https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-appeal-court-monk-novice-abuse-upheld/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Court of Appeal upholds a monk's 10-year sentence for abusing a seven-year-old novice at his own temple https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-arugam-bay-asias-best-beach-conde-nast/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Arugam Bay ranked Asia's best beach, with four Sri Lankan beaches in the top 20 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-atc-kites-drones-lasers-aircraft-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Air traffic control says kites are flying at 1,500 feet — five times the legal limit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-atf-under-16-tennis-five-sri-lankans-semifinals/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Five Sri Lankans reach ATF Under-16 semifinals — every one of them by beating a compatriot https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-chief-inspector-arrested-podi-lassi-murder/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z A Chief Inspector has been arrested over the murder of a 'Podi Lassi' associate found in the Gin River https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-china-sovereign-ai-computing-centre/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka asks China to back a National Sovereign AI Computing Centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-cse-aspi-rebounds-175-points-below-20000/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z ASPI rebounds 175 points but stops 29 short of reclaiming 20,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-cultivation-subsidy-doubled-60000-hectare/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Farm subsidy doubled to Rs. 60,000 a hectare — nine days after Cabinet funded it at half that rate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-foreign-ministry-saturday-attestation-battaramulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Foreign Ministry opens three Saturdays for urgent document attestation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-gnanasara-freedom-march-reaches-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z The Gnanasara freedom march reaches Colombo on its sixth day — and police describe it as an opposition march https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-gnanasara-monks-camp-presidential-secretariat/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Monks camp outside the Presidential Secretariat after talks on Gnanasara's release end without agreement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-hela-clothing-directors-travel-ban-upheld/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z A civil court has ruled it can stop company directors leaving Sri Lanka — and used the power on Hela Clothing's five https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-houthi-abha-airport-riyadh-aramco-escalation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Three killed at Abha airport as Houthi strikes reach the Aramco headquarters area https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-influenza-rising-children-fever-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z A third of samples tested last week were influenza, and doctors are telling parents to watch the child rather than the thermometer https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-iran-gulf-infrastructure-fujairah-attacks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Fujairah's fuel tanks hit again as Reuters finds Gulf states concealed strike damage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-jaffna-madagal-house-assets-frozen-rs70mn/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 85 million in assets frozen over a Madagal house police say was built with drug money https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-jiffry-mohamed-bail-money-laundering-indictment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Bail for a businessman charged with laundering drug money — a month after he was discharged from the drug case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-lds-charities-cancer-drugs-wheelchairs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z US church charity donates Rs. 330mn in cancer drugs, and signs for 600 wheelchairs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-nilwala-flood-alert-river-levels-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Nilwala flood alert for six divisions, and El Niño returns to the Met Department's reasoning https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-nissanka-ruled-out-tri-nation-odi/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Nissanka ruled out of the Pakistan tri-series, with Lahiru Udara called in https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-pmi-september-services-60-5-manufacturing-53/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Services PMI gives back August's gain as manufacturing holds flat at 53.0 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-police-debunk-march-helmet-attack-video/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Police say a viral video of a 'mob attack' on a Gnanasara marcher was a traffic row, and will report a monk to court https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-port-city-copf-visas-freehold-safeguards/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Port City has issued 14,300 visas and cannot vouch for all of them, Parliament's finance committee is told https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-rani-sri-lanki-lebanon-identification-appeal/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Foreign Ministry seeks help identifying woman who died in Lebanon after 42 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-rda-bitumen-imports-resume-alternative-markets/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Bitumen is reaching Sri Lanka again after seven months — but shipowners and insurers are now the bottleneck, not quality https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-severe-lightning-advisory-colombo-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Lightning advisory narrows to five provinces as Colombo roads go under water https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-siyapatha-finance-rushanka-silva-chairman/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Siyapatha Finance names Rushanka Silva chairman, and appoints a senior independent director to balance him https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-sri-lanka-no-fees-no-tolls-pledge-straits/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka signs an EU-led pledge against strait tolls — and each measure it opposes describes Iran's Hormuz law https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-supreme-court-shantha-premaratne-bribery-leave/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court takes up ex-minister's appeal over a Rs. 50,000 bribe — 20 years after the alleged offence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-thai-nationals-bia-hashish-cosmetic-containers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Three Thai nationals held at BIA with 5kg of hashish hidden in cosmetic cream containers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-tisl-psta-bill-withdrawal-repeal-pta/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Transparency International Sri Lanka calls for the terrorism Bill to be withdrawn — and the PTA repealed without a wait https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-treasury-bills-tap-7-2bn-week-undersold/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Debt office takes every rupee bid at the bill tap — and still ends the week Rs16.7bn short https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-treasury-bonds-tap-5bn-week-total/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka taps a further Rs5bn in bonds, closing the week Rs14.3bn short of its Rs100bn target https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-weligama-heroin-starlink-dondra-arrests/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z 120kg of heroin, two satellite phones and a Starlink unit found on a Weligama beach https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-yoshitha-navy-salaries-5-15-million-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Yoshitha Rajapaksa earned Rs. 5.15 million in a decade of Navy service, money laundering trial told https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-anojan-sivarasa-death-sentence-set-aside/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Saudi Supreme Court sets aside Anojan Sivarasa's death sentence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-basil-rajapaksa-interpol-red-notice-tourism-funds/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Court orders Interpol Red Notice for Basil Rajapaksa over Rs. 7.8mn tourism funds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-cbsl-fatf-mutual-evaluation-onsite/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank Governor says Sri Lanka will not return to the FATF grey list as on-site evaluation begins https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-cid-whatsapp-srilankan-brand-fraud-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z CID arrests man over WhatsApp fraud run under the SriLankan Airlines name https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-cse-aspi-below-20000-first-since-2025/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z ASPI breaks below 20,000 for the first time since August 2025 as decliners outnumber gainers 10 to 1 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-customs-2026-revenue-target-achieved/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Customs clears its full-year target on 13 October — against a bar set 13.5% below what it collected last year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-dengue-vaccine-nmra-import-delay/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Promised dengue vaccine still not imported, three months after the NMRA began reviewing it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-domestic-dollar-bonds-300-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Treasury opens a dollar bond to the diaspora for the first time since the default, with a 3-year tranche that outlives its own repayment plan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-eu-trincomalee-green-energy-hub-port/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z The EU proposes a green energy hub at Trincomalee — the same port India and the UAE are developing for oil https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-finance-ministry-pfm-digitalisation-sarttac/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Finance Ministry official sets out five lessons from Sri Lanka's public finance overhaul https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-former-dig-udith-liyanage-treasure-case/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Prosecution case closes against former DIG Udith Liyanage over shrine treasure dig; defence evidence set for the 23rd https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-g24-sri-lanka-debt-restructuring-reference/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z G24 says Sri Lanka's debt crisis became a reference point for reforming the global restructuring system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-graduate-teacher-interview-lists-23006/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Interview shortlists published for 23,006 teacher vacancies, 143 days after the written exam https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-hong-kong-sixes-sri-lanka-squad-cooray/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Sangeeth Cooray to captain Sri Lanka at the Hong Kong Sixes, in Group B with Bangladesh and Scotland https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-imf-vulnerable-economies-debt-restructuring/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z IMF tells indebted oil importers to restructure early rather than wait, as it says many have 'no choice' but to cut spending https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-iran-asks-india-intervene-tanker-crews-galle/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Iran asks India to intervene over tanker crews stranded off Galle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-kadigamuwa-embankment-collapse-train-halted/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Earth collapses onto track at Kadigamuwa again, halting a Peradeniya train nine days after a rockfall derailment https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-labour-minister-occupational-safety-week/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Labour Minister says firms are weighing accident prevention against compensation payouts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-lalkantha-punish-person-not-robe-63-monks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z A cabinet minister calls Gnanasara Thera a friend, and says the robe should not be punished for what a monk does https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-met-lightning-warning-all-provinces/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Severe lightning warning widened to all nine provinces, with heavy showers above 100 mm forecast https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-namal-airbus-money-laundering-probe-complete-november-18/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z CID tells Fort Magistrate the Airbus money laundering probe is closed; case put off to November 18 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-namal-crib-second-chance-loans-2027-budget/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Namal asks 2027 Budget to shorten how long settled loans stay on CRIB files https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-navy-171-relief-teams-deduru-oya-spill-gates/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Navy holds 171 relief teams ready as Deduru Oya reopens spill gates and a marine warning covers the Negombo–Galle coast https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-navy-dry-ginger-kalpitiya-seizure/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Navy recovers 1,189kg of smuggled dry ginger floating off Kalpitiya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-police-warn-false-social-media-posts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Police warn of action under Computer Crimes Act over false social media posts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-power-transmission-private-four-grid-lines/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Four transmission lines go to private tender, and the tariff collapse is the argument behind it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-prison-regulations-interim-report-monk-robes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Prison committee delivers interim report: monks to keep robes outside jail unless their Nikaya objects https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-pushpakumara-56-infantry-division-command/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Major General Asitha Pushpakumara takes command of the 56 Infantry Division https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-rubber-150-years-planters-association/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z 150 years of Sri Lankan rubber: a billion-dollar export sector, and an output figure the anniversary does not give https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-slt-mobitel-smart-ai-token-credits/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z SLT-MOBITEL switches on SMART AI, the token-credit platform it announced 69 days ago https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-sri-lanka-researchers-canberra-robotics-lab/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z High Commissioner tours Canberra robotics lab founded by a Sri Lankan professor https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-stf-palani-canister-gunmen-kotahena/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z STF arrests two Kotahena men it says were assigned to shoot a murdered man's child https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-tourism-cash-dollar-incentives-promoters/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z President weighs cash incentives for tourism promoters, against a 2026 target the government has already cut once https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-14-voge-experience-centre-bambalapitiya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z Yamamoto opens a VOGE experience centre in Bambalapitiya