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Security beefed up at BIA following Brussels terror attacks

Security has been beefed up at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Defence Secretary?Karunasena Hettiarachchi said today. Addressing the media today the?Defence Secretary said that security has been beefed up following the Brussels terror attacks. He said that other security concerns also prompted the authorities to increase security at the airport. President Maithripala Sirisena had earlier expressed his deepest sympathies over the terrorist attack at the Brussels airport and said

23 Mar, 2016

President expresses condolences following Brussels attacks

President Maithripala Sirisena today expressed his condolences to the victims of the Brussels terror attacks. “My condolences are with the families of victims of today’s attacks in #Brussels, the?President said in a tweet. Meanwhile the Foreign Ministry said that the Sri Lankan Embassy in?Brussels is in touch with the authorities follwing the attacks. The Ministry said that there are no reports of ?Sri Lankans affected by the blasts. Sri Lankan nationals in Brussels can contact the embassy on

22 Mar, 2016

Brussels blasts carried out by suicide bomber, 21 dead

Belgian firefighters on Tuesday said there were at least 21 dead after “enormous” blasts hit Brussels airport and the city’s metro system. Pierre Meys, the spokesman for the Brussels fire brigade, told AFP 11 people died in twin blasts at Brussels airport. There were also “around ten killed at the Maalbeek metro station where there was an enormous explosion,” he said. “Most of the wounded have been evacuated. The scene is rather chaotic,” he said. The blasts occurred four days after the arre

22 Mar, 2016