A Sri Lankan minister who appeared before a committee probing the Easter Sunday bombing has said that intelligence agencies did not share prior warnings and deliberately kept him in the dark.

Was kept in the dark, Sri Lanka minister tells panel probing Easter Sunday bombings

Deputy Defence Minister of Sri Lanka, Ruwan Wijewardene has said people in Sri Lanka need to be more vigilant in the aftermath of the terror attack that killed around 359 people.

Indian government has been very helpful: Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene to WION

The National Security Council has gone on to impose a conditional State of Emergency with articles on combating terrorism to come into effect at midnight on 22 April.

Sri Lanka blasts: Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene talks to WION