https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-batticaloa-kalmunai-cab-crash/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Man killed as cab hits lottery booth on Batticaloa–Kalmunai road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-chief-prelates-judges-retirement-age-letter/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Chief Prelates write to President opposing move to extend judges' retirement age https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-chinese-woman-bia-cigarettes-narcotics-bureau/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Chinese woman arrested at BIA with Rs. 3 million in smuggled cigarettes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-copf-approves-rs-71-7-billion-relief-package/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z CoPF approves Rs. 71.7 billion relief package over Middle East conflict costs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-defence-ministry-disaster-preparedness-directive/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Defence Ministry orders immediate disaster preparedness as severe weather spreads https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-doctors-union-drug-regulation-nmra/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Doctors' union says drug regulation has 'collapsed' as 40 medicines run short https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-expired-dengue-test-kits-private-labs/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Regulator says it cannot check private labs for expired dengue test kits https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-fisheries-ban-extended-puttalam-pottuvil/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Fishing ban extended from Puttalam to Pottuvil as Red warning is reissued https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-gotabaya-writ-petition-order-september-22/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Appeal Court to rule on September 22 on Gotabaya Rajapaksa's bid to block arrest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-habarana-car-wild-elephant-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Four escape unhurt after car hits wild elephant on Habarana–Minneriya road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-harak-kata-high-security-prison-transfer/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Court orders 'Harak Kata' moved to high-security prison as AG appeals PTA ruling https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-harsha-de-silva-no-crossover/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Harsha de Silva dismisses crossover reports but says government wants people like him https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hatton-nuwara-eliya-school-closures/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z All schools in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts to close on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hatton-polpitiya-earth-collapse-woman-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z All four people buried by earth collapse on Hatton house confirmed dead https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hill-country-roads-blocked-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Hill country roads cut by rockfalls and floodwater as rain tops 200 mm https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-hormuz-tanker-threat-worst-since-war-began/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Threat to Middle East oil tankers at its worst since the war began, analysts say https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-house-arrest-legal-provisions-drafting/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Drafting begins on house arrest provisions as government moves on prison overcrowding https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kandana-water-cut-moratuwa-panadura-horana/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Water cut on Tuesday for Moratuwa, Panadura, Bandaragama, Horana and Piliyandala https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kegalle-karadupana-bus-collision/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Eighteen injured as SLTB and private buses collide head-on at Karadupana, Kegalle https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-kelani-river-major-flood-warning-dehiowita/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Major flood warning issued for Kelani River valley at Dehiowita, Ruwanwella and Yatiyantota https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-mahaweli-flood-warning-kandy-divisions/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Red major-flood alert issued for ten divisions along the Mahaweli https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-met-100mm-heavy-rain-sabaragamuwa-kandy-nuwara-eliya/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Heavy rain above 100 mm forecast for Sabaragamuwa, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-met-rains-ease-typhoon-august-6/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Rain to ease from Tuesday afternoon, but Pacific typhoon could bring more after August 6 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nawalapitiya-embankment-collapse-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Man killed as earth embankment collapses on shop in Nawalapitiya; families evacuated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nbro-landslide-warnings-kandy-kegalle-nuwara-eliya-ratnapura/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z NBRO raises landslide warnings to 'Red' evacuation level in three districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-nuwara-eliya-2331-affected-six-missing/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Six missing and 2,331 affected in Nuwara Eliya as district counts flood damage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-pettah-shop-fire-main-street/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Fire breaks out at Pettah shop on Main Street https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-prison-security-tightened-nationwide/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Security tightened at prisons nationwide after Mahara unrest https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-public-sector-salaries-pensions-commission-office/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Public sector salaries and pensions commission opens its office on Tuesday https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-pucsl-electricity-tariffs-unchanged-q3/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Electricity tariffs to stay unchanged in third quarter, PUCSL decides https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-ritu-akarsha-mervyn-silva-case-denial/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Actress denies link to bank account named in Mervyn Silva assets case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-sc-opinion-president-parliament-terms/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z MP says government will seek Supreme Court opinion over presidential and parliamentary terms https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-sri-lanka-wsdc-debate-first-place/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka tops World Schools Debating Championship preliminary standings for the first time https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-trump-iran-talks-begin-monday/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Trump says Iran talks begin Monday; Tehran says no talks are under way https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-upper-kotmale-spill-gates-opened/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Three spill gates open automatically at Upper Kotmale Reservoir as catchment rain continues https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-03-yoshitha-rajapaksa-karannagoda-indictments/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z Bribery Commission indicts Yoshitha Rajapaksa and ex-Navy chief Karannagoda over UK naval course https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-abeysinghe-impersonation-scam-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Deputy Minister Abeysinghe warns of scam callers using his name https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-ag-clears-judges-retirement-bill/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Attorney General clears draft bill to extend judges' retirement age https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-ampara-tourism-arugam-bay-development/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 173 million for Arugam Bay project as Ampara tourism funding shifts to districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-aswesuma-fraud-norwood-officials-remanded/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Two Norwood officials remanded over alleged Rs. 3 million Aswesuma fraud https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-bia-foreigner-cigarettes-chennai/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Foreign businessman caught at BIA with Rs. 5.91 million in cigarettes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-bowathenna-reservoir-desilting-pilot-project/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Bowathenna reservoir to be drained from August 17 for national desilting pilot https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-bumrah-ruled-out-sri-lanka-tests/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Bumrah ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests with knee injury https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-dengue-cases-85364-weekly-drop-18-percent/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Dengue cases fall 18% in a week as national total reaches 85,364 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-fake-police-robbery-welipenna/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Villagers seize suspect after gang posing as police robs home near Welipenna https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-fishermen-death-toll-five-bad-weather/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Bad-weather fishing death toll rises to five; one man still missing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-fuel-import-bill-h1-refined-petroleum/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Fuel bill tops US$3.1bn as Sri Lanka buys refined, not crude https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-galle-prison-inmate-escape/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Inmate escapes over Galle Prison wall; police teams deployed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-ganja-292kg-seized-ramanathapuram/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Indian police seize 292 kg of cannabis bound for Sri Lanka, arrest three https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-giant-orchid-blooms-peradeniya-gardens/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z World's largest orchid blooms at Peradeniya gardens after 16 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-greece-firefighting-helicopters-collide-athens/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Two killed as firefighting helicopters collide over Greek wildfire https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-indonesia-ferry-fire-mutiara-sentosa-2/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Five dead and 41 missing after Indonesian ferry catches fire https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-iran-denies-trump-claim-hormuz-closed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Iran denies asking US to hold off strikes, says Hormuz stays closed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-kandy-12-hour-water-cut-getambe/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z 12-hour water cut across Kandy city today for Getambe plant repairs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-lal-kantha-state-sector-reforms/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Lal Kantha says he will flag state sector failings even at the cost of votes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-met-forecast-50mm-showers-strong-winds-aug2/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Met Department forecasts 50 mm showers and strong winds as heavy-rain advisory lapses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-mullaitivu-civil-military-meeting-land-issues/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Deputy defence minister chairs Mullaitivu talks on army- and navy-held land https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-muttur-motorcycle-tipper-collision-two-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Two young men killed in motorcycle-tipper collision near Muttur https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-nena-isura-scholarships-pm-harini/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Education is a right, not a privilege, PM tells scholarship ceremony https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-polgolla-dam-spill-gates-flood-risk/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Two spill gates opened at Polgolla Dam as heavy rain raises flood risk https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-red-warning-strong-winds-galle-pottuvil/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Red warning issued for strong winds and rough seas from Galle to Pottuvil https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-sajith-maligakanda-rally-prison-crisis/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Government that cannot manage prisons cannot rebuild country, Premadasa says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-saman-devalaya-waste-dengue-ratnapura/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Residents warn of dengue risk as Perahera waste sits uncleared at Saman Devalaya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-sl-women-seal-t20i-series-pakistan/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Teenage debutant Sanjana Kavindi seals T20I series for Sri Lanka Women https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-wadduwa-dengue-death-mother-unborn-baby/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Wadduwa woman and unborn baby die days before scheduled delivery; relatives cite dengue https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-08-02-warm-weather-advisory-eastern-north-central/ LankaNewz en 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z Warm weather advisory issued for Eastern and North-Central provinces