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-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-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-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-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-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-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 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-aswesuma-331653-removed-991800-qualified/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Aswesuma re-certification removes 331,653 recipients and qualifies 991,800, with a 10-day appeal window https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-caa-lubricant-agreement-number-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Consumer Affairs Authority tells lubricant traders to check agreement numbers, warns of legal action https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-cabinet-opec-fund-mahaweli-phase-2-loan/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears a $60mn OPEC Fund loan for Mahaweli Phase 2, still $276mn short of the bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-cabinet-soe-collective-agreements-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves a performance-based framework for state enterprise collective agreements from January https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-cancer-drug-shortage-terrorism-laws-sanjeewa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Speaking out on cancer drug shortages could be read as terrorism, a doctors' union leader warns https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-cbsl-inflation-8-percent-outlook-remittances/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank expects inflation near 8% into next year, and discloses a failed government dollar bond issue https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-cbsl-max-app-media-27-prohibited-schemes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Max App Media becomes the 27th name on the Central Bank's prohibited pyramid scheme list https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-central-mail-exchange-nine-parcels-drugs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Nine uncollected parcels opened at the Central Mail Exchange yield Rs. 60.2 million in drugs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-coconut-research-institute-productivity-vidyarathna/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Minister orders faster research solutions for coconut growers at Lunuwila institute https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-costa-rica-mega-prison-first-inmates/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Costa Rica moves first 123 inmates into its 5,100-capacity mega-prison https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-cse-aspi-19970-near-20000/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z ASPI closes at 19,970, within 30 points of 20,000, on a second day of gains https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-cse-district-branch-rollout-retail-investors/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z CSE chairman targets 150,000 active investors with a branch in every district https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-customs-gold-import-probe-jiffry-mohamed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Customs opens a gold trail in the phantom-imports case, probing more than 80kg brought in on Jiffry Mohamed's money https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-drc-ebola-10000-cases-bundibugyo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z DR Congo Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 cases with 4,887 deaths https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-dutch-zookeeper-leopard-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopards at Beekse Bergen https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-election-commission-overseas-voting-framework/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Framework for overseas voting to be drawn up from next year, Elections chief says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-fec-website-cyberattack-midterms/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Hackers hit US election commission website, disrupting campaign finance filings a week before the vote https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-flavio-bolsonaro-denies-fleeing-miami/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Flavio Bolsonaro denies fleeing Brazil after landing in Miami https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-gagan-malik-wobsa-tilvin-silva/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Indian actor Gagan Malik leads Buddhist delegation to JVP headquarters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-gammanpila-writ-petition-sathyagraha-suspension/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Gammanpila goes to Court of Appeal over order that suspended the Gnanasara sathyagraha https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-ghafoor-mama-wanathawilluwa-12-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z 'Ghafoor Mama' sentenced to 12 years over the Wanathawilluwa explosives stockpile https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-gotabaya-travel-ban-cid-notice-november-4/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z CID noticed to state facts on lifting Gotabaya Rajapaksa's travel ban https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-grandpass-girl-fall-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Girl, 15, dies after a fall at a Grandpass house; police to report facts to court https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-health-minister-ai-escap-bangkok/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Health Minister urges AI use against disease and climate health risks, elected vice-chair in Bangkok https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-homagama-crime-division-oic-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Homagama Crime Division OIC arrested over death of man in police custody https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-homagama-magistrate-orders-arrest-custody-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Homagama Magistrate orders suspects arrested over death in police custody https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-hrcsl-summons-homagama-oic-custody-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Human Rights Commission summons the Homagama station OIC and two officers over the custody death https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-indirect-taxes-gdp-gva-gap-analysis/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Analysis says a 34.6% jump in consumption taxes explains the gap between Sri Lanka's growth figures and daily life https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-iphone-duo-screen-defects/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Apple to replace iPhone Duo handsets after screen faults appear days after launch https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-itjp-ananthapuram-wounded-ltte-report/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z ITJP report alleges more than 300 wounded LTTE fighters were killed at Ananthapuram in 2009 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-japan-kelani-pump-station-flood-grant/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Japan grants Rs 4.5 billion for a stormwater pump station in the Kelani River basin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-johnston-fernando-bmw-tax-guilty-plea/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Johnston Fernando indicates a guilty plea on three Motor Traffic Act counts, then denies any import-tax fraud charge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-kalutara-bus-crew-motorcycle-gang-attack/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Bus crew attacked at Nagas Junction after a passenger was refused boarding in Moratuwa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-katunayake-cocaine-ecstasy-456-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Indian national held at Katunayake with Rs 456 million in cocaine and narcotic pills, Customs says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-kidfluencing-guidelines-ncpa-children/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka drafting guidelines against 'kidfluencing', Women and Child Affairs Ministry says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-kobeigane-suspect-death-villagers-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Theft suspect caught by villagers and handed to Kobeigane police dies in hospital, four villagers arrested https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-kudawella-fishing-boat-four-fishermen-missing/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Navy and Air Force search for four fishermen whose boat sailed from Kudawella on 21 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-lalith-piyum-perera-bail-youth-services-land/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Former Youth Services chief bailed after Bribery Commission arrest over Ampara land deal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-lightning-warning-monaragala-ampara-batticaloa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Met Department warns of severe lightning in Monaragala, Ampara and Batticaloa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-monaragala-wedikumbura-bus-three-wheeler-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Man of 70 killed and four hurt, including a child, in a head-on bus and three-wheeler crash near Monaragala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-namal-krrish-bail-order-november-3/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa's bail order in the Krrish case fixed for 3 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-nanotyrannus-jodi-sothebys-47-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Nanotyrannus skeleton 'Jodi' sells for $47.3 million at Sotheby's, five times its estimate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-passport-online-booking-mandatory-regional-offices/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Online booking becomes mandatory for passports at regional offices from Thursday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-peliyagoda-customs-cannabis-hashish-thailand/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Customs finds Rs 157 million of cannabis and hashish built into table parts shipped from Thailand as a gift https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-premadasa-police-state-custody-death-bills/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa asks whether the Homagama custody death is a step towards a police state https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-president-bia-katunayake-expansion/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z President tells officials to speed up Katunayake airport expansion at 2027 budget review https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-president-tourism-projects-2027-budget/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z President reviews tourism projects and 2027 budget proposals, in the second of two tourism meetings in one day https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-ratnapura-godigamuwa-canal-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Man dies after falling into a flooded canal at Ratnapura, fall caught on a neighbour's CCTV https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-smart-classrooms-teacher-colleges-china-grant/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Smart classrooms open at two teacher colleges under Chinese grant, with all 20 to follow https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-soe-divestment-holding-company-anil-jayantha/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Government says only a few of its 527 state enterprises are real businesses, and plans to divest some https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-spain-urda-train-crash-64-dead/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z At least 68 killed in Spain train crash as minister blames computer failure then human error https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-srilankan-ul503-bird-strike-aborted-takeoff/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan aborts London take-off after bird strike damages engine; CAA opens investigation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-sugeeshwara-bandara-remanded-november-11/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Sugeeshwara Bandara further remanded until 11 November over double salary allegation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-susan-saint-james-dies-80/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning star of 'McMillan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie', dies at 80 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-terrorism-bill-jo-media-freedom-peiris/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Joint Opposition says the Terrorism Bill would end media freedom, and puts a number on the penalty https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-thenuwara-elephant-fence-land-young-families/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Thenuwara villagers want two electric fences and a patrol service; the minister offers land to young families first https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-thilan-wijesinghe-phantom-case-number-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Named in Parliament over a High Court case his lawyers cannot find, Thilan Wijesinghe asks who supplied it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-turkiye-ankara-visit-labour-agriculture-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Ankara visit yields an agriculture MoU and labour talks alongside the air transport protocol https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-umair-muzammil-bail-jeep-fraud/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Former Colombo mayor's son bailed over alleged Rs 5.9 million jeep fraud https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-unescap-space-conference-jayatissa-bangkok/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tells UN space conference the benefits must reach developing countries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-28-yoshitha-karannagoda-trial-november-23/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Wasantha Karannagoda to stand trial from 23 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-29-ceylon-chamber-kadin-indonesia-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Ceylon Chamber signs cooperation agreement with Indonesia's KADIN