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    Sirisena vows to eradicate terrorism, bring stability

    04 May 2019

    Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said on Saturday the security forces would “eradicate terrorism” following devastating suicide attacks on Easter Sunday and restore stability before a presidential election due by year-end.

    Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots

    13 May 2019

    Sri Lanka blocked access to Facebook and WhatsApp on Monday after a posting sparked anti-Muslim riots across several towns in the latest fallout from the Easter Sunday suicide attacks.

    Sri Lanka frees convicts to mark Buddhist anniversary

    18 May 2019

    Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday granted an amnesty to 762 convicts to mark a key Buddhist anniversary, but resisted calls to release a firebrand Buddhist monk. Addressing inmates at the main Welikada prison,

    Thousands still missing as Lanka marks war anniversary

    18 May 2019

    Still reeling from the Easter terror attacks, Sri Lanka commemorates this weekend 10 years since the end of a bloody civil war that killed at least 100,000 people, from which the scars are still not healed.

    Sri Lanka marks war anniversary with thousands still missing

    18 May 2019

    Security was tight in the north of the island, home to Sri Lanka's minority Tamils, ahead of solemn ceremonies on Saturday.

    87 bomb detonators found at Colombo bus station

    22 Apr 2019

    Police on Monday said they had found 87 bomb detonators at a Colombo bus station, a day after a string of attacks on churches and hotels that killed nearly 300 people.

    Sheikh Mohammed condemns heinous terror attacks in Sri Lanka

    22 Apr 2019

    'Terrorists are those who betray worshippers in their places of worship, plant fear in their hearts and try to ignite religious conflicts in societies'

    'Horrific,' 'cruel,' 'sad:' World leaders react to Sri Lanka blasts

    21 Apr 2019

    Hospital sources also said Japanese citizens were among those injured by the bombs which ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services.

    Lanka bomber queued at hotel buffet before blast

    21 Apr 2019

    The suicide bomber waited patiently in a queue for the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at Sri Lanka’s Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back. Carrying a plate, the man, who had registered at the hotel the night before as Mohamed Azzam Mohamed,

    13 under arrest for Sri Lanka blasts: Police

    22 Apr 2019

    Sri Lankan police have arrested 13 men in connection with bomb blasts on churches and hotels that killed more than 200 people, officials said on Monday.

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