Hezbollah condemns “savage” attack in Sri Lanka

Trump recalls deadly bombings in Sri Lanka

US President Donald Trump today recalled the deadly bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday as he spoke at a UN event on religious freedom. He said that in recent times, the world has witnessed devastating acts of violence in sacred places of worship. Among those incidents, he noted, were attacks on Christian churches in Sri Lanka. “In 2016, an 85-year-old Catholic priest was viciously killed while celebrating mass in Normandy, France. In the past year, the United States endured horrifying ant

23 Sep, 2019

Court orders to bury Kingsbury suicide bomber’s remains

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the remains of the Kingsbury hotel suicide bomber to be buried at the Borella cemetery. The order was given after the relatives of the bomber refused to accept his remains. The bomber carried out the attack at the Kingsbury hotel on Easter Sunday. Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake ordered the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer to handover the remains of the suicide bomber to the Thimbirigasyaya divisional secretary to be buried at the public cemetery in

18 Sep, 2019

Pujith and Hemasiri to be named as suspects in Easter attacks

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando are to be named as suspects in the Easter Sunday attacks. Attorney General Dappula De Livera has directed Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne to produce Jayasundara and Fernando in court over criminal negligence related to the Easter Sunday attacks. Pujith Jayasundara was the IGP at the time of the attacks and Hemasiri Fernando was the Defence Secretary. It was reported

01 Jul, 2019