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Sri Lanka ministers contradict cabinet discussion over Channel 4 Easter Bombing claim

Cabinet Spokesman denies Channel 4 discussion; Labour Minister says Cabinet decided to appoint a panel

September 5, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka cabinet to appoint parliamentary panel over Channel 4 revelation - minister

Analysts have said Easter Sunday attack helped Gotabaya Rajapaksa come into power

September 5, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Suresh Sallay complicit in Easter bombings: report

The paper was quoting from an interview with an insider to be aired on Tuesday on Britain's Channel 4

September 4, 2023 3 min read

Indian defence minister's Sri Lanka visit deferred within hours of official announcement 

India has raised concern over possible visit of Chinese research vessel next month

September 2, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka extends date to return small arms

Extended deadline for the return of firearms and ammunition from 07.11.2024 to 21.11.2024

Sri Lanka CB to monitor NGOs for money laundering, terrorism financing crimes

NGOs could be misused for Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and related crimes: CBSL

Sri Lanka detains new suspects amid frantic hunt for bombers

Sri Lankan security forces detained 18 new suspects in the Easter bombings that killed more than 350 people, as the gove...

Amal Jayasinghe
April 24, 2019 4 min read

Sri Lanka probing Islamic State links to Easter bombers with foreign help

Sri Lanka is probing possible links Easter Sunday bombers may have had with Islamic State radical group with the help of...

April 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka to restructure police, security force leadership: President

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena said he will restructure the police and military over the next week after a s...

April 23, 2019 2 min read

Two Muslim brothers staged Sri Lanka hotel suicide attacks

Muslim brothers from a wealthy Sri Lankan family plotted and carried out two of the Easter suicide blasts in Colombo tha...

April 23, 2019 4 min read

Sri Lanka sleuths chasing Islamist bombers on the run: PM

Investigators are going after members of an Islamist group that carried out deadly Easter Sunday bombings and identifyin...

April 23, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Muslim civil society bodies condemn suicide bombings

ECONOMYNEXT – Muslim civil society movements and associations in Sri Lanka Tuesday condemned Easter Sunday�...

April 23, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to re-impose curfew for third night

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government will re-impose an islandwide night-time police curfew from 9.00pm Tue...

April 23, 2019 1 min read

Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka attacks: Report

Islamic State (IS), a fundamentalist group, has claimed responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka which killed more t...

April 23, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka Easter bombings in retaliation to New Zealand attacks: Minister

Sri Lanka Easter Sunday morning bombings were carried out by an Islamist organization in retaliation to attacks in New Z...

April 23, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Islamist Easter bombers had links with JMI: Minister

Islamist National Thowfeeth Jama'at group which had bombed churches and hotels which killed over 300 persons in Sri Lank...

April 23, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka parliament under terror threat: Speaker

Security agencies had told that Sri Lanka's Parliament is under threat of attacks, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said at the s...

April 23, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka to re-impose night curfew after suicide bombings

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government will re-impose an islandwide night-time police curfew from 8.00pm Mon...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

'Where is God?': Sri Lankans stunned after deadly blasts

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Monday - As Shantha Prasad carried children wounded in Sri Lanka's deadly attacks into a Colo...

April 22, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka suicide bombings intelligence identified churches, Indian embassy as targets

ECONOMYNEXT – An intelligence alert about planned suicide bombing by Islamic extremists in Sri Lanka was issued j...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka business lobbies condemn bombings, call for unity

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main business lobbies have condemned Easter Sunday’s bomb attacks which k...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

Improvised bomb found near Sri Lanka airport

An improvised explosive device found on an approach road to Sri Lanka main airport north of Colombo had been safety defu...

April 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka had prior information on impending attacks: PM

Sri Lanka had prior information on the possibility of an attack but he and the cabinet had not been adequately informed,...

April 21, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka govt plans LED street light, CCTV surveillance network

ECONOMYNEXT – Korea Telecom has won a Sri Lankan government deal to replace conventional street lights with a net...

April 11, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka and Australia expand naval links with joint exercise

Sri Lanka and Australia are conducting joint naval exercises to boost interoperability and co-operation, which will supp...

March 15, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka only partly met UN promise to release military-held land, study finds

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s military has only partially fulfilled promises to the United Nations to release ...

March 15, 2019 3 min read