More than one in five schoolchildren in Sri Lanka are affected by malnutrition, according to the Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Anil Jasinghe.

Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday (Jun 3) that "no tangible progress" has been made in negotiations to end the Middle East war as fresh US and Iranian strikes strained a fragile ceasefire.

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) says it is considering an increase in medicine prices following the depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar.

A two-year-and-two-month-old toddler has died following a road accident in Mailapitiya in Thalathuoya, Kandy, police stated.

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to the implementation of a ceasefire, the US State Department has announced in a statement.

A total of eleven people have died and three others are missing following a fire that broke out at an elders’ home in Anguruwatota, Horana, police said.

A total of 11 individuals have been confirmed dead following a massive fire that broke out at an elders’ home in Anguruwatota, Horana last evening (03).

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in the Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts today (04), the Department of Meteorology stated.

The US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt President Donald Trump from taking further military action in Iran.

Three Sri Lankan nationals were among the 63 persons injured in an Iranian attack at Kuwait’s international airport earlier today (03), the Sri Lankan Embassy in Kuwait confirmed.

A total of 72 elderly persons were staying at the elders’ care home in the Galpatha area of Horana where a massive fire broke out at the premises this evening (03), Ada Dearana reporter said. MORE..

Kuwait on Wednesday summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires, expelled two Iranian diplomats and reduced the size of Iran’s diplomatic mission in the country, reiterating its territory and airspace were not used to attack “any country.” MORE..

The four-member committee of Judicial Medical Consultants unanimously ruled that the death of Ranga Rajapaksa, who served as an Assistant Director of the Finance Ministry’s External Resources Department, was caused due to self-inflicted cuts... MORE..

At least three persons are reported missing while more than 50 others have been hospitalised after a fire broke out at an elders’ home in the Anguruwatota area in Horana. MORE.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and that he would ​probably meet with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at some point ‌if things “work out”. MORE..

The Department of Meteorology says that Sri Lanka could experience reduced rainfall and possible drought conditions special during the July-August period, as the warming El Nino climate phenomenon is likely to develop. MORE..

Ukraine has carried out a strike on the outskirts Russia’s St Petersburg, hours before the opening of a major economic forum designed to attract foreign investment into the country. MORE..

An individual has allegedly snatched a bag containing approximately Rs. 30.5 million in cash and fled while the cash was being prepared for loading into an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at a state bank branch in Horana, according to Sri Lanka Police.