Trump says giant empty tankers headed to US for 'world's best oil'President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that large oil tankers are en route to the United States. He stated that America possesses...
11 Apr, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Iran's Kharg Island hit by US attacks on 50+ military targets as Middle East war intensifiesKharg Island, Iran’s lifeline for oil exports, has been under siege, with attacks escalating tensions with the United States. This conflict...
07 Apr, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
Israel-Iran conflict: Trump seizes on rescue of downed airman to recast unpopular warIsrael-Iran war: President Donald Trump highlighted a daring Easter weekend rescue of an American airman deep inside enemy territory. He pr...
07 Apr, 2026, 08.31 AM IST
Donald Trump Easter Sunday message controversy: U.S President's Truth Social post goes viral, faces strong criticismsIran war: Criticism was not limited to Donald Trump's Democratic opponents. For Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who opposes...
05 Apr, 2026, 09.55 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
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...
19 Apr, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
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,...
28 Nov, 2023, 05.01 PM IST
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...
06 Sep, 2023, 11.22 AM IST
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...
24 Jul, 2019, 03.55 PM IST
Sri Lanka President bans NTJ, two other Islamist extremist organisationsOver 1,000 have been arrested since the attacks. Sri Lanka's police say they have either killed or arrested all those responsible for the b...
14 May, 2019, 06.04 PM IST
No record to suggest Easter Sunday bombers visited Kashmir“We have verified the records of Sri Lankan nationals who visited Kashmir but none of them was found to be involved in the incident,” a sen...
06 May, 2019, 09.56 AM IST
Sri Lankan security agencies warn of fresh terror attacksSeveral conspirators in the Easter Sunday bombings which killed 257 people were still at large, official sources told ET form Colombo.
05 May, 2019, 11.31 PM IST
Sri Lanka: Leave my country alone, President Maithripala Sirisena tells Islamic StateSirisena also warned it may be possible Islamic State had launched a "new strategy" by targeting smaller countries, media said.
01 May, 2019, 01.55 PM IST
Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battleAuthorities have detained more than 100 people, including foreigners from Syria and Egypt since the April 21 bombings.
28 Apr, 2019, 03.53 PM IST
6 children, 3 women among 15 killed in in raids on terror hideouts in Sri LankaThe security forces continue their hunt for members of the local terror group NTJ which was behind the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.
27 Apr, 2019, 09.47 AM IST
Death toll climbs to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings: PoliceThe Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the devastating Easter blasts in Sri Lanka and identified the suicide bombers who were inv...
24 Apr, 2019, 10.43 AM 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