https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-ctc-cigarette-tax-revenue-illicit-trade/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Tobacco industry says cigarette taxes have gone as far as they can. A think tank says they are below benchmark. https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-data-centre-gap-market-failure-wijayasuriya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's data centre shortage is partly a market failure, President's digital adviser says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-dipped-products-glove-plant-katunayake/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Dipped Products starts up a Rs. 4.2 billion glove plant at Katunayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-ips-state-of-economy-2026-productivity/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka has run out of its old growth engines, IPS says in State of the Economy 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-northern-province-tourism-world-bank-delft/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Tourism Ministry tells Parliament the North is the focus, with $100mn from the World Bank and a Colombo cruise route approved https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-president-ect-private-operator-imf-summit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z President offers East Container Terminal to a private operator, and keeps the door open to a fresh IMF programme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-reliance-consumer-products-sleis-keynote/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Reliance wants Sri Lankan products on Indian shelves — and says policy clarity matters more than incentives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-13-remittances-6-86-billion-nine-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z Remittances hit US$6.87bn in nine months, with September the weakest year-on-year month of 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-akzo-nobel-paints-lanka-excluded-divestment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z CIC Holdings says Sri Lankan paint venture sits outside AkzoNobel's regional sale https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-ashok-abeysinghe-resigns-sjb-positions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Ashok Abeysinghe resigns all SJB posts without giving a reason https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-byd-racco-kei-ev-sri-lanka-launch/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z BYD's RACCO kei EV launches in Sri Lanka at Rs. 11.45m — about 2.5 times its Japanese price https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-cancer-patients-drug-costs-100000-month/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Cancer patients spending over Rs. 100,000 a month on drugs the state cannot supply, union says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-capital-spending-under-30-percent-nine-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Government has spent under 30% of its 2026 capital budget through September https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-cbsl-financial-stability-review-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z A quarter of all lending is now secured on vehicles or gold, Central Bank warns https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-chamara-sampath-arrested-ciaboc/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake arrested by the Bribery Commission https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-chandrabhanu-adikaram-remanded-ittapana/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Former Western Provincial Council member remanded over Ittapana crash https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-colombo-flooding-landslide-warnings-seven-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Colombo roads flooded and landslide warnings widen to seven districts as the rain arrives early https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-e-waste-national-mechanism-epr-regulations/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Environment Ministry moves on a national e-waste mechanism, with producer-responsibility rules still pending https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-foreign-reserves-september-6-85-billion/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Foreign reserves slip to US$6.85bn in September as the Central Bank's buying stalls https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-gnanasara-robes-opposition-allegations-npp/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Gammanpila alleges Gnanasara Thera's robes were removed under NPP pressure, as three opposition leaders attack the government https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-hambantota-hospital-contact-lenses-shortage/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Hambantota hospital patients say they are paying Rs. 40,000 for lenses that should be free https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-hrcsl-tamil-books-customs-release/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Rights commission orders Customs to release detained Tamil books, finding rights violations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-mahinda-rajapaksa-hospitalised-nawaloka/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Two newsrooms now report Mahinda Rajapaksa in hospital; Ada Derana reported the claim was false https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-malwathu-mahanayake-sjb-delegation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Malwathu Mahanayake pushes back on SJB claims about Buddhism and the clergy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-nawalapitiya-mayor-arrested-assault/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Nawalapitiya mayor, son and son-in-law arrested over alleged assault after road accident https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-nobel-economics-hall-woodford/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Robert Hall and Michael Woodford win the 2026 Nobel economics prize https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-panama-earthquake-aftershocks-emergency/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Panama records 200 aftershocks after 7.7 quake; canal says shipping unaffected https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-12-tobacco-free-generation-youth-25-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z Youth from all 25 districts press the government to enact the Tobacco-Free Generation law