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

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

Sri Lanka's army on Thursday denied allegations that its troops colluded with anti-Muslim mobs and failed to contain widespread riots that killed one man in a backlash against the Easter terror attacks.

Troops did not connive with rioters: Sri Lanka Army chief Mahesh Senanayake

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

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island's Muslims.

Latest Sri Lanka arrest throws spotlight on Wahhabism in eastern hotbed

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

Terrorists in Sri Lanka are believed to be planning attacks on bridges in Colombo, authorities said, as they warned several conspirators in the Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people still at large.

Terrorists planning attacks on bridges in Colombo: Police

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said it has cancelled plans to resume Sunday services because of fears of fresh bomb attacks. A spokesman for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said Thursday the Church received "specific information of two possible attacks against churches," and it was decided to call off the on mass on May 5th.

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church cancels Sunday mass over bomb attack fear

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

Amid heightened security alert in Sri Lanka over a week after the suicide attacks, US ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz said she believes some of the Easter attack group may be still at large in the country.

Sri Lanka plotters planning more attacks: US ambassador Teplitz

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

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

A gun battle erupted during a search and cordon operation in Sri Lanka's eastern province. Lankan soldiers opened fire on suspected terrorists, reports said. Sri Lanka's military spokesman said gun battle with suspects was still underway.

Gun battle erupts between soldiers, suspected terrorists in eastern Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday revised the toll from Easter bombings down to 253, from the previous figure of 359, explaining that some of the badly mutilated bodies had been double-counted.

Sri Lanka lowers attacks toll to 253 as some 'double-counted'

Sri Lanka and its capital Colombo remained on edge on Thursday as the day began with an explosion in Pugoda town, followed by a lockdown of the central bank amid fears of a possible explosive material and number of operations across the country to nab the suspects behind Sunday's terror attack.

Days after terror strikes, Sri Lanka remains on edge

As the death toll in the Sri Lankan blasts continues to rise, the foreign ministry informed today that the number of foreign nationals killed in the attack had risen to thirty-six.

Sri Lanka attacks: India has lost maximum citizens; at least 36 foreigners killed

The Sri Lankan government for the first time given details of the terrorist involved in Sunday's carnage that killed more than 350 people. In all, there were nine suicide bombers, out of which eight died during the bombings while one, blew himself up when was about to be caught.

Middle class and foreign educated: Face of terror in Sri Lanka

A day after Sri Lankan authorities released CCTV footage of suspected suicide bomber behind the St Sebastian's church blast, a local channel aired surveillance footage purportedly showing two suspected suicide bombers walking through the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo as they denoted the bombs.

CCTV footage shows suspected suicide bombers behind Shangri-La hotel blasts

Sri Lanka's president on Tuesday vowed a major shake-up of the military's top brass in the wake of the deadly Easter suicide bombings, after the government admitted warnings were ignored.

I hope to make major changes in leadership of security forces in next 24 hours: President Sirisena

Two days after the terror attacks, Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe today addressed the media asserting that the bombings could have been prevented if intelligence was avaliable.

I have sought report on why intelligence wasn't shared: Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe