The newly appointed Sri Lanka Cricket’s National Head Coach Marvan Attapattu said today he would not wish to bring in any politics to cricket and asserted that he would try his level best to stay away from politics.

The 55th death anniversary of former Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was held at the Bandaranaike Samadhi in Horagolla this morning. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seen arriving at the venue of bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 69th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York yesterday. Pix by Presidential Media

The Meteorology Department today said thunder showers could be expected over the island in the afternoon and night.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies observed a “Black Day” protest across Tamil Nadu condemning Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s participation in the UN General Assembly meeting.

Suspected ISI operatives Arun Selvarajan, Sakir Hussain, Sivabalan, Mohammad Salim and Rafiq were on Thursday produced before a Poonamallee special court which extended their custody and remanded them in Puzhal prison.

Harin Fernando, the UNP chief minister aspirant of Uva, who polled the highest preferential votes, is to be appointed the deputy national organiser of the UNP on Sunday (28), UNP sources revealed.

Suspended off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake will resume his domestic career at next month’s Mercantile Cricket tournament, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Thursday.

A Chinese Song Class diesel-electric submarine was in Colombo during President Xi Jinping’s visit last week making it the first foreign port of call made by a Chinese submarine as well as the first confirmed appearance of a Chinese sub in the I

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa attended a reception hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama  this evening in New York City.

Discussing certain religious-motivated, isolated incidents that had occurred in the recent past, President Mahinda Rajapaksa assured the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Lyad Ameen Madani that the Government would ta

The proprietor of a large grocery in Mihiyangana opened the grocery store on last morning to find it had been ransacked by thieves.

A 45-year-old man had been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on charges of having attempted to smuggle in gold biscuits worth Rs.4.5 million this afternoon, Customs Director and media spokesman Leslie Gamini said.

Four primary school students have been hospitalized after they went into shock upon being struck by lightning today. The four students from the Matale Wijaya Vidyalaya had been admitted to the Matale General Hospital.

In an unfortunate incident, a 103-year-old woman died following an assault by a teenager in the Egoda-Weleboda area in Balangoda today, the Police said.

Heavy traffic was reported around Borella and Maradana due to a protest march by a group of university medical students towards the Health Ministry, the Police said.

An 18-year-old Lankan girl has been gang raped in UAE, General Manager of the Foreign Employment Bureau Mangala Randeniya said.

Colombo Fort Magistrate today released on bail the six Thai women and two Sri Lankans who were arrested during a raid on an alleged brothel at Kollupitiya last week.

A 55-year-old woman was killed and her husband was injured when a navy bus collided head on with a three-wheeler at 162-milepost on Kantale-Tricomalee Road early this morning, police said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Justice to sign extradition agreements with Laos and Sri Lanka, according to a statement published on Russia's official website of legal information on Wednesday.  

Sri Lanka has also become an unfortunate victim of ill-conceived agendas of some in the Human Rights Council," President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in his address at the UN General Assembly in New York.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is taking steps to curb the increase in the monthly salaries of unskilled workers from Asian countries, such as Sri Lanka, India, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Afghanistan.

British Airways today announced that it will cease its operations onwards to Colombo from March 28 next year.

Train service on the Northern line came to a standstill this evening when the Colombo bound Yal Devi express train derailed between Randenigama and Maho Railaway Stations causing extensive damage to the railway line. Pix by Sanjeewani Ariyaratne

Sri Lanka former Cricket Captain Marvan Attapattu has been appointed as Sri Lanka Cricket National Head Coach for a two-year term with immediate effect, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.

Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar hearing on the killing of Bambalapitiya businessman Mohamed Shiyam today re-remanded former DIG Vaas Gunawardena and four others for three more months.

Members of the Inter Provincial Private Bus Association (IPPBA) today held a protest outside the National Transport Commission over several concerns including frauds in issuing route permits for buses operating on the Southern Expressway. Pix by Kush

The United National Party (UNP) Uva Province chief ministerial candidate Harin Fernando said today that he would not accept MP Ruwan Wijewardene’s proposal to appoint him as Chairman of the UNP National Youth Front (NYF).

The National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) said today that some 45,000 Sri Lankans were drug addicts and that four camps had been set up in Kandy, Nittambuwa, Galle and Colombo to rehabilitate them.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa held several bilateral discussions this afternoon at United Nations Headquarters on the sidelines of the U.N. Climate Summit 2014, the presidential media unit said.