https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-22-dammam-king-fahd-airport-attack/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z One killed, eight injured in attack on Dammam's King Fahd airport https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-455-wild-elephants-killed-2025-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Parliament is told 455 wild elephants died in 2025 — one in every sixteen alive https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-akd-hulangamuwa-economic-advisor-harsha/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Harsha de Silva tells Parliament the President takes economic advice from Wickremesinghe's former adviser https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-ambalangoda-construction-earth-collapse-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Worker dies after earth collapse at Ambalangoda construction site https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-anuradhapura-thuruwila-water-cut/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Eight-hour water cut across eleven Anuradhapura areas on Thursday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-aspi-closes-below-20000/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z ASPI closes under 20,000 for a third losing session — and settles a two-day argument over the SL20 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-basl-psta-organised-crimes-bills-withdrawal/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Bar Association demands withdrawal of both terrorism and organised crime bills, and goes to the Supreme Court https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-borella-ds-junction-water-pipe-traffic/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Water leak repair at Borella D.S. Junction snarls traffic into Colombo for a second day https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-defence-deputy-minister-army-headquarters/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Defence deputy minister briefed on an army restructuring the public has not been told about https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-demerit-points-april-1-vehicle-fitness-tests/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Demerit points to take full effect on April 1, as DMT plans garage-issued vehicle fitness tests https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-diamond-pasta-semolina-mill/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Diamond Pasta opens what it says is Sri Lanka's first durum semolina mill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-gampaha-magistrate-contempt-igp-circular/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Gampaha Magistrate refers the IGP for contempt after police answered a nationwide order with a three-division memo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-gas-shortage-minister-no-shortage-assurance/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Minister tells Parliament there is no gas shortage. Five hours later Hiru reports one across the island https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-gnanasara-asgiri-pardon-satyagraha-sixth-day/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Asgiri prelate says monks are seeking a legal route to a pardon for Gnanasara Thera https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-gotabaya-travel-motion-rejected-date-error/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Court rejects Gotabaya's travel motion over a date error, but the AG says he is not a suspect https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-haldummulla-postman-undelivered-letters/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z 2,078 undelivered letters found under a postman's bed in Haldummulla https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-ipa-world-congress-colombo-69th/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Colombo hosts the 69th IPA World Congress — the first held in Asia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-ird-tax-returns-november-30-deadline/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z IRD presses 1.2 million taxpayers to file by 30 November — including those already taxed at source https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-kadigamuwa-landslide-fourth-time/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Earth falls onto the Kadigamuwa track a fourth time in 16 days, on a line reopened for 19 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-kalutara-prison-shots-fired-phone/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Prison officers fire into the air at Kalutara as a man throws a phone over the wall https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-katchatheevu-pathfinder-roundtable/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Develop Katchatheevu, or leave it barren? A Colombo roundtable splits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-kavantissa-expert-committee-first-meeting/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Kavantissa committee meets for the first time and examines the wildlife department's response https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-kavantissa-herd-waits-crossing/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Kavantissa's herd is being filmed waiting at the crossing he used to lead them across https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-kotte-administrative-capital-plan/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Government revives the Kotte administrative capital plan, 40 years on https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-liquor-sticker-tender-criteria-allegation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z MP alleges liquor-sticker tender criteria were changed to favour a Presidential Secretariat official https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-madugoda-inferior-coal-darkness/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z MP turns the government's own campaign slogan against it over the power cuts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-met-low-pressure-rain-increase-advisory/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Met Department says disturbance near Sri Lanka may deepen into a low-pressure area within 24 hours https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-myanmar-national-kush-bia-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Myanmar national held at BIA with 4.6kg of Kush hidden among sweets and clothing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-ncpi-inflation-8-1-percent-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z National inflation holds at 8.1% in September, a 40-month high, as food and non-food move apart https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-np-capital-website-offline/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z NP Capital's website is offline, and the Daily Mirror says no one has explained why https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-opposition-select-committee-kavantissa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Opposition signs a motion for a select committee on Kavantissa's death https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-police-warn-ai-deepfake-scams/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Police warn that AI voice and video fakes are being used to impersonate relatives and ask for money https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-premalal-jayasekara-open-warrant/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court issues open warrant for Premalal Jayasekara, who left for Bangkok in August https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-putin-witkoff-resume-ukraine-talks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Putin agrees 'in principle' to resume three-way Ukraine talks after St Petersburg meeting https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-ragama-batuwatta-cemetery-firearm-24-rounds/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Firearm and 24 live rounds dug up in a Ragama cemetery on a detained suspect's information https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-resus-energy-green-bond-luxembourg/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Resus Energy dual-lists its green bond in Luxembourg, where it will not trade https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-rupee-331-87-bond-yields-steady/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Rupee eases to 331.87/95, and EconomyNext's own SL20 close is contradicted by its next filing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-sallay-easter-case-adjourned-november-25/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Easter case against Suresh Sallay put off to 25 November as prosecutors ask for eight officers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-satyagraha-arrest-viharamahadevi-park/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Man arrested near the Gnanasara satyagraha at Viharamahadevi Park https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-senasinghe-imf-loan-shark-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z SJB MP tells Parliament the IMF is "like a loan shark" https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-slpp-village-to-village-meetings/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z SLPP to start 'village to village' ward meetings next week, Namal Rajapaksa says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-spacepac-delegation-southern-naval-area/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z US Space Force delegation calls on the navy a second time in three days https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-srilankan-airlines-denies-cyberattack/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines rejects the hacking claim and says no ransom was ever demanded https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-srilankan-airlines-swimming-championship/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines wins the Trade Services swimming title for the first time in nearly 20 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-sugeeshwara-bandara-remanded-october-28/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Sugeeshwara Bandara remanded to 28 October, taking custody past four months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-supplementary-estimate-6-billion-msme-financing/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Government tables Rs. 6 billion supplementary estimate alongside a state debt resolution https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-telegram-online-business-scam-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Sooriyawewa man, 26, arrested over Telegram 'online business' scam https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-thirty-fisheries-inspectors-appointed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Thirty Fisheries Inspectors appointed as ministry presses a technology-led overhaul https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-treasury-bill-auction-short-end/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Debt office raises Rs 80.61bn of a Rs 100bn bill offer — and 87% of it matures in three months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-trincomalee-resort-owner-murdered/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Holiday resort owner killed with sharp weapon in Trincomalee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-typhoon-champi-strongest-storm-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Super typhoon Champi becomes the most powerful storm on Earth this year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-upper-kotmale-deduru-oya-spill-gates/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Two reservoirs spill as rain builds: Upper Kotmale opens two gates, Deduru Oya six https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-21-vidullanka-ranna-solar-commissioned/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z Vidullanka opens its largest solar plant at Ranna — a month after it began feeding the grid