Sri Lanka Bombing

Ex-Sri Lanka leader denies 2019 bombings were staged to help him win polls
Rajapaksa rejects British documentary that said Easter Sunday attacks were carried out to influence presidential polls.
Published On 8 Sep 2023
Sri Lanka to probe allegation of intelligence complicity in 2019 bombings
British TV report alleges a top Sri Lankan intelligence official hatched Easter Sunday bombings plot to influence polls.
Published On 6 Sep 2023
Protest in Sri Lanka on fourth anniversary of Easter bombings
Thousands march to demand government uncover who real conspirators were behind attacks that killed nearly 270 people.
Published On 21 Apr 2023
Sri Lanka ex-leader ordered to compensate Easter bombing victims
Supreme Court finds ex-president Sirisena and four other officials responsible for failing to prevent attacks.
Published On 12 Jan 2023

Sri Lanka’s IT sector is trying to retain talent with dollar-linked salaries as young professionals look to exodus.

Pope Francis urges country to name bombers behind 2019 attacks that the Catholic Church suspects was a conspiracy.

Protesters in Colombo demand justice on the third anniversary of devastating attacks in several churches and hotels.

Protesters criticise a lack of progress in finding those responsible for deaths of more than 260 people in the bombings.

A spiralling economic crisis is hurting tourism, a key source of dollars that had barely revived after three bad years.

Head of the country’s Roman Catholic Church tells UNHCR the massacre now appears to be ‘a grand political plot’.

Sri Lankan court begins the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people.

Prosecutors indict alleged mastermind of the 2019 suicide bombings, along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators.

Roman Catholic leader says government must win back church’s confidence before talks on probe into blasts can proceed.

Attorney general asks chief justice to appoint a special three-member high court bench to hear the cases speedily.

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