President Anura Kumara Dissanayake participated in the illumination (Aloka Pooja) held at the Thanthirimale Raja Maha Viharaya in conjunction with the 2026 National Poson Festival.

A total of 12,883 Poson dansals were inspected across Sri Lanka by the end of Poson Poya day today (29), as part of the island-wide safety and health monitoring operations, authorities state.

Mass gatherings have been banned in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, as well as three other areas, in order to halt the spread of Ebola, the interior minister says.

The Municipal Council has commenced taking steps to remove garbage accumulated along roadsides across the Kaduwela Municipal Council area following complaints from residents over prolonged delays in waste collection, according to Mayor Ranjan Jayalal.

Thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered at temples and sacred sites across Sri Lanka today (29) to observe Poson Full Moon Poya, commemorating the arrival of Arahat Mahinda Thero, who introduced Buddhism to the country in the 3rd century BCE.

The Vatican has appointed the Most Rev. Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Batticaloa, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Jaffna.

Five people are dead following a shooting in Stade, northern Germany.

A 29-year-old individual has been arrested in Waskaduwa in possession of a 9mm pistol, live ammunition and narcotics, police stated.

Sri Lanka’s coconut export earnings rose to US$ 514 million during the January–May period this year, marking a 21% increase compared to the same period in 2025, according to the Coconut Development Authority.

US President Donald Trump said the US will meet with Iran in Doha on Tuesday.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that half of Iran’s frozen assets held in Qatar will be returned to Tehran.

Two individuals have died after an improvised raft overturned in the Loggal Oya reservoir in Rideemaliyadda, police stated.

Showers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in the Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts tomorrow (30), the Department of Meteorology has predicted.

An individual has been arrested by the Kompannavidiya Police for allegedly impersonating an official of the Inland Revenue Department and defrauding several individuals of money.

Gold fell on Monday as recent hostilities in the Gulf fueled inflation concerns that added to U.S. Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations, pressuring the non-yielding metal.