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SL officials failed to act on Indian intel to avert Easter Sunday attacks: SC

January 12, 2023

Colombo: While ruling that former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had violated the fundamental rights of the victims of the ...

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Sri Lanka’s former president Sirisena named suspect in Easter Sunday attacks

September 16, 2022

Colombo: A Sri Lankan court Friday named former president Maithripala Sirisena as a suspect in the 2019 Easter bombings in ...

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60 detained, 167 in custody over Easter Sunday attacks: Sri Lankan PM

July 11, 2019

Colombo: More than 60 suspects were detained while 167 others remain in custody over the Easter Sunday terror explosions in ...

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Modi vows to back Lankan war against terror

June 9, 2019

Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Sri Lanka’s top leadership including President Maithripala Sirisena Sunday and the two sides agreed ...

Hardline Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara, speaking to reporters Friday, said that two Tamil Nadu Thowheeth Jamaath (TNTJ) men -- Ayub and Abdeen -- visited Sri Lanka.

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Tamil Nadu outfit inspired SL suicide bombers: Buddhist monk

May 25, 2019

Colombo: A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who was controversially released from jail, has claimed that a Tamil Nadu-based Islamic organisation ...

The situation in the province is returning to normalcy, authorities said.

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Nationwide curfew lifted in SL, 60 arrested for anti-Muslim riots

May 15, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities said they have arrested 60 people linked to the communal riots as a nationwide curfew was ...

Mohamed Hashim Mathaniya is the sister of Mohamed Zahran Hashim (centre), the man Sri Lankan authorities believe was one of the leaders of the attacks.

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Sri Lanka blasts suspect’s sister fears 18 relatives killed

April 29, 2019

Colombo: The sister of the suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka's deadly April 21 Easter Sunday bombings has said that up ...

Some mosques cancelled prayers, and Sri Lanka's Muslim affairs minister called on Muslims to pray at home instead, in solidarity with churches that have closed over security fears. (Representational image)

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Muslims in Sri Lanka hold prayers amidst sniffer dogs and armed police

April 26, 2019

Colombo: Armed police and sniffer dogs guarded mosques in Sri Lanka as Muslims trickled to Friday prayers, with many staying ...

All Catholic churches were asked to stop public mass until the security situation improves.

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Sri Lanka blasts: Catholic churches suspend public mass

April 25, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka's Catholic churches Thursday suspended all public services until the security situation improves as the head of the ...

Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said that as of Wednesday April 24, the number of foreign nationals who have been killed in the attack rose to 36.

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Sri Lanka blasts: Indian death toll rises to 11

April 25, 2019

Colombo: The number of Indians killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings rose to 11, Thursday, as one more person ...

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Transparency Missing

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One of the cornerstones of a functioning democracy is transparency as the people have every right to information on all...

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