https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-black-july-select-committee-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Fifty government MPs move for a parliamentary inquiry into Black July 1983 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-cabinet-cluster-munitions-ban-bill/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears a cluster munitions ban bill, eight years after Sri Lanka joined the treaty https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-cbsl-fintech-festival-financial-stability/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Central Bank Governor tells fintech sector stability cannot be compromised https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-chamara-sampath-uva-fixed-deposits-february/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Chamara Sampath Dassanayake fixed-deposit case put off to 9 February https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-children-online-safety-national-programme/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Seven ministries open talks on a national programme for children's online safety https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-cse-aspi-20119-returns-positive/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse returns to positive territory as ASPI holds above 20,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-daisy-forrest-discharged-yoshitha-not-guilty/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Daisy Forrest discharged on medical grounds; Yoshitha Rajapaksa pleads not guilty https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-dengue-control-week-november-9/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Special dengue control week to begin on 9 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-dialysis-bags-cabinet-contract/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet awards contract for 1.1 million bags of dialysis solution — at two very different prices https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-election-commission-196-seats-district-allocation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Election Commission sets out how 196 parliamentary seats divide across the 22 districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-elephant-justice-protest-presidential-secretariat/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Protesters outside Presidential Secretariat demand justice for killed tusker Kavantissa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-fast-attack-flotilla-fallen-veterans/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Navy commemorates the fallen of the 4th Fast Attack Flotilla at Trincomalee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-five-road-deaths-separate-accidents/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Five killed in separate road accidents across the island https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-glenn-maxwell-retires-international-cricket/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Glenn Maxwell retires from international cricket, ending a career that closed in Kandy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-gmoa-islandwide-hospital-protests/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z GMOA announces islandwide hospital protests over pay, staffing and proposed laws https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-harsha-de-silva-tax-increases/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Harsha de Silva disputes President's claim that no taxes were raised https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-kelaniya-university-womens-hostel-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Fire destroys a room at the University of Kelaniya women's hostel https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-kolonnawa-bess-100mwh-cabinet-contract/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet awards contract for 100 MWh battery storage system at Kolonnawa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-laugfs-three-lpg-shipments-november/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z LAUGFS expects three LPG shipments in November but needs approval to release gas locally https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-manamperi-rice-lorry-verdict-november-13/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Verdict due on 13 November in 2009 rice lorry robbery case against Sampath Manamperi https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-maradana-21-foreign-nationals-online-fraud/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Twenty-one foreign nationals arrested in Maradana over online fraud ring https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-medium-term-revenue-strategy-2027-2031/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Government targets tax revenue of 17% of GDP by 2031 under new revenue strategy https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-met-fairly-heavy-rain-75mm-southern-uva/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Met Department forecasts fairly heavy rain above 75mm in Southern and Uva provinces https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-namal-krrish-bail-order-court-appearance/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa granted bail in Krrish case and barred from leaving the country https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-ncm-speaker-parliament-protest-nalinda/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Opposition MPs protest in the chamber over stalled NCM against the Speaker https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-northern-line-trains-suspended-deduru-oya/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Northern Line train services suspended as the Deduru Oya overflows between Wellawa and Ganewatta https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-ntc-inspector-jailed-bribe-bus-overloading/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Transport Commission inspector jailed four years over Rs 20,000 bribe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-october-tourist-arrivals-168625-record/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z October tourist arrivals reach 168,625 — a record for the month, not for the year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-paraparaumu-college-leadership-programme/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z New Zealand school group to run a 14-day leadership programme in Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-pooneryn-heroin-ice-parcel-seized/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Fourteen kilos of narcotics found in parcel dumped on Jaffna–Mannar road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-rajanganaya-spill-gates-kala-oya-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Two Rajanganaya spill gates opened, residents along the Kala Oya warned https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-ravi-karunanayake-nlb-case-ciaboc-absent/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Ravi Karunanayake lottery board case put off to February after CIABOC fails to appear https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-road-accidents-2536-deaths-annually/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Road accidents killed an average of 2,536 people a year over five years, Parliament told https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-sampur-kappalthurai-transmission-contract/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Sampur–Kappalthurai grid contract goes to a Sri Lankan–Chinese joint venture https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-singapore-media-delegation-tourism-tour/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Singapore journalists tour Sri Lanka on a tourism familiarisation visit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-sjb-constituent-parties-alliance-discontent/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z SJB allies unhappy with Premadasa's handling of the alliance, Mano Ganesan says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-state-lands-north-release-year-end/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Government aims to release State-held land in the North before year-end https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-tin-requirement-relaxed-bank-accounts-licences/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Government says people without a TIN can still open bank accounts and renew licences https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-trump-vance-iran-talks-progress-qatar/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Trump and Vance report progress in Qatari-mediated Iran talks as US strikes continue in Hormuz https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-us-sanctions-warning-iranian-sailors-repatriation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z US says helping crews on sanctioned Iranian ships risks sanctions, after Sri Lanka repatriated 40 sailors https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-us-strikes-qeshm-island-hormuz/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z US strikes Iran's Qeshm Island as both sides talk up a settlement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-wellampitiya-dubai-syndicate-ice-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z STF seizes 1.03 kg of ice in Wellampitiya, arrests alleged link to Dubai-based syndicate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-world-bank-brain-drain-skilled-migration/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z World Bank official says Sri Lanka should draw skilled workers back, not block their exit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-03-world-bank-sri-lanka-aged-society-2030/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka is four years from "aged society" status, World Bank report finds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-323-containers-committee-report-nanayakkara/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z No documents missing from the 323-container inquiry, Justice Minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-adnoc-adipec-energy-supply-buffers/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z ADNOC chief says world has drained a billion barrels of spare oil cover since Hormuz closed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-afghanistan-overtake-sri-lanka-odi-rankings/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Afghanistan overtake Sri Lanka to reach sixth in ICC ODI rankings https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-ampara-lathugala-drowning-thune-wewa/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Man missing three days found drowned in Thune Wewa, Ampara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-antonelli-youngest-f1-champion-mexico/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Kimi Antonelli becomes Formula One's youngest world champion at 20 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-batticaloa-koppara-fish-252000/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z 200kg fish landed off Batticaloa sells for Rs 252,000 — in a market where prices have halved https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-bimal-rathnayake-terrorism-bill-open-discussion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Government is open to discussion on the Terrorism Bill, Bimal Rathnayake says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-binance-withdrawals-resume-net-outflow/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Binance customers pull a net $3.64 billion as withdrawals reopen after record hack https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-bond-case-pretrial-january-28-mahendran/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Bond case pre-trial conference pushed to January 28 as Mahendran stays away again https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-bus-van-fares-unchanged-three-wheeler-split/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Bus and school van fares to stay put after fuel rise; three-wheeler unions split https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-cb-governor-necessary-policies-kelaniya/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Necessary policies must go ahead whether the public likes them or not, Central Bank Governor says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-ccp-discipline-anti-corruption-resolution/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Chinese Communist Party adopts resolution tightening discipline and loyalty https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-chevaan-daniel-abu-vice-president/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Chevaan Daniel elected ABU vice-president at Colombo assembly https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-china-funded-bridge-reconstruction-yakkala/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z China-funded project to rebuild 14 disaster-damaged bridges begins at Yakkala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-cse-aspi-20079-second-consecutive-decline/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Colombo bourse falls for a second session but holds above 20,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-deduru-oya-four-spill-gates-opened/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Four spill gates opened at Deduru Oya Reservoir as water levels rise https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-europe-supermarket-refrigeration-cyberattack/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Cyberattack switches supermarket freezers to defrost across seven European countries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-festive-season-essential-goods-no-shortage/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Government promises no festive-season shortages as importers watch El Niño and freight costs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-fish-stocks-decline-research-vessel-moratorium/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Research vessel moratorium is holding up fish stock assessments as catches decline https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-floodwater-disease-warning-leptospirosis/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Health experts warn of disease surge in the two weeks after floodwaters recede https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-former-trade-secretary-arrested-bailed-theatre-chairs/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Former trade ministry secretary arrested, bailed over Rs 7.9 mn theatre chair purchase https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-fuel-import-bill-51-percent-nine-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Fuel import bill rises 51.5% to $4.49 billion in first nine months of 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-gas-queues-litro-two-days-80000-cylinders/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Gas queues persist for a second day as Litro says shortage will ease within two days https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-hasthi-sena-elephant-protection-operation-launched/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z 'Hasthi Sena' launched: military and wildlife officers begin islandwide elephant protection operation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-hiv-487-new-cases-first-half-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka records 487 new HIV cases in the first half of 2026, up 13.3% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-ird-tin-congestion-online-appeal/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Crowds overwhelm Inland Revenue head office as TIN rule bites; department urges people to apply online https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-itec-deepavali-2026-lamps-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z 2,026 oil lamps to be lit in Colombo for Deepavali on Friday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-jailer-2-india-box-office-record/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Jailer 2 becomes the highest-grossing Tamil film at the Indian box office https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-kalutara-prison-remandee-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Remand prisoner found dead at Kalutara Prison two days after being held on a drug charge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-keheliya-private-staff-salaries-case-november-7/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Keheliya Rambukwella private-staff salaries case recalled for 7 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-keppetipola-vegetable-prices-rain-damage/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Malu miris hits Rs 700 a kilo at Keppetipola as rain keeps damaging crops https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-kiribathgoda-cosmetics-shop-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Fire destroys cosmetics shop in Kiribathgoda, no injuries reported https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-kularatne-writ-petition-appeal-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Appeal Court puts Kularatne suspension petition over to Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-namal-hambantota-port-case-high-court-16th/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa to be produced before Hambantota High Court on 16 November over 2017 port protest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-namal-rajapaksa-custody-deaths-isolated-incidents/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Custody deaths cannot be treated as isolated incidents, Namal Rajapaksa says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-paffrel-ai-disinformation-electoral-mechanism/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z PAFFREL wants a mechanism for election disinformation, as research finds AI chatbots got up to 35% of answers wrong https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-palm-beach-learjet-crash-nine-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Nine killed as Bahamas-bound Learjet crashes in Palm Beach County, Florida https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-pan-asia-bank-q3-nine-month-profit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Pan Asia Bank quarterly profit up 25% as assets climb 22% to Rs 374bn https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-private-hospitals-emergency-medicine-shortage/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Private hospitals short of emergency drugs, consultant warns https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-priyankara-jayaratne-vesak-cards-case-november-13/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Vesak cards case against former minister Priyankara Jayaratne set for further evidence on November 13 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-public-servant-salary-pension-expenditure-h1-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z State salary bill up 12% and pensions up 15.3% in first half of 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-ranil-unp-sjb-alliance-gen-z/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z A UNP-SJB alliance would not guarantee victory, Ranil Wickremesinghe tells party members https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-royal-college-western-province-chess/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Royal College sweep all three age groups at Western Province schools chess https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-rupee-6-8-percent-depreciation-october/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Rupee has lost 6.8% against the dollar this year, and October added half of a point https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-russia-ukraine-alert-apps-cyberattacks/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Air-raid alert apps in Ukraine and Russia hacked to send false nuclear warnings https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-seylan-bank-september-quarter-profit/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Seylan Bank September-quarter profit up 6% to Rs 3.08bn https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-sri-lanka-ambassador-jordan-assumes-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z New Sri Lankan ambassador to Jordan takes up duties in Amman https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-sri-lanka-korea-niosh-changshin-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet clears Korea study-and-work MoU as minister travels for signing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-sri-lanka-most-expensive-cigarettes-ppp/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka has the world's most expensive cigarettes relative to incomes, assessment says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-srilankan-ul605-emergency-landing-dry-ice/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan flight from Melbourne lands under emergency at Katunayake after cargo-hold smoke https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-stf-badowita-asanka-heroin-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z STF arrests woman it says ran 'Badowita Asanka' heroin network inside Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-suriyakanda-constable-released-cannabis-land-case/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Embilipitiya court releases constable in Suriyakanda cannabis-raid case on the day charges were due https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-trincomalee-kappalthurai-shooting-three-injured/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Navy sailor killed in Trincomalee three-wheeler shooting https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-trump-iran-war-end-soon-hormuz-tankers/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Trump says Iran war will end 'very soon' as tankers burn in the Strait of Hormuz https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-trump-supreme-court-california-ballots-segregate/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 California ballots https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-unawatuna-foreign-children-threatened-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Man arrested in Unawatuna over threats to foreign children outside his business https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-unscr-1325-sinhala-tamil-translations/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z UN women, peace and security resolutions published in Sinhala and Tamil https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-us-midterms-53-million-early-votes/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z More than 53 million Americans have voted early, a day before the US midterms https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-vehicle-import-bill-falls-34-percent-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Vehicle import spending fell 34% in September — but registrations jumped 18% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-visit-finland-dinner-date-sri-lankans/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Finland is flying 16 singles out for a free dinner date — and Sri Lankans can apply https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-02-weerawansa-un-protest-witness-warrant-december-7/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z Warrant issued for witness in 2016 UN office protest case against Weerawansa