Sri Lanka ordered tens of thousands of security personnel to secure public schools ahead of their reopening Monday, officials said, following the Easter suicide bombings.

Sri Lanka secures schools before reopening following Easter suicide bombings

Sri Lanka's police seized nearly 300 kilograms of heroin worth $17 million, the island's biggest haul of the narcotic, and arrested two people, spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said Sunday.

Sri Lanka seizes 300 kilograms of heroin worth $17 million

Sri Lankan police on Monday arrested deposed oil minister Arjuna Ranatunga over a shooting that killed one person on the weekend, police spokesman said. "Colombo Crime division arrested Ranatunga over the shooting incident and he will be produced to the court shortly," police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera told Reuters.

Sri Lanka police arrest ex-oil minister Ranatunga over shooting