Sri Lanka April tourist arrivals slide after Easter bombings
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka tumbled 7.5 percent in April from a year ago, as travelers shunnedContinue Reading
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Empty classrooms: Sri Lanka schools re-open amid fears of more militant attacks
BATTICALOA/COLOMBO (Reuters) – State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings,Continue Reading
SriLankan Airlines has 10 percent increase in cancellations, expects more: CEO
SriLankan Airlines’ chief executive Vipula Gunatilleka said on Monday that the carrier had a 10 percent increase in cancellations lastContinue Reading
Sri Lanka on alert for attacks by militants disguised in uniforms
(Reuters) – Sri Lankan security officials have warned that the Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday’s deadly suicide bombings were planningContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Issues Decree Banning All Forms of Face Covering From Tomorrow
The Sri Lankan government on Sunday issued a decree banning burqas and other face-covering garments from tomorrow, in light ofContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Bombings: Investigators say Motel in Dehiwala was after Taj Samudra target was botched
COLOMBO (Reuters) – His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo’s seafront. Instead, heContinue Reading
Relatives of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind wounded in gunbattle
(Reuters) – The wife and a daughter of the suspected mastermind of suicide attacks on churches and four hotels inContinue Reading
Lankan President bans National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI)
Colombo, April 27 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has on Saturday banned National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei MillathuContinue Reading
Children killed during Sri Lanka gunbattle between troops and Islamist militants
SAINTHAMARUTHU/COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – As darkness fell in Sainthamaruthu village on Sri Lanka’s east coast on Friday, troops and policeContinue Reading
Sri Lanka ex-defense chief Gotabaya says he will run for president, tackle radical Islam
Sri Lanka’s former wartime defense chief, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said on Friday he would run for president in elections this yearContinue Reading
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