https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-540-polish-tourists-charter-flights-bia/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Three charter flights bring about 540 Polish tourists to Katunayake in two hours https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-89-bus-route-permits-scoring-system/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z About 89 bus route permits to be awarded this month under a new scoring system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-adb-200-million-loan-agreements-signed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka signs US$200 million in ADB loan agreements at the Treasury https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-alliance-finance-lems-three-wheeler-electric-conversion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Alliance Finance and LeMS offer leasing and rented batteries to convert petrol three-wheelers to electric https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-bimstec-youth-summit-delegation-opposition/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Opposition says no youth were sent to the BIMSTEC Youth Summit; minister says the whole delegation was under 35 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-cardinal-ranjith-psta-bill-church-study/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Cardinal Ranjith says Church lawyers are still studying the terrorism Bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-china-services-pmi-october-ratingdog/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z China's services growth slows to three-month low as business confidence weakens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-colombo-flooding-traffic-rail-delays/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Colombo records 129mm of rain in a few hours as floods snarl traffic and reach the National Hospital https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-deepavali-additional-buses-sltb-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Over 200 extra buses deployed for Deepavali travel https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-edl-transformer-capacity-online-rooftop-solar/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Rooftop solar applicants can now check transformer capacity online before applying https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-eknaligoda-defence-evidence-prosecution-closes/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Prosecution closes its case in the Eknaligoda trial as defence is set to open https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-excise-deputy-commissioner-corporal-bribery-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Retired deputy excise commissioner and corporal remanded until Nov. 17 over bribery allegation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-fcid-pyramid-scheme-panadura-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z FCID arrests Panadura man over alleged pyramid-scheme financial institution https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-fuel-prices-below-cost-recovery-verite/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Fuel still sold below cost recovery after November rise, Verité Research says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-gampaha-magistrate-gunaratne-transferred-jsc/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Gampaha Magistrate who sought contempt action against the IGP is transferred, days after the IGP complained about him to the JSC https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-godagama-wedding-hall-clash-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Man dies after fight outside Godagama wedding reception https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-herath-abu-assembly-tourism-promotion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Herath defends broadcasting assembly spending as tourism promotion, citing 1.862 million arrivals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-hit-and-run-compensation-doubled/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Compensation for hit-and-run victims doubled to Rs. 500,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-kaiwaru-muthu-cid-custody-deportation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Underworld figure 'Kaiwaru Muthu' taken into CID custody after deportation from UAE https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-kelloggs-rice-krispies-recipe-snap-crackle-pop/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Kellogg's admits the snap, crackle and pop is quieter after Rice Krispies recipe change https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-minister-questions-pucsl-public-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Energy Minister calls PUCSL tariff hearing a waste of public funds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-minneriya-habarana-specialist-doctor-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Specialist doctor killed in car and tipper collision on Minneriya–Habarana road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-mitchell-perera-off-roading-dies-dubai/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Mitchell Perera, Sri Lankan-origin pioneer of UAE off-roading, dies in Dubai at 59 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-official-reserves-october-7086-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Official reserves rise 3.2% in October to US$7,086 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-one-trade-national-single-window-gazette/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Gazette gives Sri Lanka's 'One TRADE' import-export platform full legal force https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-pakistan-india-trade-40-billion-losses/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan business body puts cost of halted India trade at $40 billion, cites Sri Lanka precedent https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-polish-charter-flights-enter-air/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Three Enter Air charters open the winter season with about 540 Polish tourists at Katunayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-slaf-four-israeli-uavs-bluebird-aero/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Air Force to buy four Israeli drones for Rs. 4.26 billion as Parliament clears estimate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-slfp-not-recognised-political-party-election-commission/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Election Commission tells SLFP it is not currently a recognised political party https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-speaker-rejects-premadasa-privilege-motion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Speaker rejects privilege complaints by Premadasa and four MPs over the blocked no-confidence motion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-srilankan-airlines-q1-loss-west-asia-crisis/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines loses Rs 35.6bn in a quarter as fuel costs nearly double https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-trump-oval-office-cabinet-room-national-monument/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Trump declares Oval Office a national monument to block future changes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-trusts-amendment-bill-passed-parliament-oversight/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Trusts (Amendment) Bill passed, bringing 500-plus trusts under mandatory registration https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-welimada-abaragala-new-village-plantation-families/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Rs 850 million new village for 170 plantation families breaks ground at Welimada https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-wild-elephant-train-collisions-eastern-railway-measures/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Modern train sets and solar lamps proposed to cut elephant deaths on Eastern Line https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-woman-arrested-rs-70-million-transactions/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Woman arrested over Rs 70 million moved through four bank accounts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-289-elephant-deaths-october-wildlife-department/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z 289 wild elephants died in the first ten months of 2026, with no cause established in 95 cases https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-abu-sponsorship-parliament-rs-101-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Government defends broadcasting assembly sponsorship as MP invokes the Basil Rajapaksa precedent https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-amman-embassy-attack-corporal-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Jordanian police corporal killed in attack outside Sri Lankan Embassy in Amman https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-anti-narcotics-march-ratama-ekata-anniversary/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Wijepala says anti-narcotics drive will continue, and repeats that no repressive laws are coming https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-asador-etxebarri-worlds-best-restaurant/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Basque grill house Asador Etxebarri named world's best restaurant for 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-bomb-threats-second-wave-europe-flights/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Second wave of hoax bomb threats hits at least 25 European flights https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-botswana-credentials-udeni-rajapaksa/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Botswana presents credentials in Gaborone https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-cancer-linac-tender-conflict-of-interest-allegations/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Doctor says bid evaluators attended a supplier's promotional event nine days before cancer machine tenders opened https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-cmc-qr-code-food-safety-complaints/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Colombo introduces QR code system for anonymous food safety complaints https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-computer-literacy-38-percent-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Six in ten Sri Lankans still cannot use a computer on their own https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-copf-tyre-import-controls-cronyism/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z MPs warn tyre import rules could hand a windfall to two manufacturers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-court-no-arrest-pending-ag-instructions/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Police withdraw wanted notice after court bars arrest pending AG's instructions https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-cse-aspi-20987-early-trade/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Colombo shares extend rally in early trade, ASPI up 2.17% to 20,987 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-cse-aspi-breaks-21000/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z ASPI closes above 21,000 for the first time as Colombo bourse extends rally to a third session https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-customs-illicit-cigarettes-792-million-thotalanga/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Customs seize 4.5 million illicit cigarettes worth Rs. 792 million at Thotalanga https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-education-ministry-circular-school-timetables/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Education Ministry circular sets new school hours from next year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-fcid-objects-bail-jiffry-mohamed-remand/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z FCID objects to bail for Jiffry Mohamed and a second suspect in the Rs 190 billion outflow case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-fintech-festival-digital-financial-hub/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka plans sovereign startup fund and virtual asset rules in digital finance push https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-france-blood-banks-cyberattack/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Cyberattack hits French blood bank refrigeration as supermarket freezer attacks widen https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-france-nationwide-strike-five-unions/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Five unions call France-wide strike as 600,000 march over living costs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-german-tourists-wildlife-specimens-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Two German tourists and a guide arrested with pythons and preserved specimens near Udawalawe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-gsp-plus-eu-india-fta-export-competitiveness/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z GSP+ secure beyond 2027, but EU-India trade deal threatens Sri Lanka's export edge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-hegseth-impeachment-vote-congress/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z US Congress heads for impeachment vote on Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-hiru-john-tarbet-junior-athletics-under-13-hurdles/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z St Peter's College sprinter takes under-13 hurdles title at John Tarbet junior athletics meet https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-hormuz-five-tankers-mines-us-forces/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z At least five tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz as fears grow of renewed US strikes on Iran https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-hubert-aiwanger-found-dead-berlin/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Bavarian deputy premier Hubert Aiwanger found dead in Berlin hotel room https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-igp-weerasooriya-crime-laws-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z IGP warns Sri Lanka risks a lawless society without tough crime laws https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-italian-chef-pineapple-pizza-dismissal/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Italian chef who refused to put pineapple on pizza loses unfair dismissal case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-jaffna-islands-pregnant-women-monsoon-advisory/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Jaffna island women near full term told to move to the mainland for the monsoon https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-joshua-wong-jailed-ten-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Joshua Wong jailed for 10 more years under Hong Kong security law https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-katugastota-vegetable-supplies-drop-rains/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Vegetable supplies to Katugastota Economic Centre drop by more than half https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-lady-ridgeway-kidney-death-doctors-summoned/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Court summons two doctors now abroad over death of three-year-old at Lady Ridgeway https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-luxury-food-destination-travel-taste-awards/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka named Luxury Food Destination of the Year at UK awards https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-maheepala-herath-fuel-repayment/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Former North Central Governor repays Rs. 1.17 million for 11,320 litres of fuel https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-menikdeniya-elephant-calf-electrocuted/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Elephant calf electrocuted by illegal power line in Menikdeniya; landowner arrested https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-ministry-schoolchildren-protest-video-identities/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Ministry asks media to stop circulating videos that identify schoolchildren at a protest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-mirissa-harbour-south-korea-fisheries-tourism/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z South Korea agrees in principle to develop Mirissa as fisheries and tourism harbour https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-musk-record-midterm-spending-losses/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Musk's record midterm spending delivers almost nothing as Republicans lose Congress https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-namal-vat-cut-promise-unfulfilled/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa says promised VAT removal on school and health essentials never happened https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-nccp-burning-plastic-firewood-lung-cancer/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Cancer programme head warns against lighting firewood with plastic as lung cancer cases pass 2,100 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-net-plus-rooftop-solar-karunatilaka/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Energy Minister defends scrapping net metering, says Net Plus protects non-solar consumers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-nuwara-eliya-post-office-administration-building/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Rs 78.34mn postal building begun at Nuwara Eliya as historic post office heads for conservation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-oil-prices-plunge-midterm-iran-war/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Oil plunges more than 8% as US midterm result fuels bets on an end to the Iran war https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-pakistan-gsp-plus-human-rights-risk/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan's EU trade concession at risk over human rights, parliamentary committee warned https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-paraguay-president-pena-resigns-ueno-bank/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Paraguay's President Santiago Peña resigns after collapse of digital bank ueno https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-petronet-qatar-us-lng-india-diversify/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z India's top gas importer asks Qatar for US-sourced LNG under renewed 2028 contract https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-police-islandwide-operation-410-arrests/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z 410 arrested and 26,868 checked in a single day of islandwide police operations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-poverty-line-17742-september/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Official poverty line edges up to Rs. 17,742 in September as monthly rises slow https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-preschool-special-needs-education-teacher-training/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Government to expand preschool provision for children with special needs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-president-drug-arrests-children-ice/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z President puts under-18 'Ice' arrests at 1,874, against one in 2022 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-president-organised-crime-detention-48-hours/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z President signals three amendments to Organised Crimes Bill, including 48-hour detention limit https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-psa-protest-repressive-laws-pta-psta/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z People's Struggle Alliance warns against reviving PTA powers under new laws https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-pucsl-electricity-tariff-q4-consultation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z System operator says no electricity tariff rise is needed, hours after regulator proposed 1.46% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-pussellawa-doragala-deaths-police-investigation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Two found dead at Doragala house in Pussellawa, police investigating https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-putin-not-invited-g20-manchester/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Putin will not be invited to 2027 G20 summit in Manchester, Burnham says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-rakhitha-rajapaksa-three-month-asset-suspension/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z High Court suspends Rakhitha Rajapaksa's bank accounts and three vehicles for three months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-ranawaka-hydropower-opportunity-cost-coal/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Ranawaka tells regulator the coal loss was costed with hydropower set at zero https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-reservoirs-spilling-irrigation-department/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z 17 major reservoirs and seven medium tanks spilling as storage reaches 46% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-ronaldo-retires-international-football/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from international football https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-russell-brand-guilty-rape-sexual-assault/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Russell Brand convicted of rape and sexual assault, faces lengthy jail term https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-siri-thilakasiri-passes-away/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Sinhala literary scholar Siri Thilakasiri dies https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-sri-lanka-guest-of-honour-ciie-shanghai/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka named a guest of honour country as record China Import Expo opens in Shanghai https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-supplementary-estimate-air-force-uav-system/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Parliament takes up Rs 4.26 billion for an Air Force drone system, citing Bay of Bengal weather https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-tiktok-430357-videos-removed-q2/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z TikTok removed 430,357 videos in Sri Lanka in the second quarter, 99.4% before anyone reported them https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-tin-certificate-deferred-april-2027/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z TIN certificate requirement deferred to April 2027 after surge in demand https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-05-vance-iran-war-republican-midterm-defeat/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z Vance blames Iran war for Republican midterm defeat as Trump says he has no regrets