Sri Lanka blasts
All suspects in Sri Lanka bombings arrested or dead: Acting police chief
All suspected plotters and those directly linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings have either been arrested or are dead, the country's acting police chief says.
Deserted beaches, empty rooms: SL tourism takes a hit after bombings
Sri Lanka's $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people two weeks ago.
SL to air Sunday mass on TV as attack threat persists
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.
Sri Lanka on alert for attacks by militants dressed in uniforms
Sri Lankan security officials warn that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday's suicide bombings are planning imminent attacks and could be dressed in military uniforms.
Security high as SL marks one week from suicide attacks
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic has condemned the Easter attacks as "an insult to humanity" as the tense and grief-stricken country marks a week since suicide bombers hit three churches and three luxury hotels.
11 Bangladeshis who worked at SL factory sent back
Eleven Bangladeshi nationals, who used to work at a copper factory owned by Inshaf Ibrahim involved in the Shangri-La hotel bombing in Colombo on April 21, have been sent back by Sri Lanka.
Wanted extremist cleric Hashim died in hotel attack: SL president
An extremist leader considered a central figure in Sri Lanka's Easter suicide bombings died in the attacks, the president says as the police chief became the latest figure to quit over the failure to prevent the massacre.
Top Sri Lanka defence official resigns over blasts
Sri Lanka's top defence official resigns over security failures that led to the deadly Easter bombings, as Catholic churches suspended all services fearing further attacks.
Sri Lanka halts low season visa-free plan after bombings
Sri Lanka's government says it was suspending plans to grant citizens of 39 countries visa-free entry during the country's tourism low season after deadly Easter bombings that killed hundreds.
‘7 suicide attackers behind SL blasts; int'l network involved’
Seven suicide bombers took part in the attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people and wounded more than 500, an investigator says, while a government spokesman says an international network was involved.
US State Dept warns 'terrorists' continue plotting Sri Lanka attacks
The US State Department says in a revised travel advisory 'terrorist groups' are continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people are killed and about 500 wounded in blasts in churches and luxury hotels.
Sri Lanka blasts: 36 foreigners killed, 9 missing
As many as 36 foreigners have been killed and nine reported missing following Easter Sunday attacks in different parts of Sri Lanka.
Sheikh Selim’s son-in-law hurt, grandson missing after SL blasts: Hasina
The son-in-law of Awami League leader Sheikh Selim was injured in Sunday's explosions in Sri Lanka and his grandson has remained missing, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says.
SL Police chief had warned of attack threat
Sri Lanka's police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday's (April 21) bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit "prominent churches", according to the warning seen by AFP.
Condolences pour in after Sri Lanka blasts
Global political and religious leaders and people from all walks of life unite in their shock and condemnation as they express their condolences in social media after a series of explosions across Sri Lanka left over a hundred people dead and several hundred others injured.
Sri Lanka blasts death toll rises to 290
The death toll rises to 290 while about 500 are left wounded a day after a string of bombings at churches and luxury hotels ripped through Sri Lanka, amid warnings that more attacks were possible.