This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Australia Women’s cricket team is set to tour Sri Lanka in December 2026 for a three-match ODI series. The matches will be played in Dambulla and will count towards the ICC Women’s Championship 2025–2029. The Australian squad is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on 10 December 2026, ahead of the series. The tour will provide both teams with an

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Hambantota International Port (HIP) has surpassed one million TEUs in cumulative container throughput since new quay cranes were introduced in 2025. According to Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), the port handled 428,036 TEUs in 2025 and a further 574,196 TEUs in 2026 so far, bringing the combined total to 1,002,232 TEUs. HIPG CEO Wi

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A broad group of Australian industry, business, community, multicultural, regional and migration organisations is calling for a National Migration Summit to develop a long-term plan for Australia’s migration system. The call follows a week of competing proposals on migration, including calls to reduce temporary migration and cut Australia’s humanitarian intake. The groups say the debate sho

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) නිකුත් කළ නවතම දත්ත අනුව, 2026 සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණි විදේශීය සංචාරකයින් සංඛ්‍යාවේ සුළු පහළ යාමක් වාර්තා වී තිබේ. එම මාසය තුළ ජාත්‍යන්තර සංචාරකයින් 158,557 දෙනෙකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇති අතර, එය 2025 සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයට සාපේක්ෂව 0.26%ක අඩුවීමක් බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය සඳහන් කළේය. සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සංචාරකයි

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lankan swimmer Akalanka Peiris has produced an outstanding series of performances at the Australian Nationals, setting three new Sri Lankan national records in two days. On Thursday, October 1, Peiris broke the national record in the Men’s 50m Backstroke twice in the same day. He first clocked 24.45 seconds in the heats, improving his own prev

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Millions of people across south-east Australia are facing several days of heavy rain and stormy weather as a low-pressure system moves through the region. The system is expected to develop over south-western New South Wales on Friday before moving towards Victoria on Saturday. Parts of western NSW could experience severe thunderstorms, with damaging winds and large hail possible. Victoria i

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. Sri Lanka’s external current account returned to a US$133 million surplus in August 2026, after recording deficits for four consecutive months, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). The improvement was supported by stronger foreign currency inflows, particularly from Sri Lankan workers overseas. Workers’ remittances rose 10 per cent year-on-year to US$749 million in August, pro

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A major rain and storm system is moving across south-east Australia, with heavy rainfall and thunderstorms expected to increase the risk of flooding over the next 48 hours. The wet weather follows an exceptionally dry September. Melbourne recorded just 18mm of rain last month, but received about 20mm in only one hour on Thursday. More rain is expected as tropical moisture feeds into a slow-

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka and Australia have concluded the sixth round of Senior Officials Talks and the fourth round of the Strategic Maritime Dialogue, with both sides agreeing to strengthen cooperation across several key areas. The talks were held in Colombo on September 21, 2026, according to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry. The discussions were co-chaired by Sa