Sri Lanka blasts: Island nation bans burqa to ensure public safety

Apr 29, 2019, at 05:24 pm

Colombo, Apr 29 : More than a week after Sri Lanka witnessed eight blasts by Islamist groups that left 253 people dead on an Easter Sunday, the Island Nation in order to ensure public safety on Monday banned burqa worn by Muslim women to cover their faces.

Sri Lanka blasts: As toll reaches 290, ISIS hand is suspected

Apr 22, 2019, at 11:07 am

Colombo, Apr 22 (IBNS): It has been 24 hours since Sri Lanka was hit by series of coordinated blasts that claimed 290 lives, but still now no group has claimed responsibility for the carnage that has disrupted peace in the Island Nation. However, the needle of suspicion is pointing towards a possible ISIS role.

137 killed in Sri Lanka blasts in churches and hotels

Apr 21, 2019, at 01:27 pm

Colombo, Apr 21 (UNI/IBNS) At least 137 people have been killed and more than 400 hospitalised in multiple explosions that hit  Catholic churches and star hotels here in the national capital on Sunday, as worshipers had gathered in large numbers to attended the Easter services.

Sri Lanka to hold emergency meeting after explosions: Minister

Apr 21, 2019, at 01:17 pm

Colombo, Apr 21 (UNI ) The Sri Lankan government headed by the country's Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold an emergency meeting after multiple explosions that hit Sri Lanka's churches and hotels on the Easter day killing around 140 and injuring more than 400.