Pakistan deploys army to protect Sri Lankan cricketersPakistan has bolstered security for Sri Lanka's cricket team following a deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad. Army and paramilitary forces ...
13 Nov, 2025, 05.37 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
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...
07 Oct, 2023, 12.42 PM IST
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...
16 Sep, 2022, 06.56 PM IST
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...
26 Feb, 2021, 11.14 PM 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 braces for Modi's visit on SundayModi will be the first foreign leader to visit the island nation after the Easter bombings that killed over 250 people, including 11 Indian...
07 Jun, 2019, 01.05 PM IST
PM to visit Maldives, Sri Lanka from SaturdayModi will first travel to Maldives, in his first bilateral visit after retaining power in the Lok Sabha polls.
06 Jun, 2019, 06.20 PM IST
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.
28 May, 2019, 10.46 AM 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
National Investigation Agency plans to extend probe after Sri Lanka’s Easter bombingsThe source said the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) played a part in unraveling the Lankan conspiracy.
29 Apr, 2019, 10.29 AM 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
Sri Lanka Blasts: No news of number of Indian tourists impacted so farSri Lanka's Tourism Promotion Bureau did not respond to an email seeking comments till the time of going to press.
21 Apr, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
- 60 feared killed in Sri Lanka blast: Govt
Three containers filled with explosives meant for road construction detonated Friday outside a police station in eastern Sri Lanka, killing...
17 Sep, 2010, 02.26 PM IST
- LTTE planes attack Colombo, 27 hurt
Sri Lanka's military said on Friday at least 27 people had been wounded when two Tamil Tiger rebel planes raided the capital Colombo and bo...
20 Feb, 2009, 11.32 PM IST
- Sri Lanka jets bombs house visited by top rebel
Sri Lanka's air force jets bombed a house in the northern jungles believed to be frequented by the leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels.
17 Sep, 2008, 09.55 AM IST
- Bomb defused as Lanka's main buddhist festival gets underway
As a major Buddhist festival kicked off in Sri Lanka on Monday, the local police defused a bomb.
26 Aug, 2007, 08.00 PM IST