https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-anuradhapura-schoolgirl-sltb-bus-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Schoolgirl, 10, killed when motorcycle collides with SLTB bus in Anuradhapura https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-badminton-cycling-federations-suspended/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Badminton and cycling federations suspended by gazette, transformation committees appointed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-bed-graduates-provincial-schools-recruitment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Education degree holders cleared for provincial school posts, interviews before year-end https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-british-airways-returns-colombo-gatwick/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z British Airways lands at Katunayake, restoring a direct London link broken for 11 years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-cassilingam-section-149-anti-corruption-fairness/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z SLPP's Cassilingam questions whether Section 149 is being applied fairly in Namal's case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-driving-licence-sri-lankans-abroad-clarification/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankans abroad can drive on their local licence when they return, minister says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-elephant-transit-home-kalahagala-polonnaruwa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Second elephant transit home planned at Kalahagala, cutting a nine-hour transfer to under two https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-farmers-compensation-early-cultivation-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Agriculture Minister promises compensation to farmers who planted early on the department's advice https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-farmers-crop-damage-compensation-early-planting/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Farmers told to plant two weeks early against drought are now being rained out — and will be compensated https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-grand-hyatt-colombo-bidders-expansion/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Hyatt says it will enter Sri Lanka through Colombo — as the State tries to sell it the tower it has waited 14 years for https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-jica-fisheries-post-harvest-study/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka and JICA to study fish wastage before launching a post-harvest loss project https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kalutara-railway-beach-unidentified-body/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Body of unidentified man found on beach behind Kalutara railway station https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kirinda-puhulwella-ps-chairman-bail/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z NPP council chairman and four officials bailed over alleged detention of teacher and son https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kudu-salindu-karandeniya-sudda-assets-frozen/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Bus linked to Akuregoda lawyer murders impounded as police freeze drug-money assets https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-kuwait-two-sri-lankan-women-deaths/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Kuwait opens foul-play investigations into deaths of two Sri Lankan women https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-mannar-army-defender-crash-soldier-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Soldier killed and 11 injured as Army Defender hits palmyra tree in Mannar https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-mawanella-pistols-shotgun-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Man held at Mawanella with two pistols, shotgun and 156 rounds of shot https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-motor-sports-federation-registration-suspended/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Motor sport's national federation suspended and placed under ministry control https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-namal-rajapaksa-50-days-letter/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa marks 50 days in remand with a letter: ready for 500 if it helps the country https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-national-drowning-prevention-policy/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Four ministries to draft a national drowning prevention policy, with water safety taught in schools https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-pakistan-afghanistan-trade-collapse-tdap/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan-Afghanistan trade has fallen about 95%, with crossings shut more than a year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-pm-amarasuriya-education-burden-kadawalawewa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Government should carry part of the education burden parents bear, PM says at school handover https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-police-warning-dating-app-financial-scams/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Police warn of dating-app scams that plant banking malware on victims' phones https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-president-hospital-report-false-denial/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z President's Office says reports that Dissanayake was hospitalised are false https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-prisons-gazette-monks-robes-nikaya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Gazette gives imprisoned monks the right to wear robes outside prison, with the Nikaya deciding https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-rupee-depreciation-6-6-percent-cbsl/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Rupee down 6.6% against the dollar this year as foreign holdings of government paper slip https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-sajith-premadasa-dehiattakandiya-farmers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Sajith says farmers left helpless, puts paddy production cost at Rs 137 a kilo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-sampath-fernando-army-chief-of-staff/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Major General Sampath Fernando appointed Army Chief of Staff from October 27 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-satyagraha-banners-municipal-council-ninth-day/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Standoff at Viharamahadevi Park as council officials try to remove satyagraha banners https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-six-flags-goliath-seat-belts-georgia/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Six Flags to fit seat belts to Goliath after rider's fatal fall in Georgia https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-soul-sounds-christmas-charity-concert/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Soul Sounds to headline Rays of Hope Christmas charity concert in Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-talalla-beach-narcotics-navy-coast-guard/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Talalla haul confirmed at 561kg and Rs. 11.8bn, the Navy's largest land seizure this year https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-thambuttegama-niyadawala-elephant-crop-damage/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Thambuttegama villagers ask government to protect farmers as elephants fell coconut trees https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-thanamalwila-nikawewa-youth-shot-dead/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Man, 28, found shot dead on leased coconut land at Nikawewa; father discovered the body at dawn https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-vanuatu-earthquake-tsunami-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes west of Vanuatu, tsunami warning issued for coasts within 300km https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-vat-sscl-trader-exclusion-proposal/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Retired IRD deputy chief urges taking traders out of VAT and raising the rate to 20% https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-wambatuwewa-crocodile-schoolboy-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Schoolboy, 12, taken by a crocodile at a Wambatuwewa bathing place; body recovered after tank drained https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-wasantha-samarasinghe-london-british-investors/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Minister tells London forum British investment in Sri Lanka has reached $1.73 billion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-24-wellawatte-brothel-raid-thai-women/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z Four Thai women arrested in Wellawatte brothel raid https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-afc-president-sri-lanka-football-progress/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z AFC president praises Sri Lanka's football progress at Tokyo meeting https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-aralaganwila-electric-wire-deaths/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Boy, 5, and man who tried to save him killed by elephant-deterrent wire https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-araliya-christmas-cake-gregory-lake/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z 500kg Christmas cake mixture prepared at Gregory Lake in Nuwara Eliya https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-asia-asset-finance-rs2bn-debentures/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Asia Asset Finance to raise Rs. 2 billion in five-year debentures https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-bimal-rathnayake-hulangamuwa-adviser-claim/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Bimal Rathnayake tells Parliament that Hulangamuwa never advised Ranil Wickremesinghe https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-blackout-losses-tariffs-karunathilaka/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Energy Minister says blackout losses will not reach consumers, three days after telling Parliament tariffs absorb them https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-cbsl-oration-imf-ai-trust/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z IMF technology chief tells Central Bank: trusted AI, not the most AI https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-chamara-sampath-remanded-november-6/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Chamara Sampath Dasanayake further remanded to November 6 over phosphate licence bribe allegation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-chemmani-somadeva-interim-report-574-remains/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Chemmani excavation report says site resembles formal burial, while recording 574 dead https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-colombo-tb-cases-population-density-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Colombo's population density has driven TB spread, health minister tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-court-rejects-monks-motion-viharamahadevi/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Colombo court refuses both sides at Viharamahadevi Park: order stands, no arrest warrants https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-customs-october-79-percent-day-21/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Customs has collected 79% of its October target in 21 days — and its daily rate nearly doubled mid-month https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-dayasiri-vas-kavi-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Dayasiri Jayasekara sings a Vas Kaviya in Parliament, alleging arrests are planned over the verse https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-development-officers-strike-november-9/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Development officers call an island-wide strike for 9 November over promotions and pay https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-doj-alaska-senate-certification-lawsuit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate result if Republican loses https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-gangaramaya-samhita-manuscript-digitisation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Gangaramaya and India International Centre to digitise 100 palm-leaf manuscripts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-gnanasara-not-produced-court-satyagraha-eighth-day/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Gnanasara produced by WhatsApp; High Court says it cannot order his robe returned https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-gorakhpur-rabies-shots-cow-milk/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z 450 given rabies shots in Indian village after cow suspected of rabies dies https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-greece-social-media-ban-under-15/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Greece bans social media for children under 15 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-hormuz-seven-tankers-damaged-irgc/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Iran says seven oil tankers damaged in a single day in the Strait of Hormuz https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-hrcsl-organised-crime-bill-withdrawal/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Rights Commission asks Justice Minister to withdraw Organised Crime Bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-imf-sovereign-bond-forecast-anil-jayantha/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Government, not IMF, will decide on return to bond markets: Anil Jayantha https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-indian-trawlers-parliament-fish-stocks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z 23 Indian trawlers seized so far in 2026, Chief Government Whip tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-indonesia-ketamine-mongolian-tanker/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Indonesia seizes 1.16 tonnes of ketamine from Mongolian-flagged tanker https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-industrial-asphalts-cse-watch-list/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Industrial Asphalts moved to CSE Watch List after auditor disclaims opinion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-james-bond-final-screen-tests/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Final James Bond screen tests set for London this weekend https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-janani-dhananjana-long-jump-t47-gold/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Janani Dhananjana jumps 5.52m for Games record and Sri Lanka's second Para Games gold https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-jordan-karak-church-funeral-shooting/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Seven killed, 40 wounded as gunmen open fire on church funeral in Jordan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-kadigamuwa-line-closure-october-24-25/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Railways closes the Kadigamuwa stretch for two days — the first shutdown after six slips in 17 days https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-kdu-copper-strips-cope-investigation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Two kilometres of copper went missing from KDU Hospital's lightning conductors, COPE told https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-kirinda-puhulwella-chairman-bail-wall-dispute/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Kirinda Puhulwella council chairman and four officials bailed over alleged confinement in wall dispute https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-maldives-medicines-donation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka donates over Rs 5 million in medicines to the Maldives https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-melanoma-mrna-vaccine-recurrence/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z mRNA cancer vaccine cuts risk of melanoma returning by 42% in late-stage trial https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-military-elephant-training-joint-raids/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Army to open an elephant operations room as wildlife officers start training soldiers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-nairobi-eastleigh-building-collapse/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Rescuers search rubble after building under construction collapses in Nairobi's Eastleigh https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-namal-rajapaksa-krrish-remand-november-6/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa's bail bid refused, remanded to November 6 in Krrish case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-negombo-prison-magistrate-crime-finding/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Negombo Prison deaths were a crime, magistrate finds, ordering CID investigation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-nittambuwa-machinery-store-fire/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Fire guts machinery and electrical goods store in Nittambuwa https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-nmra-act-amendment-cosmetics/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Health Minister says NMRA Act will be amended to regulate cosmetics https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-norochcholai-units-three-one-grid-810mw/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Norochcholai's last two units return to the grid, restoring 810MW https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-ol-aesthetics-practical-tests/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z O/L aesthetic subject practicals to run from October 27 to November 6 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-oleshky-localised-ceasefire-humanitarian/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z White House announces localised ceasefire for Ukraine's Oleshky https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-pan-asia-bank-nccsl-maharagama-workshop/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Pan Asia Bank and National Chamber run SME workshop for Maharagama entrepreneurs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-persian-gulf-oil-pollution-iran-war/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Iran war has doubled surface oil pollution in the Persian Gulf, satellite scientists say https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-police-facebook-post-hrc-complaint/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Rights commission receives complaint over police Facebook post telling public to 'think twice' https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-pradeep-somasiri-asian-para-games-1500m-gold/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Pradeep Somasiri wins the 1500m T46 — Sri Lanka's first gold of the Asian Para Games https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-president-close-34-state-institutions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Finance Ministry has decided to close 34 state institutions, President says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-president-economic-resilience-external-shocks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z President says economy can take domestic shocks but not yet external ones https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-rabies-dog-registration-bill-second-reading/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Parliament takes up Rabies Elimination and Dog Registration Bill for second reading https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-reservoir-spill-flood-risk-kalu-ganga-deduru-oya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Kalu Ganga joins Deduru Oya at flood risk as 25 reservoirs spill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-rubber-sector-eudr-workshop/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's rubber exporters brief on EU deforestation rules at Colombo workshop https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-russian-diesel-tanker-agioi-fanendes/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Tanker carrying 40,000 tonnes of Russian diesel heads to New York after Putin-Trump deal https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-sabaragamuwa-chancellor-gallelle-sumanasiri/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Ven. Gallelle Sumanasiri Thera appointed Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-samanthurai-sick-elephant-treatment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Army joins round-the-clock effort to save collapsed wild elephant in Samanthurai https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-samarkand-childhood-cancer-congress/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka joins 100 countries in Samarkand for a childhood cancer congress and a new declaration https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-schools-smart-classrooms-grades-2-6/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Smart classrooms reviewed in Parliament as education reforms prepare to reach Grades 2 and 6 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-slcert-fake-bank-vap-poya-scam/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka CERT warns of fake bank 'Vap Poya gift' message circulating online https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-sri-lanka-china-buddhist-studies-scholarships/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z China proposes Buddhist studies scholarships and film exchange with Sri Lanka https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-thineth-software-ai-tourism-award/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Thineth Software wins SLTDA award for AI innovation in hospitality https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-three-sri-lankans-detained-indo-nepal-border/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Three Sri Lankans from Jaffna detained near the India-Nepal border on expired visas https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-trappes-shooting-racist-terrorist-attack/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z One killed, five wounded in Paris-area shooting France calls a 'racist, terrorist attack' https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-typhoon-champi-taiwan-shutdown/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi closes in; 931 flights cancelled https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-underworld-bosses-abroad-stf-teams/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z 17 STF teams deployed against organised crime as minister targets bosses directing operations from abroad https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-wijesiri-bribe-givers-overseas/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z SJB MP asks why alleged bribe-givers are questioned abroad while bribe-takers are remanded https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-wildlife-tri-forces-elephant-protection-operations-room/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Army Headquarters to host a wildlife operations room as military joins elephant protection https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-23-yunnan-three-free-trade-mou/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka signs "Three Free, Three Facilitation" trade deal with Yunnan