Child abductor shot dead by Police in Horana

AG to study report on incidents related to terror attack

President Maithripala Sirisena says he will discuss the interim report of the committee appointed by him to investigate incidents related to the Easter Sunday bombings with the Attorney General (AG) tomorrow. The President said that he has already received the report. He said that after discussing the report with the AG the next step will be taken. President Sirisena made these remarks while addressing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) May Day celebrations held at the Sri Lanka Foundation In

01 May, 2019

President tells IS “leave my country alone”

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the terrorist group to “leave my country alone”. Sirisena also warned it may be possible Islamic State had launched a “new strategy” by targeting smaller countries, Sky New said on Wednesday. A government source told news agency Reuters on Tuesday police and other security forces across the Buddhist-majority country had been ordered to remain on hig

01 May, 2019

PM says only a few linked to bombings at large

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says only a few people linked to the Easter Sunday attacks are at large. He says while several have been killed, others are in custody and only a few are at large. The Prime Minister expressed these views at a meeting with civil society at Temple Trees today. The Police, today said that one of the Shangri-La bombers was Zaharan Hashim. He attacked the Shangri-La in the company of fellow Islamist Ilham Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim. Ilham’s elder brother Inshaf Ahm

01 May, 2019