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Sri Lankan authorities have started an investigation into how warnings about possible attacks were not passed to top ministers. (Photo:AP)

US denies having prior intel on Sri Lanka Easter blasts

The US ambassador to Sri Lanka has denied the United States had prior knowledge of the Easter attacks.

24 April 2019 1:14 PM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

More attacks possible as some people with explosives on run: Sri Lanka...

He said he believed the Easter day attacks had links to Islamic State.

23 April 2019 8:00 PM IST

The 27-year-old allrounder skipped Easter service at St Sebastians Church in his hometown of Negombo. (Photo:Twitter)

Sri Lankan international cricketer was tired, skipped church on Easter...

Sri Lankan cricketer Dasun Shanaka barely survived the deadly blasts that killed more than 320 people in the island...

23 April 2019 5:14 PM IST

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith speaks during a funeral service for Easter Sunday bomb blast victims at St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo:AP)

Sri Lanka hotel suicide bombers were two muslim brothers: Sources

Muslim brothers carried out two of the hotel suicide blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter, part of bombings that killed more...

23 April 2019 4:44 PM IST

The government has blamed National Thowfeek Jamaath (NTJ) after seven suicide bombers struck three churches and three hotels. (Photo:AP)

Sri Lanka Easter blasts a retaliation to New Zealand mosque shootings:...

Sri Lanka's terror attack on Easter Sunday was carried out by local Islamic extremists in retaliation for mosque...

23 April 2019 3:13 PM IST

India is helping Sri Lanka with technical and intelligence support. (Photo:AP)

Indian officials warn Sri Lanka about possible second NTJ terrorists...

Some quarters in Sri Lanka felt the recent bombings were a response for the March 15 Christchurch mosque attacks.

23 April 2019 1:48 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday briefed the opposition leades over the IAF strike at terror camps deep across the Line of Control.(Photo: ANI)

Sushma Swaraj confirms death of 10 Indians in Sri Lanka Easter blasts

As many as ten Indians were killed in the series of blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday, Indian External Affairs Minister...

23 April 2019 12:35 PM IST

Seven suicide bombers believed to be members of local Islamist extremist group National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ). (Photo:AP)

Sri Lanka never witnessed bombings of such magnitude: Defense Secretay

The Sri Lankan government never expected the Easter Sunday bombings of such magnitude, Defence Secretary Hemasiri...

23 April 2019 10:27 AM IST

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastians Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

8 Indians among people killed in Sri Lanka Easter blast

At least eight Indians are among the dead after a string of devastating suicide blasts struck churches and luxury hotels...

22 April 2019 7:56 PM IST

290 people were killed in the countrys worst terror attack. (Photo:AP)

7 suicide bombers carried out Easter blasts in Sri Lanka: Government

A total of seven suicide bombers carried out a series of eight devastating blasts that tore through churches and luxury...

22 April 2019 1:09 PM IST

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard outside a closed church in Colombo on April 28, 2019, a week after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.(Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka freezes bank accounts of 41 terror suspects

The accounts have a total amount of Rs 134 million which was in addition to Rs 14 million seized from the possession of...

25 May 2019 1:06 PM IST

Top officials have acknowledged that Sri Lanka received intelligence about possible terror strikes ahead of the attacks. (Photo:AP)

SL PM appeals to Global community to life travel warnings

Representatives of the country's security apparatus had told the foreign envoys that the law would be enforced to its...

25 May 2019 8:31 AM IST