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Lanka's Wickremesinghe says govt responsible for mistakes that lead to Eas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the Sri Lankan government, along with the cabinet of ministers, are responsible for the mistakes and lapses which enabled a local terror group to launch successful attacks on Easter Sunday that killed more th
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Al-Qaeda continues to cooperate closely with LeT, Haqqani Network: UN repo
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US] July 30 (ANI): Pakistan-based terror outfit Al Qaeda continues to cooperate closely with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Haqqani Network, said United Nations in its report.
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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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Cardinal Ranjith calls on govt to step down over Easter Sunday bombings
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church, has called for the government to step down due to its alleged failure to prevent Easter Sunday bombings that claimed the lives of more than 250 people.
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Sri Lanka: CID arrests former Defence Secretary, IGP over mishandling repo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday arrested former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara on charges of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday terror attack killing more than 250 pe
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Post Easter Sunday attacks, Jacqueline says Sri Lanka 'still a paradise'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 25 (ANI): "We may have suffered a very terrible attack, but that does not change the fact that we are still a paradise," Jacqueline Fernandez said while promoting Sri Lanka tourism after the country was rocked by serial blasts in April.
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Lanka extends state of emergency by another month
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday extended the state of emergency by another one month considering the prevailing security situation in the country in the wake of Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people.
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Modi plants sapling at President's Secretariat in Colombo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the Easter terror attacks, planted a sapling at the President's Secretariat here on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka: Modi visits church targetted during Easter terror attacks
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Showing India's solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his respects at the St. Anthony's Church, which was targetted during the Easter terror attacks.
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Sri Lankan intelligence chief resigns over Easter Sunday bombings
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka's national intelligence chief Sisira Mendis has stepped down from his post in the wake of Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people in April.
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PM Modi's visit shows India's solidarity with Sri Lanka following Easter t
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming official visit to Sri Lanka after taking charge for a second time shows India's humane approach towards the people of island-nation after the Easter Sunday terror blasts, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Aus
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Sri Lanka: Suspended Police chief blames Sirisena for not allowing him to
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka’s suspended police chief Pujith Jayasundara on Thursday told the special parliamentary select committee, appointed to probe the Easter Sunday blasts, that President Maithripala Sirisena had denied him from attending any meetings of the Na
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