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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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/2026-10-14-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