https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-ahungalla-ice-heroin-kush-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Man arrested in Ahungalla with Ice, heroin and kush https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-amber-advisory-hambantota-pottuvil/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Amber advisory narrows to the south-east: 50-60 kmph gusts off Hambantota to Pottuvil https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-anuradhapura-man-hacked-death-exam/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Father hacked to death in Anuradhapura after dropping daughter at A/L exam centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-bhutan-food-systems-summit-amarasuriya-tobgay/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Amarasuriya invokes Parakramabahu's water principle at Bhutan food summit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-brazil-sugarcane-agreement/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves Brazil sugarcane agreement under a 2008 cooperation framework https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-community-corrections-house-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears community corrections bill for Parliament as house-arrest law is drafted https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-crime-cooperation-pacts-korea-china/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears cross-border crime pacts with South Korea and China https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-nepal-1-million-approved/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet formally approves the US$1 million donation to Nepal first pledged five days ago https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cabinet-quarantine-ordinance-1897-review/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet orders a review of Sri Lanka's 1897 quarantine law, a decade after the last attempt stalled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-cbsl-statistics-growth-below-2018/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Two years of ~5% growth, and the economy is still smaller than in 2018 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-ceylinco-dengue-chikungunya-cover/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Ceylinco General launches a dengue and chikungunya policy at Rs. 2,000 a year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-ceylon-king-coconut-village-250/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z 'Ceylon King Coconut Village' programme to launch in Kurunegala with 250 villages planned https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-construction-pmi-july-61-4/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Construction PMI rises to 61.4 in July as bitumen shortages persist https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-current-account-deficit-july-142mn/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Current account in deficit for a fourth month as trade gap hits US$6.5bn https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-customs-revenue-eight-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Customs beats August target four days early, banks Rs. 1.83 trillion in eight months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dammika-kumara-french-maritime-order/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z France awards Order of Maritime Merit to KDU Vice Chancellor Dammika Kumara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dengue-cases-august-10157/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z August closes with 10,157 dengue cases — barely a third of July's total https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dhanasiri-amaratunga-ccib-basik-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Former Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia mayor gives statement to CCIB in Shiran Basik probe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-dry-weather-88068-crop-damage-compensation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Dry weather now affects 88,068 people, as Cabinet allocates Rs. 3bn for 8,000 acres of ruined crops https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-futa-lecturers-protest-september-2/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z University lecturers to protest on Wednesday as FUTA says 1,000 have left the state system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-hand-grenade-kavinda-jayawardhana-jaela/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Hand grenade found in canal behind SJB MP Kavinda Jayawardhana's home https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-horton-plains-visitor-limits-shuttle/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Horton Plains to get daily visitor caps, online booking and an electric shuttle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-intermediate-grade-medical-officers-committee/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Six-member committee to study proposed intermediate grade for doctors, report in a month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-kalu-malli-arrested-dubai-interpol/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z 'Kalu Malli', brother of drug suspect 'Dehibale Malli', arrested in Dubai https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-kegalle-npp-councillor-remanded-cabana-fraud/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z NPP councillor remanded over Rs. 26 million cabana project fraud https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-madampe-youth-arrested-child-abuse/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Madampe police arrest 20-year-old over alleged repeated abuse of 13-year-old girl https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-missing-schoolgirls-balangoda/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Three 17-year-old schoolgirls missing from Balangoda found in Trincomalee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-muralitharan-family-missing-nepal-floods/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan-origin family of four among 43 Australians missing in Nepal floods https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-namal-rajapaksa-youth-slpp-voters-returning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Namal says voters are returning to the SLPP, and that the government broke its promises to the young https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-nbro-30000-houses-landslide-relocation/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z NBRO says nearly 30,000 houses in landslide-prone areas need relocating https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-nepal-hydropower-tunnel-rescue-933-workers/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Nepal turns to controlled blasts to open flooded hydropower tunnels holding 933 workers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-pezeshkian-reciprocate-us-interim-deal/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Iran offers to reciprocate if US returns to June deal, days after strikes resumed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-piyankara-jayaratne-sentenced-seven-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Former aviation minister Piyankara Jayaratne jailed for seven years over May Day lunch bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-public-debt-97-952-billion-pdmo/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Public debt reaches US$97.95bn at end-June, with foreign debt up $540mn in three months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-rainfall-electricity-tariffs-un-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z MP warns weak rains could push power tariffs up, as UN flags heavy rain from October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-rockfall-threat-hatton-colombo-ginigathhena/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Residents warn of loose rocks and trees above the Hatton-Colombo road at Ginigathhena https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-roshan-amarasinghe-cid-director/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z SSP Roshan Amarasinghe appointed to head the CID, on NewsFirst's account in an acting capacity https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-sajith-climate-national-security-caucus/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa tells climate caucus the issue is national security, not just the environment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-showers-forecast-strong-winds-sept1/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Showers and 40 kmph winds forecast again on Tuesday as the pattern holds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-taavi-samaraweera-silver-croatia/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Taavi Samaraweera takes silver in Croatia for a fifth straight U-11 final https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-thushara-fernando-motor-traffic-commissioner/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Thushara Fernando takes over as Motor Traffic Commissioner General https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-vijitha-herath-unhrc-judicial-reforms/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Government tells Geneva the judges' tenure extension answers the UN's own recommendations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-wei-huaxiang-tilvin-silva-jvp-china/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z New Chinese ambassador's first party call is on the JVP, a week after presenting credentials https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-world-bank-200mn-tourism-thrive-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z World Bank to lend $200mn for tourism, starting with $77mn to keep visitors in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-world-bank-296-irrigation-tanks-ditwah/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 5.8bn World Bank programme begins on 296 minor tanks, most damaged by Cyclone Ditwah https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-xpress-pearl-judges-bribery-complaint/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Bribery complaint filed against three Supreme Court judges over X-Press Pearl compensation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-yala-ponds-drought-wild-animals/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Wildlife Department trucks water into Yala as forest water sources run dry https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-01-youth-missing-kalu-ganga-horana/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z Search for 19-year-old swept away in the Kalu Ganga at Horana https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-40-unions-basl-22a-joint-statement/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Forty unions and professional bodies sign joint statement backing BASL against 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-anuradhapura-612-tanks-below-5-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Water in 612 Anuradhapura tanks falls below 5% as Rajarata drought deepens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-arogya-1000-wellness-centres-launch/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z 1,000 Arogya wellness centres project launched with Rs. 50mn allocated per centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-asgiriya-prelate-temple-lands-urumaya-dambulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Asgiriya Chief Prelate rejects claim that temple lands should be redistributed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-atlas-angel-ii-us-sri-lanka-disaster-exercise/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z US and Sri Lanka open Atlas Angel II disaster response exercise https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-bogambara-prison-tourism-handover/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Bogambara Prison to be handed back for tourism development next year, deputy minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-chula-padmendra-model-dies/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Police open investigation into model Chula Padmendra's death; inquest scheduled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-colombo-court-complex-collapse-cracks/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo District Court shut after partial collapse as cracks appear in High Court chambers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-colombo-inflation-8-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo inflation hits 8% in August, breaching the Central Bank's target ceiling for a second month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-development-officers-protest-salary/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Development officers call island-wide protest over pay, citing a disputed wage ranking https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-drought-water-villages-polonnaruwa-nwsdb/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z In drought-hit Polonnaruwa villages, the day is organised around fetching water https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-drug-arrests-531116-since-government-took-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Police put drug arrests at 531,116 since the government took office https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-engine-displacement-tax-hybrid-ev-distortion/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Engine-size tax shuts out the Prius while EV registrations stay elevated, JB Securities says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-exports-10-billion-first-seven-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's exports pass US$10 billion in first seven months, but July goods earnings fall https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-expressway-revenue-355-million-five-day-holiday/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Expressways take record Rs. 355 million over five-day holiday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-firearm-licence-renewal-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Firearm licence renewals for 2027 open on Tuesday, with a 31 December deadline https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-five-judge-bench-22a-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court rejects full-bench request as it begins hearing a record 67 petitions on the 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-follow-the-money-financial-crimes-wijepala/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Policing must follow the money, not just make arrests — Public Security Minister https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-four-missing-drowning-pamunugama-epamulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z All four recovered dead off Pamunugama after being swept away while bathing at Epamulla https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-four-train-services-cancelled-power-set/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Four train services cancelled as power set and locomotive go unavailable https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-gdsa-denies-22a-position/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Dental surgeons' association denies taking a position on the 22nd Amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-government-new-regulations-private-security-services/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Draft bill to regulate private security firms expected in Parliament within months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-hatton-wasp-attack-17-workers/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Seventeen tea workers hospitalised after wasp attack on a Hatton estate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-hokandara-kush-stf-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z STF arrests man with more than 2kg of 'Kush' in Hokandara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-ice-consignment-colombo-port-463kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo Port Ice haul revised to 471kg as outlets split on arrest count and value https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-japanese-tourists-investors-arrive-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z More than 250 Japanese tourists and investors arrive in Colombo on a single flight https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-karunanayake-appears-ciaboc-lotteries-board/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Karunanayake appears before Bribery Commission after four missed summonses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-karunanayake-arrested-ciaboc-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Ravi Karunanayake arrested by Bribery Commission, released on bail the same evening https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-mawanella-head-on-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Four injured, one critically, in head-on collision at Mawanella https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-mineral-sector-investment-transparency/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z President tells mineral sector meeting licensing delays are driving investors away https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-oil-prices-jump-us-attack-iran-larak-island/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Oil climbs above 3% through Monday after US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-online-gambling-tax-leakage/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Most of Sri Lanka's gambling has moved online, and the state collects almost nothing on it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-payagala-shooting-man-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Payagala shooting victim named as 'Dila'; police blame rival gang faction https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-pm-harini-departs-bhutan-food-systems-summit/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z PM Amarasuriya leaves for Bhutan in first Sri Lankan leader's visit there in 16 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-pmb-paddy-46000mt/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z State paddy purchases pass 46,000 tonnes as buying extends to mills and cooperatives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-schools-dengue-control-programme-new-term/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Schools told to run dengue control programmes before the new term begins https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-showers-western-sabaragamuwa-galle-matara-kandy/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Showers forecast for Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and four districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-slc-constitution-legal-draftsman-cabinet/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z SLC constitution reaches Legal Draftsman as committee sets out route to elections https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-social-protection-action-plan-ilo/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Ten-year social care action plan presented, minister says all stakeholders must back it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-tourist-arrivals-1-5-million-sltda/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Tourist arrivals pass 1.5 million, but run 2% behind last year as SLTDA targets 2.5 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-31-warm-weather-advisory-vavuniya-record/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z Vavuniya hits 38.8°C as the heat advisory rolls into September