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

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

The Sri Lankan government on Thursday defeated a no-confidence motion brought by an opposition party over what it called "criminal negligence" in failing to prevent Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.

Sri Lankan government defeats no-confidence motion brought over Easter bombings

Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday confirmed at a press conference that India had offered specific intelligence about an impending attack. India had warned Sri Lanka of jihadi threat, the PM said.

India had provided specific intelligence on attack: Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka's Muslim ministers resigned en masse on Monday over widespread hate attacks against their community in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings that hit the majority Buddhist nation.

Sri Lanka's Muslim ministers resign en masse over hate attacks after Easter bombings

A Sri Lankan parliament official was among six people arrested for their alleged links to the banned Islamist extremist group, National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), which carried out the deadly suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, a senior police official said on Monday.

Lankan Parliament official among six arrested for alleged links with NTJ

A Briton whose bride died on their honeymoon two days after arriving in Sri Lanka was allowed to return home after a court lifted a travel ban Wednesday. Khilan Chandaria, 33, said he would probably return home Thursday after thanking several Sri Lankans who helped him during the tragedy.

Sri Lanka lifts travel ban on grieving British groom

Sri Lankan Army has launched an investigation after a man in uniform was seen in a video watching rioters attacking Muslim-owned shops, vehicles and mosques during the communal violence that broke out in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks.

Sri Lankan Army investigates man in uniform watching rioters during communal violence

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

On May 19, 2009, then president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, clad in his traditional white sarong and shirt, solemnly averred before the Parliament: “The writ of the state now runs across every inch of our territory … we have completely defeated terrorism.

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Sri Lankan authorities Monday lifted an overnight curfew in the western coastal town of Negombo where violence erupted between groups of people over the weekend, days after the Easter bombings by Islamist extremists that killed more than 250 people in the island nation.

Sri Lanka lifts curfew in Negombo; police says situation under control

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?

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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

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.

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An alleged follower of Sri Lankan bombing leader Zahran Hashim is to appear in court today after admitting he wanted to carry out an attack in Kerala, investigators said.

Arrested man followed Sri Lankan suicide bomber's videos, wanted to carry out attack in Kerala: NIA

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

A week ago, Sri Lankan tourist guide Ricky Costa was preparing for a typically easy Sunday ferrying backpackers between Colombo's tea shops and beach bars in his canary-yellow rickshaw.

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Churches across Sri Lanka suspended Sunday mass as security concerns remained high a week after suicide bombers killed over 250 in churches and hotels across the island nation.

Churches fall silent in Sri Lanka a week after attacks

Over 100 Buddhist monks commemorate the 253 victims killed in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings with praying session in one of the bombed church on Sunday (April 28). Security was tight as 125 monks, including former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, attended the ceremony at the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo where one of the bombs went off last Sunday (April 21).

Buddhists pray for victims of Sri Lanka attacks in bombed hotel

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic leader on Sunday condemned the Easter attacks that killed more than 253 people as "an insult to humanity" as the country tearfully marked a week since six suicide bombers hit three churches and three luxury hotels, reported news agency AFP.

Sri Lanka cardinal calls suicide attacks 'insult to humanity' at memorial service

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police, the militant group said in a statement.

Islamic State says its fighters behind police clashes in Sri Lanka

The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday.

Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battle

Muslims fear adverse reaction after Sri Lanka terror attack.

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