https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-anuradhapura-dhamma-school-memento/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Parents question dancer image on Dhamma school awards in Anuradhapura https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-cabinet-approves-judges-retirement-bill/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet approves constitutional amendment bill extending judges' retirement age https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-iaj-judges-retirement-age-reconsider/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z International Association of Judges urges Sri Lanka to reconsider retirement age amendment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-ips-researchers-graduate-scholarships/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Six IPS researchers win graduate scholarships at Oxford, UCL and other universities https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-met-forecast-75mm-rain-easing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Met Department lowers heavy-rain threshold to 75 mm as wet spell begins to ease https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-pmb-paddy-15000mt-yala/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Paddy Marketing Board buys 15,000MT of Yala harvest through 90 stores https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-04-weather-death-toll-six-nearly-3000-affected/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Weather death toll rises to six with one missing as nearly 3,000 affected https://lankanewz.com/article/motorcycle-lanes-kaluwanchikudy-pilot-aug4/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka to trial dedicated motorcycle lanes, starting at Kaluwanchikudy https://lankanewz.com/article/navy-36-illegal-fishing-july-16-31-aug4/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Navy and Police arrest 36 in late-July illegal fishing crackdown https://lankanewz.com/article/tourist-arrivals-july-196845-sltda-aug4/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tourist arrivals dip 1.7% in July to 196,845 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-batticaloa-kalmunai-cab-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Man killed as cab hits lottery booth on Batticaloa–Kalmunai road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-chief-prelates-judges-retirement-age-letter/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Chief Prelates write to President opposing move to extend judges' retirement age https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-chinese-woman-bia-cigarettes-narcotics-bureau/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Chinese woman arrested at BIA with Rs. 3 million in smuggled cigarettes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-communist-party-indian-trawlers-jaffna/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Communist Party urges President to act on Indian trawlers in Jaffna waters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-copf-approves-rs-71-7-billion-relief-package/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z CoPF approves Rs. 71.7 billion relief package over Middle East conflict costs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-defence-ministry-disaster-preparedness-directive/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Defence Ministry orders immediate disaster preparedness as severe weather spreads https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-doctors-union-drug-regulation-nmra/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Doctors' union says drug regulation has 'collapsed' as 40 medicines run short https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-expired-dengue-test-kits-private-labs/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Regulator says it cannot check private labs for expired dengue test kits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-fisheries-ban-extended-puttalam-pottuvil/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Fishing ban extended from Puttalam to Pottuvil as Red warning is reissued https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-gotabaya-writ-petition-order-september-22/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Appeal Court to rule on September 22 on Gotabaya Rajapaksa's bid to block arrest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-habarana-car-wild-elephant-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Four escape unhurt after car hits wild elephant on Habarana–Minneriya road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-harak-kata-high-security-prison-transfer/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Court orders 'Harak Kata' moved to high-security prison as AG appeals PTA ruling https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-harsha-de-silva-no-crossover/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Harsha de Silva dismisses crossover reports but says government wants people like him https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hatton-nuwara-eliya-school-closures/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z All schools in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts to close on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hatton-polpitiya-earth-collapse-woman-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z All four people buried by earth collapse on Hatton house confirmed dead https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hill-country-roads-blocked-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Hill country roads cut by rockfalls and floodwater as rain tops 200 mm https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hormuz-tanker-threat-worst-since-war-began/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Threat to Middle East oil tankers at its worst since the war began, analysts say https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-house-arrest-legal-provisions-drafting/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Drafting begins on house arrest provisions as government moves on prison overcrowding https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kandana-water-cut-moratuwa-panadura-horana/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Water cut on Tuesday for Moratuwa, Panadura, Bandaragama, Horana and Piliyandala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kegalle-karadupana-bus-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Eighteen injured as SLTB and private buses collide head-on at Karadupana, Kegalle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kelani-river-major-flood-warning-dehiowita/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Major flood warning issued for Kelani River valley at Dehiowita, Ruwanwella and Yatiyantota https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kotmale-reservoir-spill-gampola-families-displaced/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Kotmale Reservoir spill gates opened as 500 families are displaced at Gampola https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-mahara-post-mortem-free-lawyers-resignation/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Mahara inmate died of blood loss, post-mortem finds, as lawyers' group demands minister resign https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-mahaweli-flood-warning-kandy-divisions/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Red major-flood alert issued for ten divisions along the Mahaweli https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-mawanella-aranayaka-water-supply-disrupted/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Water supply cut to Mawanella and Aranayaka as rain blocks intakes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-met-100mm-heavy-rain-sabaragamuwa-kandy-nuwara-eliya/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Heavy rain above 100 mm forecast for Sabaragamuwa, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-met-rains-ease-typhoon-august-6/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Rain to ease from Tuesday afternoon, but Pacific typhoon could bring more after August 6 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nawalapitiya-embankment-collapse-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Man killed as earth embankment collapses on shop in Nawalapitiya; families evacuated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nbro-landslide-warnings-kandy-kegalle-nuwara-eliya-ratnapura/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z NBRO raises landslide warnings to 'Red' evacuation level in three districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nuwara-eliya-2331-affected-six-missing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Four of six missing found dead in Nuwara Eliya as 2,331 counted affected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-peradeniya-university-suspends-kandy-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z University of Peradeniya suspends all academic work as Mahaweli swells https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-pettah-shop-fire-main-street/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Fire breaks out at Pettah shop on Main Street https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-prison-security-tightened-nationwide/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Security tightened at prisons nationwide after Mahara unrest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-public-sector-salaries-pensions-commission-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Public sector salaries and pensions commission opens its office on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-pucsl-electricity-tariffs-unchanged-q3/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Electricity tariffs to stay unchanged in third quarter, PUCSL decides https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-ritu-akarsha-mervyn-silva-case-denial/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Actress denies link to bank account named in Mervyn Silva assets case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-sc-opinion-president-parliament-terms/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z MP says government will seek Supreme Court opinion over presidential and parliamentary terms https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-sri-lanka-wsdc-debate-first-place/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tops World Schools Debating Championship preliminary standings for the first time https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-tamil-muslim-parties-president-executive-presidency/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Tamil and Muslim party alliance meets President; Dissanayake restates case for abolishing executive presidency https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-trump-iran-talks-begin-monday/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Trump says Iran talks begin Monday; Tehran says no talks are under way https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-upper-kotmale-spill-gates-opened/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Three spill gates open automatically at Upper Kotmale Reservoir as catchment rain continues https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-yoshitha-rajapaksa-karannagoda-indictments/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Bribery Commission indicts Yoshitha Rajapaksa and ex-Navy chief Karannagoda over UK naval course