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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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Easter blasts: Sri Lanka bans 2 terror groups, including NTJ
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 28 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday banned the activities of two terror groups suspected to be behind the horrific coordinated blasts in Sri Lanka earlier this week that claimed lives of more than 250 people.
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Sri Lanka Cricket cancels Under-19 series against Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday called off the Under-19 series against Pakistan following the serial blasts that left over 253 people dead in Colombo last week.
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Sri Lanka PM apologises for failing to curb Easter blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday apologised to his people for failing to prevent the deadly Easter Sunday serial blasts that rattled the nation claiming lives of 253 and injuring several hundred.
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Govt. should take responsibility for Easter Sunday attack, says Sri Lankan
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 26 (ANI): Government should take responsibility for the Easter Sunday attacks, as well as for weakening country's intelligence services, said Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday.
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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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Easter Sunday blasts: Sri Lanka slashes death toll to 253
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday revised the death toll in the Easter Sunday blasts to 253.
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Sri Lanka Defence Secretary resigns
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on Thursday stepped down from his post amid allegations of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday attack.
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Sri Lanka: PM warns of 'sleeper cells'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has been dealing with the aftermath of Easter Sunday attack, warned on Thursday of "sleeper cells" that might launch more attacks in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: Explosion near Colombo; no casualty reported
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Pugoda (Sri Lanka), Apr 25 (ANI): Four days after the deadly serial blasts claimed at least 359 lives, an explosion was reported on Thursday in Sri Lanka's Pugada town, about 40 Km east of capital Colombo, police said.
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Sri Lanka: Two bombers were sons of business tycoon
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Two of the nine suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were members of a prominent family in Colombo, sources have told CNN.
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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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