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Sri Lanka's former intelligence chief arrested over 2019 Easter Sunday att
Updated : 1 day, 11 hours ago IST
Sri Lanka's former State Intelligence Services (SIS) Chief, Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, The Daily Mirror Online reported.
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New allegations into 2019 Easter attacks to be investigated: Sri Lankan Pr
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge will investigate the allegations raised by a British documentary in connection with the 2019 Easter Attacks, Colombo Gazette reported on Sunday citing Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Sri Lankan Parliament discusses new allegations on 2019 Easter attacks, as
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Sri Lankan Parliament discussed the newly surfaced allegations about the 2019 Easter attacks, and the ruling government said that it will back an international investigation into the claims.
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Sri Lanka: Acting President seeks UK's help for probe of Easter Sunday att
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said that he is requesting the assistance of the UK Government and their intelligence services because a proper Easter Sunday investigation has not been carried out which indicates that the issue
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Sri Lanka cabinet panel to submit report on recommendations of Easter atta
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): The Cabinet panel that studied the recommendations of the Presidential Commission into the Easter attacks would submit its report to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday.
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UN calls for solidarity among communities as Sri Lanka marks a year of Eas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 21 (ANI): Remembering the 259 lives lost and those injured in the Easter Sunday attacks a year ago, the office of United Nations in the country on Tuesday called for solidarity between communities to safeguard the health and rights of every citizen as terrorism has
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Sri Lanka: Parliamentary panel to submit final report on Easter attacks on
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 12 (ANI): The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to look into the Easter Sunday terror attacks will submit its report on October 23.
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Sri Lanka ends emergency rule 4 months after Easter attacks
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 24 (ANI): Sri Lanka has officially ended the four months of emergency rule imposed in the wake of Easter terror bombings that killed more than 250 people on April 21.
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Parliamentary committee probing Lanka's Easter attacks seeks another month
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 13 (ANI): Term of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), which is probing the Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people across Sri Lanka, will be extended by another month, its chairman and Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri said on Tuesday.
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Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspire by ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people were carried out by local groups who drew inspiration from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, a top investigator said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka: Security beefed up as Buddhist monks meet over presidential vot
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Security was beefed up in the Sri Lankan highland town of Kandy on Sunday as hardline Buddhist monks gathered for their first big assembly since Easter attacks by Islamist militants on churches and luxury hotels that killed more than 250 on April 21.
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Happy to be back, says PM Modi on arrival in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Sunday for a short stay on his way en route India from the Maldives.
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