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Sri Lanka: Social media platforms banned after attack on mosque
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 13 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Monday blocked various social media platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube to prevent the circulation of rumours in the aftermath of violence in Chilaw and Kuliyapitiya.
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Sri Lanka: Police arrest Islamic preacher for inciting extremism on social
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): A 47-year-old moulavi, an Islamic preacher, was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo on charges of using social media platforms to air extremist views, the police said on Sunday.
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Terrorists involved in Eastern Sunday bombings either killed or arrested:
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): All the terrorists involved in the Easter Sunday bombings that left 257 people dead have been either arrested or killed, the Sri Lankan police claimed while assuring that the country could now go back to normalcy.
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Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after Sinhalese-Muslim clashes
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan on Monday temporarily blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and some social media platforms as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of false information a day after clashes broke out between ethnic Sinhalese group and minority Muslims.
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Sri Lanka: Ammunitions recovered from school backyard
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Ammunitions were recovered from the premises of a girls' school in Gampola yesterday, the police said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka: PM Wickremesinghe orders Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 (ANI): In the wake of the serial bomb attacks that rattled Sri Lanka killing over 250 people, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday ordered the Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry to regulate madrasas, instead of the education ministry.
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Sri Lanka: Explosives found buried in mosque backyard
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 (ANI): Explosives were recovered from the backyard of a mosque at Welipenna on Friday night during a joint operation carried out by the Special Task Force and the police, reported Daily Mirror on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka: Death toll in Easter Sunday bombing rose to 257
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 2 (ANI): The death toll in a series of coordinated bombing that rocked Sri Lanka on April 21, has risen to 257 on Thursday.
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IS planning new strategy to target smaller countries, claims Sri Lankan Pr
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): It is quite possible that the Islamic States (IS) has launched a "new strategy" by beginning to target smaller countries, says Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.
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Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 30 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Tuesday lifted a temporary ban on several social media networks, which was put in place to prevent spreading misinformation after the ghastly suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.
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Father, 2 brothers of SL Easter bombings suspect killed in raid
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 29 (ANI): The father and two brothers of Zahran Hashim, the suspected mastermind of the gruesome coordinated terror Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, were killed in Friday's overnight gun battle between troops and suspects in the eastern Ampara district, the poli
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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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