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Sri Lanka expels 200 Islamic clerics

Sri Lanka has expelled over 600 foreign nationals, including around 200 Islamic clerics, since the Easter suicide bombings blamed on a local terrorist group, a minister said on Sunday (May 5). Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena said the clerics had entered the country legally, but amid a security crackdown after the attacks were found to have overstayed their visas, for which fines were imposed and they were expelled from the island. “Considering the current situation in the country, we

05 May, 2019

Sri Lankan booked in Kerala for not producing valid travel documents

A 30-year-old Sri Lankan national was arrested in Kerala today (Sunday) for not possessing valid travel documents, police said. The man, who identified himself as Maluge Juth Selfon Dias, was picked up from Thampanoor bus terminal in the city, they said. “We have brought in translators from SriLankan Airlines to initiate conversation with the man, but he has not disclosed anything yet. As of now, he has been taken to Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu as part of investigation and will be produced before

05 May, 2019

Tycoon’s 3 children killed in Sri Lanka mourned in Denmark

A funeral service has been held in Denmark for the three children of a business tycoon who were killed during the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, the Associated Press reported. Holch Povlsen, the owner of the Bestseller clothing chain, comforted his wife, Anne, and their surviving daughter, Astrid, as three flower-covered coffins were brought out of hearses at Aarhus Cathedral. The family was staying at the Shangri-La Hotel in the capital of Colombo when it was attacked. More than 350 people die

05 May, 2019