https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-07-aswesuma-appeals-deadline-november-11/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z Aswesuma appeals close on 11 November as board confirms 991,800 qualified and a further 700,000 await approval https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-07-colombo-flood-response-met-advisory-22-districts/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z Colombo convenes emergency flood meeting as Met Department warns of another 100mm and lightning in 22 districts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-07-madiwela-buried-drugs-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z Man, 25, arrested in Madiwela with more than 6kg of drugs buried at a house https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-07-national-trade-union-conference-two-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z Government holds national trade union conference in Colombo to mark two years in office https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-07-paraguay-pena-impeached-house-arrest-alliana/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z Paraguay's Senate removes Santiago Peña by 44 votes to nil; he is placed under house arrest and Pedro Alliana sworn in https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-07-parliament-committee-prison-inspections-overcrowding/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z Parliamentary committee begins on-site prison inspections over overcrowding, starting with Welikada and Colombo Remand https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-540-polish-tourists-charter-flights-bia/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Three charter flights bring about 540 Polish tourists to Katunayake in two hours https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-89-bus-route-permits-scoring-system/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z About 89 bus route permits to be awarded this month under a new scoring system https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-adb-200-million-loan-agreements-signed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka signs US$200 million in ADB loan agreements at the Treasury https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-alliance-finance-lems-three-wheeler-electric-conversion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Alliance Finance and LeMS offer leasing and rented batteries to convert petrol three-wheelers to electric https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-bimstec-youth-summit-delegation-opposition/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Opposition says no youth were sent to the BIMSTEC Youth Summit; minister says the whole delegation was under 35 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-cardinal-ranjith-psta-bill-church-study/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Cardinal Ranjith says Church lawyers are still studying the terrorism Bill https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-china-graduate-jobs-youth-unemployment/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z China's graduate job squeeze deepens as youth unemployment holds near record https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-china-services-pmi-october-ratingdog/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z China's services growth slows to three-month low as business confidence weakens https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-colombo-flooding-traffic-rail-delays/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Colombo records 129mm of rain in a few hours as floods snarl traffic and reach the National Hospital https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-deepavali-additional-buses-sltb-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Over 200 extra buses deployed for Deepavali travel https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-edl-transformer-capacity-online-rooftop-solar/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Rooftop solar applicants can now check transformer capacity online before applying https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-eknaligoda-defence-evidence-prosecution-closes/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Prosecution closes its case in the Eknaligoda trial as defence is set to open https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-excise-deputy-commissioner-corporal-bribery-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Retired deputy excise commissioner and corporal remanded until Nov. 17 over bribery allegation https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-fcid-pyramid-scheme-panadura-arrest/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z FCID arrests Panadura man over alleged pyramid-scheme financial institution https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-fuel-prices-below-cost-recovery-verite/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Fuel still sold below cost recovery after November rise, Verité Research says https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-gampaha-magistrate-gunaratne-transferred-jsc/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Gampaha Magistrate who sought contempt action against the IGP is transferred, days after the IGP complained about him to the JSC https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-godagama-wedding-hall-clash-death/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Man dies after fight outside Godagama wedding reception https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-herath-abu-assembly-tourism-promotion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Herath defends broadcasting assembly spending as tourism promotion, citing 1.862 million arrivals https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-hit-and-run-compensation-doubled/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Compensation for hit-and-run victims doubled to Rs. 500,000 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-india-brahmos-missile-sale-philippines/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z India in final-stage talks to expand BrahMos missile sale to the Philippines https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-india-visa-exemption-sri-lankan-tamil-refugees/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z India eases passport and visa rules for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-israel-herzog-candidate-eisenkot-government/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Israel's Herzog to name candidate to form government on Sunday after Eisenkot wins majority backing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-kaiwaru-muthu-cid-custody-deportation/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Underworld figure 'Kaiwaru Muthu' taken into CID custody after deportation from UAE https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-kelloggs-rice-krispies-recipe-snap-crackle-pop/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Kellogg's admits the snap, crackle and pop is quieter after Rice Krispies recipe change https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-kenya-cult-leader-mackenzie-sentenced-200-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Kenyan starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-minister-questions-pucsl-public-hearing/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Energy Minister calls PUCSL tariff hearing a waste of public funds https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-minneriya-habarana-specialist-doctor-killed/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Specialist doctor killed in car and tipper collision on Minneriya–Habarana road https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-mitchell-perera-off-roading-dies-dubai/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Mitchell Perera, Sri Lankan-origin pioneer of UAE off-roading, dies in Dubai at 59 https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-official-reserves-october-7086-million/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Official reserves rise 3.2% in October to US$7,086 million https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-one-trade-national-single-window-gazette/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Gazette gives Sri Lanka's 'One TRADE' import-export platform full legal force https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-pakistan-india-trade-40-billion-losses/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Pakistan business body puts cost of halted India trade at $40 billion, cites Sri Lanka precedent https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-polish-charter-flights-enter-air/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Three Enter Air charters open the winter season with about 540 Polish tourists at Katunayake https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-slaf-four-israeli-uavs-bluebird-aero/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Air Force to buy four Israeli drones for Rs. 4.26 billion as Parliament clears estimate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-slfp-not-recognised-political-party-election-commission/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Election Commission tells SLFP it is not currently a recognised political party https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-speaker-rejects-premadasa-privilege-motion/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Speaker rejects privilege complaints by Premadasa and four MPs over the blocked no-confidence motion https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-srilankan-airlines-q1-loss-west-asia-crisis/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z SriLankan Airlines loses Rs 35.6bn in a quarter as fuel costs nearly double https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-trump-oval-office-cabinet-room-national-monument/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Trump declares Oval Office a national monument to block future changes https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-trusts-amendment-bill-passed-parliament-oversight/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Trusts (Amendment) Bill passed, bringing 500-plus trusts under mandatory registration https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-welimada-abaragala-new-village-plantation-families/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Rs 850 million new village for 170 plantation families breaks ground at Welimada https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-wild-elephant-train-collisions-eastern-railway-measures/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Modern train sets and solar lamps proposed to cut elephant deaths on Eastern Line https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-11-06-woman-arrested-rs-70-million-transactions/ LankaNewz en 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Woman arrested over Rs 70 million moved through four bank accounts