The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the team of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and Sri Lanka's batsman Kumar Sangakkara was selected as the wicketkeeper in the team.

Two persons including a Sri Lankan refugee was arrested by the Kottakuppam police in India on charges of abducting and raping a minor girl at a refugee camp in Keezhputhupet near Puducherry.

The results of the GCE Ordinary Level Examination 2014 were released, the Examinations Department announced. Results could be obtained through www.doenets.lk/exam or www. results.exams.gov.lk.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that the Sri Lankan Security Forces should be geared to face the future terrorist threats across the borders of the country.

A young British lady who travelled on the foot board of the Colombo bound train from Matara had fallen from the foot board and died this evening near the Payagala – North Railway Station, police said.

Sri Lankans will be able to enjoy free Wifi internet access with up to 100 MB of usage at selected 26 public locations across the island from Monday(30), Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today to win the World Cup for the fifth time and send their retiring captain Michael Clarke out as a winner.

A Mihin Lanka flight landed safely at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) upon being forced to return when pilots detected a technical problem en route to Dhaka, Bangladesh today.

Australia has powered into Cricket World Cup final favouritism after dismissing New Zealand for 183 at the MCG.

Eight persons including a lawyer were taken into custody by the Borella police under suspicion of producing a defamatory documentary on Sri Lanka Army at a house in Narahenpita.

Newly appointed Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Democratic Governance, Tissa Karaliyedda today said his assuming duties on his post is yet to be decided.

Several motorcyclists were currently engaging in a protest over decision banning of wearing full face helmets at the Galle Face Green in Colombo.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ajith P. Perera said today the ministry was taking every possible move to bring back Sri Lankans stranded in Yemen as Saudi-led airstrikes had been increased on Houthi rebels who had begun advancing on the capital S

Three kilogrammes of gold, valued at Rs. 13.3 million, had been seized from a 29 year-old Sri Lankan national at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Customs Spokesman Director Lesli Gamini said.

Five Chinese national and a Sri Lankan were arrested when they flew a remote controlled quad copter drone with a camera near Colombo Fort yesterday, Police said.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat in their maiden World Cup final on Sunday, looking to cap an unbeaten streak by defeating co-hosts Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

President Maithripala Sirisena expressed hope that the Free Trade Agreement with China, currently under negotiations, will provide further inputs for value addition and economic cooperation in the region.

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Ajith P. Perera said today that the European Union (EU) had reimposed the ban on the LTTE due to the positive diplomatic intervention of the Government.

Our sister paper ‘Lankadeepa’ won the most popular newspaper award for the ninth  consecutive time  at  “SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards’ last night. 

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Ajith P. Perera said the Government was still not in a position to state whether former Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga was guilty of the allegations levelled against him by the Ukraine Government that he sup

Moscow has paid off its debt to Sri Lanka’s port Colombo for the maintenance of the Russian research vessel, the Akademik Nikolay Strakhov, the Russian Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations said on Friday.

President Maithripala Sirisena’s brother, Priyantha Sirisena (40) who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Colombo following an axe attack, has succumbed to his injuries this morning, hospital sources said.

The Defence and Urban Development Ministry is reviewing the issuance of DPL passports and have requested some of the DPL passport holders to explain the rationale for obtaining this class of travel document entailing many privileges, a senior Immigra

Colombo National Hospital Doctors have successfully re-attached a 15-year-old boy’s right forearm after it was severed in an accident at Balummahara on Thursday, hospital sources said.

Sri Lanka cricket coach Marvan Atapattu admitted that last year's hastily arranged five-match ODI series may have contributed towards a lack of fitness among team members and insisted that more emphasis must be placed on the fitness of the cricke

Former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was summoned by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and questioned for hours today, reliable sources from the commission said.

Lightning strikes have killed one man and left two others injured in Agalawatta, Pinnagoda today.

Don Nishan Lakmal Haputhanthri, who was arrested on charges of assaulting President’s brother Priyantha Sirisena was remanded till April 8 by Polonnaruwa Acting Magistrate Sarasi Iddawela this afternoon.