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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Thanks PM Modi For Help Over Easter Blasts
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for providing "all the help" in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 260 people.
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New Amendments In Place, NIA To Probe Sri Lanka Blast Links In India
The National Investigating Agency is all set to register its first case related to the Sri Lanka blasts, with the centre on Thursday notifying the NIA Amendment Bill that cleared parliament last week.
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Colombo Safe After Blasts, Says Bangladesh Skipper Tamim Iqbal
Bangladesh will play three One-Day Internationals on July 26, 28 and 31 at the Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo.
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PM Modi Is The First World leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Blasts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on his way back to India from Maldives where he was on his first overseas trip after getting elected as Prime Minister for a second term. PM Modi is the first world leaderto visit the island nation over two months after the serial bombings on Easter left more than 250 dead.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
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Sri Lanka To Relax Emergency In A Month, Says President
Sri Lanka's President announced on Monday he will allow tough emergency laws to lapse within a month because the security situation was "99 percent back to normal" following the Easter bombings.
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency A Month After Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's president extended on Wednesday by a further month the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people.
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Sri Lanka Lawmaker To Be Questioned Over Links To Easter Blasts
Member of Sri Lankan Parliament Mohamed Naushad Jalaldeen, who was arrested on charges of having close links with local Islamic terror group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), will be questioned, police said on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Official Arrested Over Links To Easter Sunday Blasts
A Sri Lankan parliament official was among six people arrested for their alleged links to the banned terror group, National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), which carried out the deadly suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, a senior police official said on Monday.
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UK Woman On Honeymoon In Sri Lanka Dies After Eating Hotel Food
The husband of a British bride who died on her honeymoon in Sri Lanka will be kept in the country at least until a formal hearing on the death is held on Wednesday, police said.
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Sri Lanka IT Employee Arrested For Link To Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan police on Friday said they had arrested an employee of information technology services company Virtusa Corp in Colombo in connection with Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
-
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Thanks PM Modi For Help Over Easter Blasts
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for providing "all the help" in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 260 people.
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New Amendments In Place, NIA To Probe Sri Lanka Blast Links In India
The National Investigating Agency is all set to register its first case related to the Sri Lanka blasts, with the centre on Thursday notifying the NIA Amendment Bill that cleared parliament last week.
-
Colombo Safe After Blasts, Says Bangladesh Skipper Tamim Iqbal
Bangladesh will play three One-Day Internationals on July 26, 28 and 31 at the Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo.
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PM Modi Is The First World leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Blasts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on his way back to India from Maldives where he was on his first overseas trip after getting elected as Prime Minister for a second term. PM Modi is the first world leaderto visit the island nation over two months after the serial bombings on Easter left more than 250 dead.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
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Sri Lanka To Relax Emergency In A Month, Says President
Sri Lanka's President announced on Monday he will allow tough emergency laws to lapse within a month because the security situation was "99 percent back to normal" following the Easter bombings.
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency A Month After Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's president extended on Wednesday by a further month the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people.
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Sri Lanka Lawmaker To Be Questioned Over Links To Easter Blasts
Member of Sri Lankan Parliament Mohamed Naushad Jalaldeen, who was arrested on charges of having close links with local Islamic terror group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), will be questioned, police said on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Official Arrested Over Links To Easter Sunday Blasts
A Sri Lankan parliament official was among six people arrested for their alleged links to the banned terror group, National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), which carried out the deadly suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, a senior police official said on Monday.
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UK Woman On Honeymoon In Sri Lanka Dies After Eating Hotel Food
The husband of a British bride who died on her honeymoon in Sri Lanka will be kept in the country at least until a formal hearing on the death is held on Wednesday, police said.
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Sri Lanka IT Employee Arrested For Link To Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan police on Friday said they had arrested an employee of information technology services company Virtusa Corp in Colombo in connection with Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
