Category: Local News

The JVP yesterday said that President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at least now should act together to give the political leadership to restore the country’s security.

Sri Lanka’s former wartime defense chief, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said on Friday he would run for president in elections this year and would stop the spread of Islamist extremism by rebuilding the intelligence service and surveilling citizens.

The U.S. State Department has issued a heightened travel warning for Sri Lanka after last Sunday’s suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people.

Sri Lanka Navy personnel have taken 3 persons into custody while traveling in a three-wheeler with one kilogram of C-4 explosives near the Wellawatte railway station.

A very large stock of material used to manufacture bombs has been recovered during a joint raid in the Senthilgaman area in Samanthurai, Ampara.

A shootout between security forces personnel and an armed group has been reported during a search operation at Sainthamaruthu, Kalmunai in Ampara District, a short while ago.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation of the US Government has approved a grant of USD 480 million to Sri Lanka at its board meeting held on the 25th of April 2019 in Washington D.C. subject to Congressional Notification.

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry fears losing around $1.5 billion in revenue this year due to Sunday’s attacks, the country’s Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.

Police have obtained a statement from the brother of Minister Rishad Bathiudeen in connection with the Easter Sunday Bombings.

At 12:10 p.m. Friday, men and boys in a Muslim neighborhood in Sri Lanka’s capital did something everyone had warned them not to do: They came together to pray.

During a special search operation conducted by the Police Special Task Force, a suspect with 46 swords in his possession was taken into custody.

The Burj Khalifa, iconic landmarks in Abu Dhabi also lit up with the colours of Sri Lanka’s national flag, Khaleej Times reported.Dubai’s iconic skyscraper Burj Khalifa lit up to the colours of Sri Lanka’s flag to show solidarity with the victims of the suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.

A photograph has been obtained by Sky News which, according to a security source, is of the suspected Sri Lanka suicide bomber who studied in Britain.

The Constitutional Council (CC) has unanimously approved the nomination of Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya as the next Chief Justice, parliamentary sources said.

President Maithripala Sirisena says an intelligence unit of a foreign country provided a detailed report on the 4th of April of a possible terror attack on Sri Lanka.

A businessman has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles at Ranabima Mawatha in Mulleriyawa North.