All private Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Colombo (Western Province) will be closed until further notice considering the prevailing situation in the country in the aftermath of the series of bomb attacks on Easter Sunday, National Director o

ISIS allegedly funded the deadly Sri Lanka Easter bombings with Bitcoin donations, the UK based Mirror reported.

An Indian Hindu nationalist group allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Wednesday for a ban on veils after Sri Lanka prohibited the garments worn by some Muslim women following militant bomb attacks there.

Suspect, Mohammed Marsuk Mohammed Rizli, a security official of Eastern Province Governor MLAM Hizbullah, had been arrested by the Modara Police over suspiciously keeping some rubber stamps of Government officers.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Mavai Senathirajah had requested the government to provide military security to the Northern Province considering the prevailing situation in the country.

Sunday masses in the Colombo Archdiocese have been cancelled due to security concerns, the Archbishop’s House said today.

The Army Soldiers had recovered an artillery shell abandoned in a garbage dump on a byroad on the Kilinochchi-Paranthan Junction and defused it in a controlled explosion.

Two Muslims were arrested in Anuradhapura, while they were transporting 28 white skirts in a van from Thihariya last evening, the Police said.

British Intelligence services are investigating possible links between a Sri Lanka suicide bomber and an extremist group launched in Britain by a notorious hate preacher, The Telegraph reported.

Sri Lanka plans to obtain a US $ 100 million interest-free loan facility from China Development Bank (CDB) to expand the proposed Port Access Elevated Highway to Marine Drive through Colombo Port City.

Following a tip-off, an elderly man and his son were taken into STF custody along with a stock of illegal drugs worth of Rs.4 million when their house was raided at Wolfendhal Street in Colombo.

The assets of the terrorists involved in the eight terror attacks across the country had been identified and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was conducting measures to freeze their assets, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said yesterd

While saying that Zahran Hashim who is deemed to be the leader of National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ), should have been nipped in the bud in 2014, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said some bad politicians had encouraged

The Education Ministry Secretary had been advised by its Minister to issue a special circular which aims at assuring the safety of school children and the school community at large.

National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday said the government was making arrangements to allow the US to operate a special economic corridor stretching from Trincomalee to Colombo.

The caches of swords found from several mosques may have been used to clear shrubs surrounding those mosques, Muslim Religious Affairs Minister M. H. A. Haleem said.

Asserting that it was inappropriate to talk about elections at this trying time, Election Commission’s Chairman Mahinda Desapriya said it would be horrendous if any attempt were made to postpone elections citing security reasons.

President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday he would fulfil the task of eliminating terrorism from the country even if it meant putting his life at stake.

When fighting terrorism, Sri Lanka should place its trust in the country’s military and intelligence services without allowing outsiders to have a claim in the country, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.

There is a possible linkage between Eastern Province Governor M. L. A. M. Hisbullah to Batticaloa Campus Private Ltd., which has been identified as a sharia university, UNP MP Ashu Marasinghe charged today.

Former national cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara was today announced as the next President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming the first non-British to hold the post in the MCC’s history.

Defeating the present administration is one solution to the present crisis which Sri Lanka is facing but there are few other steps that should be taken to push the country out the crisis totally, Janatha Vimkuthi Peramuna (JVP) said today.

Four Chinese oceanic scientists were killed during the Easter explosion in Sri Lanka, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said on Tuesday.

The interim report of the three-member investigation committee which was appointed to look into the Easter Sunday terror attacks had been submitted to President Maithripala Sirisena today.

The British Government has consistently made clear its unreserved determination to fight the scourge of terrorism, the British High Commission (BHC) in Colombo said today.

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching his bail conditions, BBC reported today.

Additional personnel would be deployed to ensure the safety of all religious places and schools as required, the President’s Media Division said.

Two of Sri Lanka’s major cable TV operators, Dialog and SLT, have removed controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s Peace TV from their channel list.

Saudi Arabia advised its nationals to leave Sri Lanka, Al-Ekhbariya state TV reported on Tuesday, citing the Kingdom’s embassy in Colombo.

The state intelligence services have warned the leaders of the country not to travel together during the coming few weeks.