Sri Lanka to repatriate bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US submarine attackSri Lanka is repatriating on Friday the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who perished when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a US submar...
13 Mar, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
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...
25 Feb, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
Sri Lanka: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says no shoot-on-sight orders given during violenceThe Prime Minister said that the Police can use their discretion and open fire if there is a need to do so but there are procedures to foll...
20 May, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Air India to resume additional Delhi-Colombo flight from July 15: Civil Aviation MinisterThe national carrier had stopped operating the additional flight after the April 21 Easter Sunday terror attack in Sri Lanka.
09 Jun, 2019, 09.26 PM IST
Safety first: Hotels spruce up security systemsA series of bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels such as Shangri-La and churches in Sri Lanka in April which killed nearly 300 people.
07 Jun, 2019, 12.28 PM IST
Sri Lanka still faced possible terror attacks; authorities now focussing on 'sleepers': Ranil WickremesingheAuthorities have accused the little-known National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) of carrying out the devastating blasts.
25 Apr, 2019, 11.27 PM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: Two men recall horror of losing families in attack; UK citizen says family died 'mercifully with no pain'Two men, who lost everything in the Easter Sunday attack, recall the events.
23 Apr, 2019, 05.19 PM IST
Colombo blasts: Jacqueline Fernandez condemns attacks; Mindy Kaling, Kamal Haasan & Anushka Sharma pray for victimsMany celebrities around the world condemned the act of cowardice.
22 Apr, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
87 bomb detonators found at bus station in Colombo: PoliceThe police initially found 12 bomb detonators scattered on the ground. A further search revealed 75 more, a police statement said.
22 Apr, 2019, 05.16 PM IST
7 suicide bombers carried out Easter blasts in Sri LankaThe death toll Monday sharply rose to 290, including six Indians, from the blasts - the worst terror attack in the country's history.
22 Apr, 2019, 01.13 PM IST
Four Indians among 290 killed in Sri Lanka blasts; over 500 injuredIndian High Commission in Colombo said National Hospital has informed it about the death of four Indian nationals.
22 Apr, 2019, 10.35 AM IST
Sri Lanka Blasts Live Updates: 8 blasts rock the island nation, 290 dead so farSeven people were arrested and three police officers were killed during a raid on a house in Colombo.
22 Apr, 2019, 09.15 AM IST
LTTE planned to attack Colombo targets with plane from Chennai: Sri Lankan PresidentMaithripala Sirisena said it was a well-guarded secret that all senior leaders were out of the country fearing an LTTE air raid.
28 Sep, 2018, 04.50 PM IST
Sri Lanka's national carrier cuts flights to ChennaiSrilankan Airlines today slashed by half, its flights on the Colombo-Chennai sector in view of the attacks against Sri Lankan nationals in ...
19 Mar, 2013, 07.09 PM IST
- Bomb explodes in Sri Lankan capital: police
A bomb exploded on a railway track in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Thursday, the second such blast in as many days, but there were no ...
11 Sep, 2008, 10.18 PM IST
- Seven killed in suicide blast on Sri Lanka train
A suicide bomb ripped through a train in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding nearly 100 on th...
03 Feb, 2008, 05.03 PM IST
- Blast near cricketers' hotel kills 7 in Lanka
In a spurt of violence in Sri Lanka, at least 61 school girls and 15 civilians were killed in air raids by security forces in the northeast...
15 Aug, 2006, 12.00 AM IST