Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ordered former president Sirisena to pay $273,300 from his personal funds to family members of 2019 Easter bombing victims. Watch to know more.

Sri Lanka's top court orders former president to compensate 2019 Easter bombing victims

A Sri Lankan court began the trial of 25 men accused of plotting the Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 270 people back in 2019, as lawyers warned of a protracted and complicated legal battle ahead.

Trial begins of 25 accused in Easter Sunday bombings

The Sri Lankan police on Thursday said that 293 suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the Easter Sunday bombings in the island country in April. Giving out details, police spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekera said that 115 suspects are in remand custody while 178 others are detained for questioning, Anadolu News Agency reported.

Sri Lanka: 293 suspects arrested in connection with Easter terror attacks

Sri Lanka's $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the Indian Ocean island, popular for its pristine beaches, after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 two weeks ago.

Sri Lanka resort town hit hard by tourism slowdown following attacks

Surveillance camera footage released by Sri Lanka media shows an alleged suicide bomber checking into Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo and the dramatic moment when the bomb exploded. The alleged bomber checked into the hotel on April 17 before carrying out the attacks on Easter Sunday. Two other hotels and three churches were under attack almost at the same time.

Watch moment of deadly bombing at Colombo hotel

Fresh details are emerging about SL terror attacks. Perpetrators are educated, wealthy & well-travelled.

Sri Lanka on Easter Massacre: Probe continues

There was still no claim of responsibility for the attacks on three churches and four hotels, mostly in and around the capital Colombo. One of the explosions was at St. Anthony's Shrine, a Catholic church and a tourist landmark.

Nearly 300 killed in Sri Lanka bombings, candlelight vigil in Paris for victims

Easter Sunday (April 21) bomb blasts at three churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people and wounded at least 450, police officials said, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.