Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga delivered a historic performance at the Rome Diamond League, producing a stunning throw of 92.62 metres to set a new national record in the men’s javelin throw.

The pro-Iran Hezbollah movement rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday and Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the country, undermining U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to ​halt fighting there to forge peace with Tehran. MORE..

Sri Lanka has expressed deep concern over the recent attack on civilian infrastructure at Kuwait International Airport, which caused injuries to three Sri Lankan nationals, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism said. MORE..

Sri Lanka and the United States today celebrated the commissioning of ‘SLNS Samudravijaya’ at the Port of Colombo, following the vessel’s historic 12,000-nautical-mile voyage from Baltimore, Maryland—the longest journey ever undertaken by a Sri Lanka Navy crew to bring a vessel home...MORE..

Unsafe food causes an estimated 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths worldwide each year, with young children facing a disproportionately high burden, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. MORE..

The General Treasury’s report regarding the diversion of USD 2.5 million, which was originally due to be paid to an Australian company, but was allegedly redirected to another party, has been handed over to the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (CoPF). MORE..

The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Eheliyagoda Police Station, who was arrested by the Ratnapura Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau and produced before the court, has been released on bail. MORE..

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on Thursday expressed concern over the announcement of new labour-related tariffs by the United States on several countries, including a proposed 12.5% tariff on exports from Sri Lanka. MORE..

The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Eheliyagoda Police Station has been arrested by the Ratnapura Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau over allegations of misconduct related to the investigation of a gemstone theft complaint. MORE..

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC), with technical leadership from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sri Lanka and generous funding from the Government of the United States of America, today (04) has launched Sri Lanka’s Anticipatory Action (AA) Roadmap for 2026–2030...MORE..