World Apr 29 Sri Lanka bans face coverings in crackdown after Easter bombings The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has urged the government to crack down on Islamic extremists.
World Apr 28 With churches shut after bombs, Sri Lankans hear Mass on TV Sri Lanka’s Catholics celebrated Mass in their homes via a televised broadcast on Sunday as churches across the island nation shut over fears of militant attacks, a week after the Islamic State-claimed Easter suicide bombings killed over 250 people.
World Apr 24 Sri Lanka president demands security officials resign over Easter bombings Sri Lanka's president has asked for the resignations of the defense secretary and national police chief.
World Apr 23 Sri Lanka minister says Easter bombings a response to New Zealand attacks COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A top Sri Lanka official on Tuesday called the Easter attack on churches, hotels and other sites “retaliation” for the shooting massacre by a white supremacist at two New Zealand mosques last month, as the Islamic…
World Apr 22 Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks, official says Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 200 people, the country's health minister said…
World Apr 21 Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in eight bomb blasts that rocked churches and luxury hotels in or near Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday — the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen…
World Dec 16 Sri Lanka’s president reinstates prime minister he sacked Sri Lanka's president reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister on Sunday, nearly two months after firing him and setting off a long political stalemate in the South Asian island nation.
World Dec 14 Sri Lankan Prime Minister expected to resign amid political crisis Sri Lanka has had no functioning government for nearly two weeks and is facing the prospect of being unable to pass a budget for next year.