https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-beneficial-ownership-final-notice-registrar-companies/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Registrar of Companies issues final notice on beneficial ownership filings https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-bogawanthalawa-canal-body-funeral/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Father of two found dead in Bogawanthalawa water channel after walking home from funeral https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-cardinal-muthurajawela-environment-meeting/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Cardinal Ranjith raises Muthurajawela and Negombo Lagoon damage with President's Secretary https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-chogm-antigua-amarasuriya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z PM Amarasuriya to represent Sri Lanka at CHOGM in Antigua and Barbuda https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-cid-computer-data-fraud-59-million-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z CID arrests suspect over Rs 59.6 million fraud using false entries in company computer system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-colombo-junior-open-squash-championship/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Colombo Junior Open squash ends with 176 players from nine countries at Ratmalana https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-commonwealth-kabaddi-final-india-sri-lanka/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka take silver as India win inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi final 54-20 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-dj-snake-senter-festival-herath-tourism/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Tourism minister meets DJ Snake as Senter festival runs at Port City https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-dmt-online-appointments-narahenpita-november-2/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Motor Traffic Department restores online appointments at Narahenpita from November 2 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-edb-ai-workshop-sme-exporters-kandy/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Export Development Board runs AI workshop for 55 Kandy-region SME exporters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-electricity-unions-nso-report-coal-objection/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Electricity unions call the blackout report unclear and demand an answer on coal quality https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-foreign-bond-outflow-second-week/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Foreign investors sell Sri Lanka rupee bonds for a second week, this time at triple the pace https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-gold-silver-one-year-low-sea-street/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Gold breaks below $4,000 to a one-year low as silver suffers a sharper fall https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-greenland-ilulissat-international-airport/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Greenland opens international airport at Ilulissat to widen its tourism economy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-hambantota-port-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Fire Breaks Out at Hambantota Port Premises https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-homagama-microchips-stray-dogs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Homagama council microchips stray dogs to track health and location https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-jaffna-dig-thileepan-memorial-removal-letter/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Jaffna Deputy DIG orders Municipal Council to remove Thileepan memorial structures https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-kadawatha-police-shooting-three-wheeler/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Sixteen-year-old injured as police open fire on three-wheeler at Kadawatha https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-kahatagasdigiliya-trap-gun-elephant-fine/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Man fined Rs 310,000 over trap gun set to injure a wild elephant https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-lal-wijenayake-passes-away/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Senior lawyer and left politician Lal Wijenayake dies https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-litro-gas-vessel-november-44000-tonnes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Litro expects a further 3,900-tonne gas cargo on Sunday and has ordered 44,000 tonnes for November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-met-rain-thunderstorms-afternoon-advisory/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Met Department forecasts afternoon thundershowers over districts already under landslide alert https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-motor-traffic-online-booking-november-2/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Motor Traffic Department to restart online appointment booking on November 2 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-no-water-tariff-revision-january-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z No water tariff revision until January, minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-novaya-gazeta-closure-russia/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Novaya Gazeta shuts down after 33 years, saying Russian authorities forced it to stop https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-nso-preliminary-report-lakvijaya-blackout/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Blackout report points to Lakvijaya, not Upper Kotmale; grid fell in under a minute https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-oman-hormuz-tanker-25-crew-rescued/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Oman rescues 25 crew from burning tanker in the Strait of Hormuz https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-organised-crime-bill-supreme-court-petitions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court petitions challenge Organised Crime Bill over detention and judicial power https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-poland-constitutional-tribunal-head-suspended/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Riot police deployed at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal after its head is suspended https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-prasakthi-wilachchiya-biomass-dendro-3-5mw/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Prasakthi commissions 3.5 MW Wilachchiya biomass plant, approved almost four years ago https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-president-further-tax-cuts-2027-budget/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z President says further tax cuts are coming in the 2027 Budget https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-president-questions-pin-sticking-protests/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z President questions pin-sticking protests at intellectuals' convention https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-reservoirs-12-major-9-medium-spilling/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Twelve major reservoirs still spilling, but the national storage figure sits at 45 per cent https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-sajith-premadasa-two-security-bills-polonnaruwa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa says two security bills could be used to curb speech and assembly https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-slaf-hostage-rescue-central-african-republic/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan Air Force peacekeepers free three hostages in Central African Republic https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-sri-lanka-pakistan-tri-series-final-lahore/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan chase down 326 to beat Sri Lanka in the tri-series final https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-syria-flash-floods-raqqa-deir-ez-zor/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Syria flash floods kill children in Raqqa and Deir Az Zor as bridge collapses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-three-airlines-resume-flights-european-winter/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Three airlines to add Sri Lanka flights for the European winter season https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-three-motorcyclists-killed-overnight-accidents/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Three men killed as motorcycles overturn in separate accidents https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-uk-eu-joint-solar-initiative-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z British High Commission and EU switch on joint Colombo solar array, with the Mayor present https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-31-whatsapp-gift-parcel-fraud-arrest-katunayake/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z Woman arrested at Katunayake over Rs 1.45 million WhatsApp gift-parcel fraud https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-abu-general-assembly-colombo-technical-meetings/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Broadcasters open 63rd ABU General Assembly week in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-agriconnect-world-bank-ifad-farmers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka launches AgriConnect plan with $665 million in World Bank and IFAD backing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-andaman-sea-depression-fishing-advisory/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Met Department tells fishermen to stay out of a block of the Bay of Bengal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-anuradhapura-sacred-city-advisory-council/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Advisory council appointed to guide Anuradhapura sacred area development https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-aswesuma-minister-denies-suspension/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Minister denies Aswesuma benefits were cut off for 1.4 million people 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-buddha-sasana-ministry-senevi-false-claims/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Buddha Sasana Ministry rejects social media claims about its minister 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-ccpi-inflation-8-3-percent-october/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Colombo inflation rises to 8.3% in October, a fourth month above the Central Bank's ceiling https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-construction-pmi-september-57-8-bitumen/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Construction growth slows again to 57.8 in September as bitumen shortage still delays roadworks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-cse-aspi-20142-close-friday/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse gives back part of Thursday's surge but holds above 20,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-dimo-hemas-mri-deep-resolve-scanner/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Hemas Thalawathugoda gets MRI scanner with AI image reconstruction 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-ditwah-fr-petition-counter-objections-february/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court gives Ditwah rights petitioner until February to answer the Attorney General 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-fitch-eight-banks-national-scale-recalibration/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Fitch lifts BOC and People's Bank to AA+(lka) as it rescales Sri Lanka's national ratings 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-gampaha-father-54-years-child-abuse/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Gampaha High Court sentences father to 54 years over abuse of his daughter https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-globamed-medical-tourism-launch/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z New Colombo firm Globamed targets medical tourism market 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-hayleys-mobility-cfmoto-showroom/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Hayleys Mobility enters two-wheeler market with first CFMOTO showroom https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-homagama-17-statements-nine-officers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Statements taken from 17 people, nine of them police officers, in Homagama custody death https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-hrc-chairman-malalgoda-appointed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Retired judge V.K. Malalgoda appointed Human Rights Commission chairman 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-kadugannawa-uc-chairman-garage-owner-assault/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Garage owner hospitalised after alleged assault by Kadugannawa council chairman 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-nbro-landslide-warning-extended-four-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z NBRO extends landslide warning for 13 divisions across four districts until Saturday afternoon 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-npp-grama-niladhari-branches-lal-kantha/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z NPP to build a party branch in every Grama Seva division, Lal Kantha 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-overseas-realty-9m-2026-pbt/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Overseas Realty posts Rs 6.9 billion pre-tax profit for first nine months of 2026 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-pucsl-electricity-act-multi-buyer-fdi/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Regulator says the new Electricity Act could draw power-sector FDI by ending the single-buyer model 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-september-exports-record-1377-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z September merchandise exports hit record US$1,377 million on petroleum and machinery https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-sliit-icdmis-data-mining-conference/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z SLIIT co-hosts international data mining and information security conference https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-softlogic-finance-q2-loss-rights-issue/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Softlogic Finance swings to Rs 101 m quarterly loss as one-off gain drops out https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-sri-lanka-beirut-nations-day-festival/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka promotes tourism and Ceylon Tea at Beirut Nations Day festival 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-treasury-bills-tap-sale-week-total/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Debt office raises Rs 2.5 b on tap after auction falls short of Rs 100 b target https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-unp-millennial-gen-z-membership/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z UNP splits its membership into Millennial and Gen Z tiers 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-uttarakhand-helicopter-crash-pilgrims/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Helicopter carrying five pilgrims crashes in India's Uttarakhand 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/2026-10-30-wattala-hendala-heroin-three-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Three held in Hendala with a kilogram of heroin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-weerasekara-kingsbury-cctv-letter-of-demand/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Sarath Weerasekara demands Rs. 100 million from The Kingsbury over leaked CCTV footage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-30-wildlife-vets-elephant-filming-probe/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z Departmental probe opened into filming of elephant treatments