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Pakistan issues order to freeze assets of Azhar, impose travel ban

The government directed officials to take actions "as appropriate for the implementation of sanctions" against the JeM...

3 May 2019 8:48 AM IST

Smuggling more than a kilo of drugs is punishable by death under Pakistani law (Photo: AFP)

Narcotics worth Rs 3.45 billion seized in Pakistan

The Pakistan Coast Guards during raid in the country's restive Balochistan province recovered 350 kgs narcotics worth...

1 May 2019 5:32 PM IST

Sri Lanka block Zakir Naik's TV channel after terror attack: Report

Two of Sri Lanka's major cable TV operators have dropped controversial preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV from their list of...

1 May 2019 5:24 PM IST

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

'Leave my country alone': SL President tells Islamic State

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed...

1 May 2019 2:25 PM IST

All public church services were cancelled after the Easter Sunday bomb blasts. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka: Church services to resume from May 5

No bags will be allowed inside as part of the tight security measures.

30 April 2019 5:20 PM IST

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 3:36 PM IST

Last week, Sri Lanka placed all police stations in Colombo on high alert. (Photo:AP)

Van seized, three suspects arrested relating to SL Easter attacks

The Sri Lankan police announced that three suspects were arrested along with a van connected to the devastating Easter...

30 April 2019 3:00 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)

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 12:24 PM IST

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 4:17 PM IST

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 2:04 PM IST

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 1:15 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 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 9:55 AM IST