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So many questions are still unanswered: Sangakkara on Sri Lankan Easter bombings

April 13, 2020

Colombo: Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara Sunday said someone must answer to the questions which are still unanswered in ...

President Maithripala Sirisena has been extending the emergency on the 22nd of each month since the April 21 attacks on three hotels and three churches.

International

Sri Lanka ends four-month state of emergency imposed after Easter attacks

August 23, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed ...

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

International

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.

International

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)

International

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 ...

International

The wealthy family behind Sri Lanka blasts

April 25, 2019

Colombo, April 25: Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street ...

Police are holding the brothers' father on suspicion of ‘aiding and abetting’ his sons, the CNN reported. (Image: Reuters)

International

Father of 2 Sri Lanka attacks suicide bombers arrested

April 25, 2019

Colombo: A Sri Lankan spice tycoon, the father of two of the suspected Easter suicide bombers, was arrested Thursday on ...

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

International

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.

International

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 ...

National

India warned Lanka of terror based on NIA’s IS probe leads

April 25, 2019

New Delhi: Intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack in Sri Lanka, targeting the Indian High Commission, were shared by ...

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