Tourist arrivals in Colombo will fall by 50 per cent over the next two months following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people, Sri Lanka's Tourism Bureau Chairman Kishu Gomes said on Monday.

Tourist arrivals in Colombo to drop by 50% after bombings: Sri Lanka tourism chief

Sri Lankan security officials have warned that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday's suicide bombings are planning imminent attacks and could be dressed in military uniforms.

Sri Lanka on alert for attacks by militants dressed in uniforms

The head of Sri Lanka's Roman Catholics Sunday expressed fears that an official investigation into Easter bombings that killed 253 people will end up a "flop", casting doubt on the government's ability to bring the attackers to justice.

Sri Lanka Catholic cardinal fears attacks probe may 'flop'

Sri Lanka's churches remained shut Sunday forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks that the country's Roman Catholic leader called "an insult to humanity".

Tears and troops on the streets as Sri Lanka mourns suicide bomb dead

Dozens of troops used soap and water jets at the devastated Catholic church but could not clear the stench of death that makes many Sri Lankan faithful fearful of returning to services after the horrific Easter Sunday suicide bombings.

Sri Lanka: Cleansing of Colombo church fails to ease Catholic worries

Ramesh Raju has become a hero to the shell-shocked congregation of the Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa after he died stopping a suicide bomber who was bent on killing hundreds of people.

Sri Lankan man who confronted bomber at church door remembered

The wife and a daughter of the suspected mastermind of suicide attacks on churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka were wounded in a gunbattle that erupted following a raid in the east of the country, police and his sister said on Saturday.

Sri Lanka blasts: Wife, daughter of suspected mastermind wounded in gunbattle

All police stations in Sri Lanka's Colombo were put on high alert as police were hunting for an unidentified container truck and a van, believed to be carrying explosives, PTI reported.

Sri Lanka: Colombo on high alert following reports of explosives-laden van

At least 45 children were killed in Sri Lanka serial blasts that ripped through the country on Easter festival, United Nations said on Tuesday. "The total now is 45 children who died," UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac told reporters in Geneva, stressing that others "are wounded and are now fighting for their lives," meaning the toll among minors from the Sunday attacks could rise.

At least 45 children killed in Sri Lanka blasts; death toll may rise further: United Nations

At least eight Indians are among the dead after a string of devastating suicide blasts struck churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing 290 people on Easter Sunday, officials said on Monday.

Sri Lanka blasts: Death toll of Indians rises to 8

Eighty-seven detonators were found at Sri Lanka's Colombo bus station on Monday, a day after the series of blasts ripped through the island-nation killing as many as 290 people.

87 bomb detonators found at Colombo bus station: Police

At least 20 people were killed and more than 300 other injured after six near simultaneous blasts hit three Sri Lankan churches on Easter Sunday. Watch full video to know more.

Breaking News: Atleast 300 injured, 10 dead in six blasts in Sri Lanka during Easter mass