https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-190000-gcsf-cancer-injections-nmra-customs/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Doctors ask who cleared 190,000 cancer injections through Customs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-22a-determination-handed-to-speaker/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court determination on 22A reaches the Speaker; debate set for 24 and 25 September https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-38-schools-closed-kuda-ganga-flood-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z 38 schools closed and a minor flood warning on the Kuda Ganga as rain continues https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-agalawatta-constable-motorcycle-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Police constable killed in Agalawatta motorcycle collision https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-agalawatta-lightning-death-15-year-old/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Schoolboy killed by lightning while sleeping on the floor in Agalawatta https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-al-2026-practical-exams-september-24/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z A/L 2026 practical exams run from 24 September to 21 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-basl-law-council-australia-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Bar Association signs cooperation agreement with the Law Council of Australia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-census-household-computer-ownership-21-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Only one in five Sri Lankan households owns a computer, and the share has not moved in three years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-chemical-importers-senfin-cash-flow-risks/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Broker flags cash-flow risk for small chemical importers under June import rules https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-ditwah-school-damage-audit-2-27-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Audit puts Cyclone Ditwah school damage at Rs. 2.27 billion — and says it was never declared https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-easter-sunday-main-trial-verdict-september-22/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Verdict due Tuesday in the main Easter Sunday conspiracy trial of 24 accused https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-eranga-gunasekara-economic-leaks-closed/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Deputy minister says the state's financial leaks are closed — the World Bank's own upgrade came with caveats https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-gnanasara-fresh-presidential-pardon-request/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Gnanasara Thera asks senior monks to seek a fresh pardon from President Dissanayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-habarakada-shooting-four-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Four arrested over two Habarakada shootings, live grenade recovered https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-imf-graduate-youth-unemployment-43-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z 43% of Sri Lanka's educated 15–24s are jobless — the worst rate in the IMF's 12-economy Asian comparison https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-indian-digital-driving-licences-bia/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Indian tourists turned away at BIA because Sri Lanka will not accept digital driving licences https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-music-licence-regulations-weddings-events/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z A licence is now needed to play Sinhala, Tamil or Hindi music at a wedding — English songs are exempt https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-navy-171-disaster-relief-teams-deployed/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Navy puts 171 disaster relief teams on standby and deploys 14 inland https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-nbro-red-landslide-warnings-six-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Red landslide warnings double to six districts as five rivers reach flood levels https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-police-on-site-drug-testing-drivers/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Police to put roadside drug-testing kits in officers' hands within three months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-private-fuel-companies-set-own-prices/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Government weighs letting private fuel firms set their own prices within a band https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-sappta-spices-1-billion-export-target/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Spice exporters told to chase $1bn through value addition, not volume https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-slc-transformation-committee-tier-a-reforms/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Cricket committee to cut top-tier clubs from 14 to 10 and move to four-day games https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-slmc-habeeb-rifan-national-list-mp/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z SLMC names Batticaloa lawyer as National List MP for one year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-slpp-anuradhapura-rally-images-fact-check/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Viral 'record crowd' photos from the SLPP's Anuradhapura rally include a Dhaka protest and AI fakes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-southern-expressway-eight-vehicle-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Eight vehicles collide on Southern Expressway, ten hospitalised including six schoolchildren https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-supreme-court-transit-passengers-customs-gold/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court ends a 35-year fight over gold seized in transit at Katunayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-tea-board-70-nurseries-replanting-400m-kg/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Tea Board funds 70 nurseries in replanting push for 400m kg by 2030 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-two-fishermen-rescued-talaimannar/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Two fishermen rescued off Talaimannar after day boat drifts without fuel https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-un-rc-franche-el-nino-iod-district-preparedness/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z UN envoy warns El Niño and dipole effects too uncertain for one national plan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-wimal-weerawansa-arrest-warrant-un-protest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z Arrest warrant issued for Wimal Weerawansa over 2016 UN protest — then he turns up in court https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-121000-public-service-recruitment-akuressa/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z 121,000 state recruits by year-end, President says, including 10,000 police and 23,000 teachers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-amber-lightning-advisory-uva-eastern/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Amber lightning advisory for Uva, the East and three northern districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-anuradhapura-rabies-prevention-drive/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Anuradhapura targets 4,000 dog vaccinations in rabies week as research puts the coverage gap outside the city https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-aswesuma-norwood-fraud-30-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Aswesuma fraud at Norwood nears Rs. 30 million, with dead pensioners' details used to claim benefits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-bachelet-exits-un-chief-race/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Bachelet quits UN chief race after one 'encourage' vote — the rights chief who scrutinised Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-beruwala-resort-owner-kidnapping-arrests/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Two arrested over Beruwala resort owner's abduction in debt dispute https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-bomiriya-passport-forgery-70-year-old/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z 70-year-old arrested with 48 passports in Bomiriya document forgery raid https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-caa-104-violations-lunch-sheets-sili-bags/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z CAA detects 104 violations in islandwide raids on lunch sheets and 'Sili-Sili' bags https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-cert-adb-cnii-assessment-findings/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka CERT and ADB review first audit of the country's critical information infrastructure https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-china-south-asia-marine-cooperation-qingdao/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka pitches blue-economy cooperation with China at Qingdao marine forum https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-ditwah-5-million-25000-houses/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z President puts the Ditwah rebuild at 25,000 houses — four times the destroyed-homes count on record https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-dry-weather-169071-ten-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Dry-weather toll climbs to 169,071 across ten districts as rain falls elsewhere https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-emirates-qatar-airways-sltpb-atm-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka signs Emirates and Qatar Airways tourism deals at twice-delayed Arabian Travel Market https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-fuel-prices-october-subsidy-akuressa/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Fuel prices must rise on October 1, President says, but a subsidy will absorb part of it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-galle-bess-commissioned-16-facilities/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Galle battery storage plant commissioned as regulator brings 160 MW target forward to October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-gampaha-imbulgoda-fake-certificate-racket/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Gampaha forgery raid seizes 51 official seals and 35 fake certificates https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-horana-ellakanda-waterfall-fake-police-robbery/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Three arrested for posing as police to rob couples at Horana waterfall https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-iran-seven-conditions-us-talks-qatar/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Iran sets seven conditions for talks with Washington — but names only six https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-justice-minister-law-equally-prisons/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Law must apply equally to those in power, Justice Minister tells new prison officers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-kuwait-deportation-20-sri-lankans-katunayake/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z 20 Sri Lankans deported from Kuwait over visa violations arrive at Katunayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-nbro-landslide-warnings-six-districts-100mm/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z First death of the monsoon episode as landslide alerts reach Level 3 Red and six river basins rise https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-northern-province-350-health-service-assistants/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z 350 health service assistants appointed across Northern Province hospitals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-paranthan-tipper-drivers-bribery-sand-permits/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Five held at Paranthan checkpoint for allegedly bribing police over sand permits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-presidents-fund-spectacles-hearing-aids/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z President's Fund begins free spectacles and hearing aids scheme at Rajarata https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-qatar-joint-committee-labour-hemachandra/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka and Qatar revive labour Joint Committee after more than five years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-rajarata-15-tanks-silt-clearing-52-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 52 million to clear silt from 15 Rajarata tanks before Maha season https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-sajith-unedited-un-franche-video/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Sajith Premadasa releases 41-minute unedited video of UN envoy meeting https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-savinda-tennakoon-top-model-universe-third/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan model Savinda Tennakoon takes third at Top Model of Universe in Istanbul https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-shiranthi-rajapaksa-not-returned-fcid/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Shiranthi Rajapaksa has not returned to Sri Lanka, four days before FCID summons https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-slaf-netball-public-service-tournament/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Air Force netball teams win both league titles at Public Service tournament in Jaffna https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-smartphones-80-percent-device-use-2025/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Smartphones now account for 80.6% of device use in Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-sri-lanka-women-asian-games-gold-medal-match/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Athapaththu's unbeaten 83 carries Sri Lanka into Asian Games gold medal match https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-thai-trio-bia-kush-hashish-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Three Thai women arrested at BIA with 7.6kg of Kush and hashish https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-20-weligama-payagala-teens-missing-drowning/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Two 15-year-old boys missing after separate drownings in Weligama and Payagala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-09-21-ceylinco-life-family-savari-20th-edition/ LankaNewz en 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z Ceylinco Life's Family Savari reaches 20th edition with 265 families to travel