn bail in Rs 120 million bribery case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-copf-approves-2027-appropriation-bill/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z COPF clears the 2027 Appropriation Bill ahead of November budget speech https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-court-appeal-pension-marriage-validity/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Pension officials cannot rule a marriage invalid, Court of Appeal holds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-cse-aspi-closes-above-20000/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z ASPI closes above 20,000 for the first time this month, gaining 296.93 points https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-customs-destroys-cigarettes-677-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Customs destroys 2.8 million smuggled cigarettes worth Rs. 677 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-cyclone-arnab-aftermath-deaths-andhra/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Cyclone Arnab's death toll is being reported three different ways a day after landfall https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-dcsl-breweries-beer-operations-transfer/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Distilleries Company absorbs its brewery subsidiary's beer operations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-dfcc-bhutan-development-bank-adb-exchange/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z DFCC Bank hosts Bhutan Development Bank and ADB for five-day finance exchange https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-dried-chillies-india-export-halt-prices/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Dried chillies hit Rs 1,300 a kilo as Indian suppliers stop shipping to Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-environmentalists-kawantissa-ministers-blame/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Environmentalists name two ministers and the President over Kavantissa's death https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-esna-holidays-mackinnons-travels-acquisition/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Esna Holidays acquires Mackinnons Travels from John Keells Holdings https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-fatf-apg-ngo-terrorist-financing-evaluation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z FATF assessors are in Colombo, and they have been asking NGOs about the law written to regulate them https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-futa-one-day-university-strike/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z University teachers to strike for a day on Friday over staff shortages and workload https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-harak-kata-bail-rejected-ag-appeal/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z 'Harak Kata' refused bail again as the Attorney General's appeal keeps the case frozen https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-hemas-wattala-breast-care-symposium/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Hemas Hospital Wattala holds breast care symposium and free screening day https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-homagama-crimes-oic-remanded-november-12/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Homagama Crimes Division OIC remanded until 12 November over custody death https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-homagama-funeral-protest-restraining-order/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Court restrains widow and four others from obstructive protest at custody-death funeral https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-homagama-hqi-suspended-custody-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Homagama police chief suspended over custody death, bringing total to four officers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-homagama-medical-report-ribs-brain-assault/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Medical report in Homagama custody death finds three broken ribs and bleeding in the brain https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-hrcsl-negombo-prison-report-recommendations/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Rights Commission faults prison administration over Negombo deaths, issues eight recommendations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-hrw-organised-crimes-bill-rights-abuses/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Human Rights Watch says organised crimes bill would enable detention without evidence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-indian-arrested-bia-cocaine-ecstasy-rs454m/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Indian engineer held at Katunayake with cocaine and ecstasy valued at Rs 454 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-indian-high-commissioner-tilvin-silva-jvp/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Indian High Commissioner meets JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-indirect-taxes-property-tax-anil-jayantha/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Deputy Finance Minister calls indirect taxes 'super high' but rules out a property tax decision https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-interpol-112-red-notice-suspects-13-countries/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Police say 112 Red Notice suspects have been located in 13 countries, with returns expected by 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-israel-final-count-netanyahu-53-arab-parties-19/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Israel's count closes with Netanyahu on 53, Eisenkot on 48 and Arab parties at a record 19 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-israel-recruitment-g2g-only-2027-slbfe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Israel to hire Sri Lankan workers only through state-to-state scheme from 2027 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-labour-reforms-western-province-consultation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Labour reforms strengthen workers' rights and are not IMF-driven, Deputy Minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-life-sentence-heroin-mutwal-high-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Life sentence for 24 grammes of heroin in 2022 Mutwal case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-mahiyangana-elephant-herd-girandurukotte/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z A herd of more than 100 elephants is raiding Mahiyangana villages, and a school has cancelled after-hours classes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-malinga-mumbai-indians-coaching-exit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Mumbai Indians part ways with Lasith Malinga after three seasons as bowling coach https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-maxxis-champions-of-champions-2025-awards/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Wijaya Motors named top MAXXIS dealer at Champions of Champions awards https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-migrant-workers-welfare-access-directive/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z President orders migrant worker benefits delivered without obstruction, and a proper database built https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-mosquito-breeding-130-moh-divisions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Dengue control drive pushed back a week to November 9 as rain leaves too many sites holding water https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-namal-nr-consultancy-money-laundering-february-11/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa's NR Consultancy money laundering case put off to February, 11 years after the complaint https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-navy-hydrography-students-slnho/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Navy hydrographic office trains 18 university students in marine geospatial work https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-nic-driving-licence-card-printing-shortage/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Card shortages stall both NIC and driving licence printing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-npp-councils-2027-budgets-defeated/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Two NPP-held councils lose their 2027 budget votes on the same day https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-orange-movement-cse-mou-500m-pool/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka joins Orange Movement, opening access to a $500 million gender-finance pool https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-pakistan-ambulance-oxygen-cylinder-explosion/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Ten killed as oxygen cylinder explodes in ambulance at Pakistani medical centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-phantom-imports-seventh-suspect-bail/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Second suspect in a week bailed in the Rs 190 billion outflow case for want of evidence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-pitawala-uva-wellassa-vice-chancellor/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Professor Pitawala appointed Vice-Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-pm-309-primary-schools-facilities/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z PM says 309 primary schools picked for upgrade, 31 funded in first phase https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-premadasa-abolish-executive-presidency/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa urges government to abolish the executive presidency https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-president-sports-high-performance-centre/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z President orders sports plan built around a National High Performance Centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-president-tourism-reforms-sltda-2030/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Mandatory hotel registration floated as President meets tourism industry on 2030 targets https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-presidential-export-awards-28th-bmich/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z 28th Presidential Export Awards set for 8 December at the BMICH https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-private-movie-rooms-cinema-halls/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Cinema owners want hourly-rate 'movie rooms' investigated, saying they pay 35% tax and the rooms pay none https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-rakitha-rajapakshe-bank-accounts-vehicles-frozen/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z CIABOC suspends bank accounts of Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's son in bribery probe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-rupee-337-foreign-bond-outflow/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Rupee weakens again as foreign investors sell government bonds for the first time in four weeks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-sangakkara-ryanair-dublin-airport/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sangakkara accuses Ryanair gate staff of discriminatory treatment at Dublin Airport https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-sirasa-dancing-star-season-two/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sirasa Dancing Star returns on 31 October with 36 hip hop crews and a league format https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-siri-heenpella-journalist-dies-new-york/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Siri Heenpella, who wrote on world affairs for Lankadeepa from New York, dies at 77 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-slbfe-korean-language-test-sms-scam/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Foreign Employment Bureau warns of fake SMS demanding payment for Korean language test https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-slimfa-third-agm-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka-India media association re-elects Nisthar Cassim at third AGM https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-soe-act-legal-draftsman-backlog/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z The SOE Act is stuck in a department working with 40% of its senior posts empty https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-sri-lanka-england-tri-series-dead-rubber/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka face England in Lahore dead rubber with final place already secured https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-sri-lanka-germany-bilateral-cooperation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka seeks wider cooperation with Germany in trade, investment and education https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-sri-lanka-nuclear-energy-assessment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tells nuclear conference it has not decided whether to build reactors https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-station-masters-spain-train-condolences/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan station masters write to Spanish envoy over Toledo rail disaster https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-thal-etaya-elephant-calf-udawalawe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Ailing elephant calf 'Thal-etaya' to be moved to Udawalawe transit home for treatment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-unakuruwa-drowning-tangalle/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z Young man drowns off Unakuruwa, second missing in sea search https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-world-stroke-day-60000-admissions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z 60,000 stroke admissions a year, and about 4,000 deaths, specialists say on World Stroke Day