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Sri Lanka's ex-intel head arrested in connection with 2019 Easter attack probeSri Lanka’s former state intelligence chief Suresh Sallay was arrested in Colombo in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that k...
Gunman fires at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombings anniversaryAmid heightened security for Easter celebrations, a gunman targeted a church in Manampitiya, Sri Lanka, damaging windows but causing no inj...
Teachings of Lord Christ celebrate love, harmony: PM Modi at Christmas celebrationsPrime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the Christmas celebrations hosted by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), emphasized...
Indian travellers can visit Sri Lanka visa-free, stay for up to a monthThis initiative, following a Cabinet decision in October, extends to travelers from other key countries, including China, Russia, Malaysia,...
No international inquiry into 2019 Easter bombings, reiterates Sri Lankan PresidentSri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has rejected the idea of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, stating that...
Sri Lanka's president will appoint a committee to probe allegations of complicity in 2019 bombingsSri Lanka's president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has announced the appointment of a committee to investigate allegations made in a British tele...
Sri Lanka government to investigate allegation of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombingsThe Sri Lankan government plans to establish a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report regar...
Sri Lanka's former president ordered to pay SLRs 100 million in compensation for failing to prevent 2019 Easter attacksIn its verdict, a seven-member bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the respondents named in the petitions for failing to prevent the 2019...
India seeks Zakir Naik’s extradition from QatarNaik fled to Malaysia in 2016, just before the National Investigation Agency started a probe against him. Naik fled to Malaysia in 2016, ju...
India takes note of Doha hosting Zakir Naik for Fifa World CupQatar had invited Naik, who fled India to live in Malaysia as permanent resident, to give lectures during the Fifa World Cup. Earlier, when...
Coimbatore blast probe handed over to NIAThe Tamil Nadu government said the decision to recommend the probe handover to the central anti-terror agency was taken as there is involve...
Stalin govt to recommend NIA probe into Coimbatore blastTamil Nadu government decided that the involvement of factors "extraneous to the state" and "possible international links" make the case fi...
Sri Lanka's former president Sirisena named suspect in 2019 Easter bombingsOn April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carri...
Sri Lanka mulls madrasa ban, wearing burqasMinister for public security Sarath Weerasekera told a news conference he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full...
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's visit fails to win hearts of Lankan BuddhistsIt was not just fear of Khan launching a tirade against India that forced the Lankan authorities to cancel the Pak PM’s proposed address at...
India working on plan to offer $50 million line of credit to Sri Lanka in defenceSri Lanka could become the second country in India’s neighbourhood to receive defence-related LoCs. India is working with Bangladesh to imp...
Sri Lanka Easter Sunday attacker's wife may have fled to India: ReportOn April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carri...
Lanka includes India, China in free visa on arrival service stopped after Easter Sunday bombingsThe scheme is a part of Sri Lanka's initiative to increase tourist arrivals. After the bombings in April, the country's tourism has decline...
National Investigation Agency cleared to join probe into IS links in ColomboThis follows Colombo’s assent to share the details of their investigations, officials aware of the development said.
42 foreigners killed in Easter blasts: Sri Lanka ministrySri Lankan Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said that as of Monday April 29, the number of foreign nationals who have been killed in the a...