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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)

SL confirm as many as 42 foreigners killed in Easter blasts

Sri Lankan authorities have identified 42 foreign nationals among the 253 people killed in the string of Easter suicide...

30 April 2019 10:06 AM GMT

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)

Security tight as Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media

The Sri Lankan government has lifted a ban on social media platforms intended to stop the spread of rumours.

30 April 2019 6:54 AM GMT

The minister said that the security services believe that Christchurch attacks prompted the terrorists to hit on Easter maintaining that the attacks were being planned for quite some time. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka bans face veil after Easter carnage

Muslim women in Sri Lanka will not be allowed to wear any form of face veils in public.

30 April 2019 12:40 AM GMT

Sirisena on Friday said that Jayasundara had resigned but he never sent the letter and remained in his official residence. (Photo:AP)

SL President suspends police chief over blasts, names successor

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has suspended police chief Pujith Jayasundara, his office announced on Monday.

29 April 2019 10:47 AM GMT

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

Indian among 13 foreigners arrested without valid visa in Sri Lanka

An Indian is among the 13 foreign nationals arrested by police here for violating Sri Lankan immigration laws.

29 April 2019 8:34 AM GMT

The Army has trained a number of dogs for mine detection, drug and explosive sniffing among others. (Representational Photo)

Sri Lankan woman gifts five pet dogs to army for bomb detection...

A woman in Sri Lanka has gifted her five German Shepherd dogs to the Army for explosive detection training in the wake...

29 April 2019 7:45 AM GMT

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 bars Muslim women from wearing veils in public after Easter...

'The ban is to ensure national security... No one should obscure their faces to make identification difficult,' the...

29 April 2019 4:25 AM GMT

Security has been beefed up in Sri Lanka as the army increased its deployment by 1,300 to 6,300. (Photo: AP)

Father, 2 brothers of Sri Lanka's Easter blasts mastermind killed in...

Zainee Hashim, Rilwan Hashim and their father Mohamed Hashim, who were seen in a video circulating on social media...

28 April 2019 12:55 PM GMT

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka attacks and released images that purported to show the attackers. (Photo: AFP)

Tamil medium teacher among 106 suspects held in Sri Lanka bombings

A total of 106 suspects, including a Tamil medium teacher and a school principal, have been arrested in Sri Lanka.

28 April 2019 6:22 AM GMT

The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after a report that Sirisena had accused Indias intelligence services of involvement - a claim New Delhi and Colombo have both denied. (Photo: File)

Easter bombings: Sri Lanka bans 2 terror groups, including NTJ

Sirisena took the decision under emergency regulations to ban the National Thowheeth Jama'ath and Jamathei Millathu...

28 April 2019 5:38 AM GMT

The violence came six days after the Easter Day bombings on three churches and three luxury hotels. (Photo:AP)

ISIS claim 3 terrorists blew themselves in Sri Lanka raids

The ISIS group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police.

28 April 2019 4:50 AM GMT

The alert comes when security and intelligence agencies are concerned about the existence of sleeper cells on Indian soil. (Photo: AP)

Hoax caller in Bengaluru warns of possible terror attacks, arrested

Sundara Murthy, 65, was traced to his house in Avalahalli around 10 pm.

27 April 2019 5:03 AM GMT