https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-08-npp-mp-chandana-sooriyaarachchi-arrested/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z NPP MP Chandana Sooriyaarachchi arrested over Athurugiriya vehicle accident https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-anojan-sivarasa-dammam-prison-altercation/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Anojan Sivarasa moved to a new cell after an altercation at Dammam Prison https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-appropriation-bill-2027-first-reading-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z 2027 Appropriation Bill goes to Parliament with a Rs. 4,992bn spending estimate https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-boi-paranthan-kankesanthurai-export-zones/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z BOI sets November and January deadlines for two Northern Province export zones https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-cabinet-eravurpattu-wastewater-contract/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Cabinet awards Rs. 511.78 million wastewater contract at Batticaloa textile zone https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-cbsl-systemic-risk-survey-h2-2026/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Global risk now tops the Central Bank's risk survey, nearly doubling in six months https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-contempt-proceedings-dilith-gammanpila-october-15/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Contempt proceedings against Weerawansa, Gammanpila and Dilith Jayaweera fixed for 15 October https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-cse-aspi-falls-20517-selling-deepens/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Colombo stocks fall towards 20,500 as selling deepens and one stock carries the turnover https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-data-sovereignty-ai-literacy-pdpa/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Industry panel urges Sri Lankan firms to build data sovereignty before the PDPA regime starts https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-economic-census-2026-2027-statistics-department/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Economic Census to run across 2026 and 2027, split by establishment size https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-eda-raa-milton-mallawarachchi-records/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Producers say Milton Mallawarachchi biopic Eda Raa has broken Sri Lankan box-office records https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-envoy-gunaratna-credentials-macron-france/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's new ambassador to France presents credentials to Macron https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-eran-wickramaratne-slc-interim-committee-interview/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z "Indiscipline will not be tolerated": Eran Wickramaratne on remaking Sri Lanka Cricket https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-galkulama-bus-crash-a9-anuradhapura/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Fourteen injured as private bus hits a tree on the A9 at Galkulama https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-gammadda-lokananda-vidyalaya-puttalam-building/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Puttalam school that lost a classroom to fire receives new building from Gammadda https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-government-email-public-sector-employees/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Government plans an official email address for every public sector employee https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-india-supreme-court-katchatheevu-fishermen/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z India tells its Supreme Court it will not reopen the Katchatheevu accords, and directs fishermen to stay out of Sri Lankan waters https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-kananathan-nigeria-air-force-crash-condolences/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Sri Lanka's former envoy to Nigeria sends condolences after military air crash https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-colombo-opens/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Sri Lanka opens at Cinnamon Life https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-mice-expo-high-value-tourism-herath/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Herath pushes tourism towards higher-value visitors as Sri Lanka hosts its MICE Expo https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-mtds-2026-2030-foreign-debt-reliance/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Deputy Finance Minister defends debt strategy as sufficient to cut foreign borrowing https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-namal-suppressing-opponents-parliament/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Namal Rajapaksa tells Parliament the government cannot succeed by suppressing opponents https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-nobel-chemistry-2026-kagan-soai/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Nobel chemistry prize goes to two scientists who taught molecules to pick a hand https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-nobel-physics-2026-halzen-icecube/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Nobel physics prize goes to the man who turned Antarctic ice into a telescope https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-official-email-addresses-government-officials/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Government to issue official email addresses to all public officials https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-pradeep-kariyawasam-arrested-ciaboc-siriliya/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Former NSB chairman Pradeep Kariyawasam arrested over the Siriliya Saviya account https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-presidential-secretariat-16-vehicles-lease/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Presidential Secretariat to obtain 16 vehicles on lease, MP tells Parliament https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-rohitha-bogollagama-arrested-ciaboc/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Former minister Rohitha Bogollagama arrested by the Bribery Commission https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-sabaragamuwa-11-students-expelled-ragging/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Sabaragamuwa University expels 11 students over the ragging-linked death of Charith Dilshan https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-sata-2026-india-visa-free-travel-card/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z India floats a visa-free travel card for South Asia at regional tourism awards in Malé https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-shiranthi-rajapaksa-arrested-ciaboc/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Shiranthi Rajapaksa arrested by the Bribery Commission over a children's hospital CT scanner https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-six-discharged-ranil-residence-arson-case/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Six discharged in the arson case over Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-terrorism-bill-media-publications-offence/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Terrorism Bill makes some media publication an act of terrorism — with carve-outs for journalism https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-two-fake-doctors-meegalewa-forged-documents/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Two men arrested in Meegalewa for posing as doctors, with Rs. 1.5 million in medicines seized https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-uss-tulsa-colombo-port-visit/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z US Navy littoral combat ship USS Tulsa docks at Colombo for second visit in two years https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-wanathawilluwa-explosives-two-sentenced-10-years/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z Two men sentenced to 10 years over the 2019 Wanathawilluwa explosives stockpile https://lankanewz.com/article/2026-10-07-world-bank-engel-fertilizer-ban-bad-decision/ LankaNewz en 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z World Bank economist calls the 2021 fertilizer ban "a bad decision"