https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-amber-advisory-lightning-bay-of-bengal-low/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Amber advisory for severe lightning, with a low-pressure area expected in the Bay of Bengal by 13 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-angunakolapelessa-prison-guard-cannabis-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Prison guard in tactical unit arrested with cannabis at Angunakolapelessa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-cpc-75-new-fuel-stations-private-firms-limit-sales/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z CPC to open 75 new fuel stations as minister tells private suppliers they may price on cost https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-dambulla-rs12bn-hospital-complex/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Health Minister inspects Dambulla site for a Rs. 12 billion hospital complex https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-drug-prevention-model-villages-nddcb/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Drug prevention 'model villages' planned for every Divisional Secretariat Division https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-houthis-warn-saudi-airports-airspace/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Houthis warn travellers against all Saudi airports, a day after 12 killed at Riyadh https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-imf-world-bank-annual-meetings-bangkok/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Treasury Secretary leads Sri Lankan delegation to IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-mrs-tourism-world-nimesha-premachandra/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Mrs. Tourism World 2026 winner Nimesha Premachandra meets the Foreign Minister https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-namal-uyana-pm-hazardous-waste-penalties/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z PM puts hazardous-waste dumping penalties at Rs. 20 million and jail, at Namal Uyana anniversary https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-namal-vat-relief-school-supplies-2027-budget/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa asks the President to scrap VAT on school supplies in the 2027 Budget https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-nepal-budhigandaki-flood-sri-lankans-alert/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z No Sri Lankans affected by sudden Budhigandaki flooding, Embassy in Kathmandu tells community https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-pm-23000-teachers-habarana/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z PM repeats the 23,000-teacher target at Habarana, calling it the largest recruitment drive in the country's history https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-prison-rules-monks-mahanayake-review/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Mahanayake Theras to review the committee report on prison rules for Buddhist monks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-ran-malli-arrested-bulgaria-interpol/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Organised crime suspect 'Ran Malli' arrested in Bulgaria, police move to bring him home https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-thabbowa-reservoir-elephant-habitat/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Clearing invasive plants at Thabbowa brought back grassland — and kept elephants out of villages https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-tier-2-us-trafficking-report-fifth-year/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka holds Tier 2 in the US trafficking report for a fifth year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-turkey-social-media-ban-under-15s/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Turkey bars under-15s from social media from 1 November https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-11-wattala-18kg-ice-heroin-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z Man held in Wattala with more than 18kg of Ice and heroin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-anojan-sivarasa-appeal-saudi-supreme-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Appeal against Anojan Sivarasa's death sentence finalised for the Saudi Supreme Court https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-apeksha-hospital-cancer-care-review/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Health Ministry pledges to end cancer treatment delays at Apeksha Hospital https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-army-77th-anniversary-panagoda-schools/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Army marks 77th anniversary at Panagoda and honours the schools its soldiers came from https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-cbsl-condominium-market-q2-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Colombo's apartment market is shrinking and getting dearer, Central Bank data show https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-coal-commission-two-month-extension/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Coal procurement commission asks the President for a two-month extension, six days before its term expires https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-combank-el-nino-farmer-climate-programme/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Commercial Bank runs El Niño preparedness programme for 1,100 farmers across 15 locations https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-customs-digital-signature-october-19-cutover/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Customs sets 19 October as the hard cutover for manual import documents https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-education-internet-safety-guidelines/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 96 billion school digitalisation plan clears policy stage as internet safety guidelines go to pilot https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-esoft-uni-asocio-ai-education-award/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z ESOFT Uni takes ASOCIO AI in Education Award in Jakarta, its third in three years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-futa-intensified-trade-union-action/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z FUTA to escalate trade union action, saying letters to the President went unanswered https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-india-tourism-campaign-kolkata-flights/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Indian investor urges a dedicated India campaign and the return of Colombo–Kolkata flights https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-kotmale-garandi-ella-landslide/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Landslide at Garandi Ella cuts the Hatton–Gampola road to one lane https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-madu-ganga-boat-controls-ramsar/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Madu Ganga tourist boats face 15 HP engine cap and a 5 p.m. curfew https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-matale-yatawatta-police-officers-assaulted/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Four arrested after three police officers assaulted on a 119 call-out in Matale https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-northern-line-train-services-reduced/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Northern Line down to eight daily trains from 18, station masters say https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-parent-care-allowance-defence-ministry/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Parent care allowance still running, Defence Ministry says — but only half of those eligible draw it https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-port-city-worker-killed-clash/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Contract worker stabbed to death in clash at Colombo Port City labour quarters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-premadasa-microfinance-debt-relief/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Premadasa presses for a microfinance debt relief programme, citing two million borrowers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-ranil-explains-gnanasara-pardon/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Wickremesinghe says monks' objections drove Gnanasara Thera's presidential pardon https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-rcgc-monthly-medal-golf/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Over 250 golfers tee off in RCGC Monthly Medal at Borella https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-riyadh-airport-blast-terminal-attack/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Riyadh airport attack kills 12 and wounds 309, with no Sri Lankan among the dead https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-rupee-depreciation-6-3-percent-cbsl/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Rupee down 6.3% against the dollar so far this year, Central Bank indicators show https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-satyagraha-kandy-gnanasara-release/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Maha Sangha begins a six-day protest walk from Kandy to Colombo over Gnanasara Thera's robes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-shanakiyan-north-east-hotel-tax-arrears/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Shanakiyan asks Parliament to be told what hotels in the North and East owe local councils https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-shiran-basik-dambulla-property-seized/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Drug trafficker Shiran Basik's Dambulla land and houses seized by CCIB https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-six-road-deaths-24-hours/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Six killed in road accidents across Sri Lanka in 24 hours, all on two or three wheels https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-slbfe-jaffna-foreign-employment-job-fair/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Foreign employment bureau holds Jaffna job fair focused on Japan, Israel and South Korea https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-sri-lanka-china-2027-anniversary-preparations/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Herath and Chinese envoy open talks on marking two 2027 anniversaries https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-sri-lanka-condemns-saudi-airport-attacks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka condemns attacks on Saudi civilian airports https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-trump-russian-diesel-zelensky/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Zelensky calls Trump's Russian diesel deal a gift to Putin https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-urban-wildlife-peacocks-monkeys-deer-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Peacocks, monkeys and deer moving into Colombo as habitats shrink, says Wildlife Department https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-weerawansa-chinese-ambassador-meeting/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Weerawansa meets the new Chinese Ambassador at the embassy's invitation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-wijewardana-world-bank-inflation-target/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z World Bank backs the 5% inflation target; a former Deputy Governor says it will deepen poverty https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-10-zebra-surgery-dehiwala-zoo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Specialist recommends surgery for Dehiwala Zoo zebra with a digestive blockage