Namal Rajapaksa and his mother Shiranthi Rajapaksa at an early new year celebration at Carlton Preschool. "Early #SinhalaTamilNewYear celebrations at Carlton. My Mother & I love spending time w/these small ones" he said on Twitter.

West Indies women's Deandra Dottin jumps in jubilation after her teams victory aganst Australia at the Women's T20 final. This is the first title for the Windies women. (Pic AFP)

A protest organized by the Frontline Socialist Party near the Department of Immigration and Emigration turned tense today as the protesters attempted to break into the department office and the riot police blocked their way.

The protesters were demanding dual citizenship for the FLSP Central Committee member Kumar Gunaratnam. (Pic Lankadeepa)

West Indies captain Darren Sammy charges onto the field to celebrate West Indies' epic win against India at the second semi-final of the World T20 2016, Mumbai, March 31, 2016. (Pic Getty)

A partially built flyover collapsed in Kolkata, trapping over a hundred people among the debris and raising the possibility of a large number of casualties.

A British man, Ben Innes, who posed smiling for a photo with a hijacker on board an EgyptAir flight has said he did it to take “a closer look” at the apparent explosives belt, adding: “I figured if his bomb was real I’d nothing to lose anyway.”

A picture which is said to the that of the hijacked EgyptAir plane which landed in Larnaca Airport in Cyprus has been released on social media.

Following the monumental victory of the Afghanistan team against the West Indies at the T20 World Cup yesterday, WI star Chris Gayle joined the Afghans for a selfie. (Pic Getty)

Palmyra’s famous temples will rise again from the desert sands, Syria’s top archaeologist has promised, as he prepared to inspect how much of the ancient city survived or can be salvaged from the ravages of Islamic State.

“We will not leave the temples destroyed,” Maamoun Abdelkarim, Syria’s director of antiquities, said.

The picture shows a group of Syrian soldiers at a Palace complex in the western edge of Palmyra.

A one minute applause was observed after 14 minutes had passed in a friendly football match between France and Holland yesterday to mark the death of legendary Dutch player Johan Cruyff, who famously wore number 14. Fans unfurled a banner for Cruyff during the one minute applause. (Pic Getty)