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Sri Lanka imposes burqa ban post Easter Sunday attacks
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 29 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Sunday took necessary measures to impose a complete ban on all types of burqas and face covers in the wake of the horrific terror bombings that rattled the entire country on Easter Sunday, claiming lives of more than 250 people
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Sister of Easter Sunday bombing mastermind fears 18 relatives dead after a
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 28 (ANI): The sister of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's debilitating Easter Sunday bombings has claimed that nearly 18 members of her family are missing and feared dead since the attacks and subsequent raids.
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Entire family of suspected SL bombings mastermind missing since Easter Sun
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 26 (ANI): Mohomed Hashim Madaniya, sister of the suspected mastermind behind the deadly serial blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 250 people, said that her entire family has been missing since the day of the attacks.
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Sri Lanka bombings: Prez asks Defence Minister, IG to resign
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday asked Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General (IG) of Police Pujith Jayasundara to resign following the devastating Easter Sunday bombings over allegations of mishandling intelligen
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Did not have any prior knowledge of attacks: US envoy to Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombia [United States], Apr 24 (ANI): United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz on Tuesday said that Washington did not provide any advance intelligence regarding imminent attack prior to Easter Sunday attacks.
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ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Negombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 23 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bombings that claimed the lives of over 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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Interpol offers assistance to Sri Lanka to probe Sunday's blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): The international police organisation or the Interpol on Monday offered assistance to Sri Lankan authorities in investigating the eight deadly terror bombings which rattled different parts of the country amid Easter services on Monday.
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Celebrity chef Shantha Mayadunne, daughter killed in Sri Lanka terror bomb
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): Celebrity chef Shantha Mayadunne and her daughter Nisanga Mayadunne were among those who lost their lives in the deadly coordinated blasts that rattled three churches and three high-end hotels across Sri Lanka, killing nearly 290 people on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka blasts carried out by suicide bombers, authorities claim 'intell
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Monday said that the eight deadly terror bombings which rattled different parts of the country amid Easter services a day before were carried out by suicide bombers.
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Buddhist monks in Bodh Gaya pray for victims of Lanka blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Buddhist monks at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya conducted a prayer meeting and took out a candlelight march last night for the victims of the serial bombings that took place in Sri Lanka on April 21.
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UN condemns Sri Lankan bombings
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 22 (ANI): The United Nations on Sunday strongly condemned the ghastly attacks in Sri Lanka, in which over 200 people were killed, stating that the serial blasts were aimed at undermining the unity of the people.
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US condemns 'outrageous terrorist attacks' in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Apr 22 (ANI): The United States on Sunday condemned the serial bombings in Sri Lanka terming it "outrageous terrorist attacks".
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