Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.

Sri Lanka proposes new law on fake news after Easter attacks

Sri Lanka's central bank cut its main lending rate Friday in a bid to revive the island's economy, which was battered by the Easter suicide bombings that killed 258 people.

Sri Lanka cuts rates to boost economy after Easter attacks

Sri Lanka is still healing from explosion of Easter. There is a intelligence report after a month of bombings which claimed ISIS terrorists travelling to Lakshadweep by boat. Following this Kerala Coast is on high alert.

Gravitas: 15 Terrorists Head To Lakshadweep

Sri Lanka's military has detained nearly 100 suspects during four days of search operations against remnants of an Islamist group blamed for the Easter attacks that killed 258, officials said Sunday.

Sri Lanka detain nearly 100 in anti-Islamist swoops

Buddhist Sri Lankans marked the festival of Vesak in low key celebrations on Saturday amid heightened religious tensions in the Indian Ocean nation following the deadly Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people.

Sri Lanka's Buddhists mark sombre Vesak after Easter Sunday attacks

Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday imposed another night of curfew amid violence in the North-Western Province (NWP). Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said the night curfew will go into effect from 9:00 pm (15:30 GMT).

Police imposes night curfew in Sri Lanka again amid violence

One of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a university in London, according to a media report.

Suicide bomber who targeted Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka was radicalised in London: Report

A day after police arrested people in a district in Sri Lanka due to riots, authorities imposed a nationwide curfew on Monday night. Sri Lanka has been on edge since the April 21st Easter bombings in churches.

Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew after riots

The Catholic church in Sri Lanka has held the first regular Sunday mass since the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels killed more than 250 people on April 21.

Sri Lanka's Catholics hold first Sunday mass since Easter attacks

NK Masliya says she has been visiting a neighbourhood clinic in the northwestern Sri Lankan village of Rathmalyaya for over five years, always dressed in a black abaya - a cloak-like over-garment worn by some Muslim women.

Muslims afraid, resentful as ethnic divide deepens in Sri Lanka

How did a small, fringe Wahhabi splinter group, led by a fiery speaker with a sixth-grade education, known mainly for defacing Buddhist symbols, carry out a coordinated and sophisticated terrorist attack on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka?

The next Islamic State battlefield will be in South Asia

Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where Islamist militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.

Sri Lanka police discover suspected training camp for Islamist militants

More than 250 innocent victims lost their lives in the carnage on the Easter day and hundreds more were maimed in Colombo recently in synchronised terrorist attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.

Facing imminent defeat in Syria and Iraq, ISIS shifts its attention to South Asia

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has assured hoteliers that the government will give them maximum financial relief to revive the lucrative tourism industry hit by the country's worst terror attack on Easter Sunday that killed 253 people, including 40 foreigners.

Sri Lankan President Sirisena assures hoteliers maximum financial help to revive tourism

The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday lifted the ban on social media platforms WhatsApp, Viber and Facebook with immediate effect. The government had imposed the ban after the suicide bombings on April 21st in which over 250 people were killed, including 42 nationals.

Sri Lanka government lifts ban on social media platforms

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on face covering, a week after Islamist militants carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.

Post Easter attacks, Sri Lanka President Sirisena bans face covering

The cancellations started before the dust had settled on the hotels and churches hit by suicide bombers in Sri Lanka as tourists and operators pressed the panic button.

Sri Lanka resorts face uncertain future after suicide blasts

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic leader on Sunday condemned the Easter attacks as "an insult to humanity" as the tense and grief-stricken country marked a week since suicide bombers hit three churches and three luxury hotels.

Security high as Sri Lanka marks one week from suicide attacks

By Greg Barton In the wake of any tragedy, it should be enough to grieve and stand in solidarity with those who mourn. With a massive toll – about 250 dead, according to revised government figures – it feels disrespectful to the people of Sri Lanka to be dissecting what went wrong even as the dead are being buried.

Sri Lanka attacks serve as a reminder that Islamic State is very far from being a spent force

Now Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena says that security officials did not share the intelligence on Easter attacks with him. So who is in charge of Sri Lanka? Why are politicians squabbling with each other when a country is in crisis? Palki raises some crucial questions.

Gravitas: Country is in crisis, but Sri Lanka's politicians engage in a bitter blame game

Palki explains why SL's attempt to project the Easter terror attacks as a retaliation for Christchurch Church attacks is on a weak footing. Watch this video to know more.

Gravitas: How credible is Lanka's theory linking Easter attacks to Christchurch attacks

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