https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-asian-gym-for-life-challenge-89-gymnasts/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z 89 young gymnasts leave for inaugural Asian Gym for Life Challenge https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-court-bars-monks-presidential-secretariat/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Court bars Ulapane Sumangala Thera and 54 others from the Presidential Secretariat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-cse-aspi-reclaims-20000/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z ASPI reclaims 20,000 three sessions after losing it, vindicating a forecast made at the level https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-dengue-cases-rise-rainy-weather/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Dengue is rising again with the rains, a month after the control unit warned it would https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-driving-licence-brokers-warning/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Motor Traffic chief warns licence brokers are selling forgeries, as 678,000 licences wait to be printed https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-fao-world-food-day-climate-preparedness-financing/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z FAO urges Sri Lanka to pre-fund farm disaster response, citing US$814mn in Ditwah crop damage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-galadari-radisson-blu-reopening-q4-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Galadari sets a reopening window as Radisson Blu — and the quarter it names has already begun https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-gotabaya-motion-lift-travel-ban-singapore/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Gotabaya Rajapaksa asks the court that barred him from flying to let him go to Singapore https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-hambantota-port-vehicles-19-months/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Hambantota Port has handled 167,569 vehicles in 19 months — and the mix has shifted to used imports https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-hies-2025-report-delayed-december/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Household income survey report delayed to December, extending Sri Lanka's poverty data gap https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-judicial-service-commission-court-clerks-recruitment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z JSC to fill 2,646 court vacancies, with Saturday's exam covering 1,600 clerks https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-kadigamuwa-landslide-third-time-upcountry-line/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Earth slides onto the Kadigamuwa track a third time, and both outlets now agree it is the Upcountry Line https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-kiriella-defends-minority-remarks-gnanasara/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Kiriella defends his minority-voter remarks, and says no new law is needed to pardon Gnanasara https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-kurdistan-delegation-ceylon-chamber-trade/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Kurdistan delegation and Ceylon Chamber discuss trade beyond tea https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-lal-kantha-government-rules-out-gnanasara-pardon/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Government will not pardon Gnanasara Thera, Lal Kantha says, hours after monks left the Secretariat https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-mahanayake-theras-gnanasara-release-monk-facility/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Both Mahanayake Theras press prison officials over Gnanasara Thera https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-rmb-clearing-bank-opens-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z A renminbi clearing bank has opened in Sri Lanka, letting China trade settle without the dollar https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-sampath-bank-rs10bn-basel-iii-debenture/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z CSE clears Sampath Bank's Rs. 10bn debenture, the first slice of a Rs. 50bn programme https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-shiranthi-rajapaksa-released-bail-bypass-surgery/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Shiranthi Rajapaksa granted bail as the National Hospital tells court she needs bypass surgery https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-slaf-tarang-shakti-2026-india-exercise/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka sent one surveillance aircraft and six crew to India's Tarang Shakti 2026 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-sri-lanka-u17-beat-pakistan-99-runs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's Under-17s win the series opener in Multan by 99 runs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-sri-lanka-women-u19-tri-series-champions/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's Under-19 women defend 158 to win the tri-series final in Faisalabad by four runs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-suresh-salley-trial-at-bar-ekneligoda/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Suresh Sallay was taken to the Ekneligoda trial-at-bar under CID guard — as witness No. 90 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-tourism-revenue-september-185-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z September tourism revenue rose against last year — and fell 30% against August https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-us-17-million-colombo-port-digitisation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z US puts $17 million into digitising the Port of Colombo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-16-vidullanka-fiji-mini-hydro-epc/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z Vidullanka wins $1.35mn Fiji mini hydro contract, ten months after bidding 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-arugam-bay-asias-best-beach-conde-nast/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Arugam Bay ranked Asia's best beach, with four Sri Lankan beaches in the top 20 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-atf-under-16-tennis-five-sri-lankans-semifinals/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Five Sri Lankans reach ATF Under-16 semifinals — every one of them by beating a compatriot 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-china-sovereign-ai-computing-centre/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka asks China to back a National Sovereign AI Computing Centre https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-cse-aspi-rebounds-175-points-below-20000/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z ASPI rebounds 175 points but stops 29 short of reclaiming 20,000 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-foreign-ministry-saturday-attestation-battaramulla/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Foreign Ministry opens three Saturdays for urgent document attestation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-gnanasara-freedom-march-reaches-colombo/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z The Gnanasara freedom march reaches Colombo on its sixth day — and police describe it as an opposition march https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-gnanasara-monks-camp-presidential-secretariat/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Monks camp outside the Presidential Secretariat after talks on Gnanasara's release end without agreement https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-hela-clothing-directors-travel-ban-upheld/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z A civil court has ruled it can stop company directors leaving Sri Lanka — and used the power on Hela Clothing's five https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-houthi-abha-airport-riyadh-aramco-escalation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Three killed at Abha airport as Houthi strikes reach the Aramco headquarters area 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-iran-gulf-infrastructure-fujairah-attacks/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Fujairah's fuel tanks hit again as Reuters finds Gulf states concealed strike damage https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-jaffna-madagal-house-assets-frozen-rs70mn/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Rs. 85 million in assets frozen over a Madagal house police say was built with drug money https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-jiffry-mohamed-bail-money-laundering-indictment/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Bail for a businessman charged with laundering drug money — a month after he was discharged from the drug case https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-kandy-metro-bus-route-survey/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Kandy Metro bus route surveyed as far as Gampola, with the year-end launch target now unmentioned https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-lds-charities-cancer-drugs-wheelchairs/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z US church charity donates Rs. 330mn in cancer drugs, and signs for 600 wheelchairs https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-nilwala-flood-alert-river-levels-el-nino/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Nilwala flood alert for six divisions, and El Niño returns to the Met Department's reasoning https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-nissanka-ruled-out-tri-nation-odi/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Nissanka ruled out of the Pakistan tri-series, with Lahiru Udara called in https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-pakistan-rock-salt-colombo-port-dri/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Colombo Port used to disguise 7,311 tonnes of Pakistani rock salt bound for India, Indian investigators say https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-pmi-september-services-60-5-manufacturing-53/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Services PMI gives back August's gain as manufacturing holds flat at 53.0 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-rani-sri-lanki-lebanon-identification-appeal/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Foreign Ministry seeks help identifying woman who died in Lebanon after 42 years 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-sata-2026-sri-lanka-awards-haul/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lankan hotels and SriLankan Airlines take at least 12 South Asian Travel Awards, a week after the ceremony https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-severe-lightning-advisory-colombo-flooding/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Lightning advisory narrows to five provinces as Colombo roads go under water https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-siyapatha-finance-rushanka-silva-chairman/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Siyapatha Finance names Rushanka Silva chairman, and appoints a senior independent director to balance him 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-supreme-court-shantha-premaratne-bribery-leave/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Supreme Court takes up ex-minister's appeal over a Rs. 50,000 bribe — 20 years after the alleged offence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-thai-nationals-bia-hashish-cosmetic-containers/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Three Thai nationals held at BIA with 5kg of hashish hidden in cosmetic cream containers https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-thanamalwila-754kg-cannabis-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z 754kg of cannabis found in a Thanamalwila house, and an assets investigation opens against the suspect https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-tisl-psta-bill-withdrawal-repeal-pta/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Transparency International Sri Lanka calls for the terrorism Bill to be withdrawn — and the PTA repealed without a wait https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-treasury-bills-tap-7-2bn-week-undersold/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Debt office takes every rupee bid at the bill tap — and still ends the week Rs16.7bn short https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-15-treasury-bonds-tap-5bn-week-total/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka taps a further Rs5bn in bonds, closing the week Rs14.3bn short of its Rs100bn target 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/2026-10-15-yoshitha-navy-salaries-5-15-million-court/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z Yoshitha Rajapaksa earned Rs. 5.15 million in a decade of Navy service, money laundering trial told