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Share: COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lankan Minister of Public Security Retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasakera speaking in Parliament recently made a revelation that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States confirmed that Mohamed Naufar aka Naufar Moulavi was the mastermind of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. “It is clear that the mastermind of this is Nauffer Moulavi, according to our investigations and American investigations. It was also confirmed by Zaharan�...

Sri Lankan Church adopts new stance after Easter carnage Bishops conference takes first steps towards the more inclusive synodal approach Security personnel stand guard at St. Anthonys Shrine in Colombo on April 23, 2019, two days after a series of bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. (Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP) Recent months have seen a great deal of debate and controversy in Sri Lanka. In the first week of February, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry’s fi...

Rights bodies urge Sri Lankan govt to set up truth commission National Peace Council decries failure to find masterminds behind 2019 Easter attacks Updated: April 30, 2021 09:09 AM GMT Trending Army personnel stand guard atop St. Anthonys Church during a Mass in remembrance of the Easter Sunday attack victims to mark the second anniversary of the atrocity in Colombo on April 21. (Photo: AFP) Rights bodies and activists have called on the Sri Lankan government to establish a truth commission to...

Sri Lanka’ police officers arrested Rishad Bathiudeen, a top Muslim leader and member of the parliament over his connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.

MP held over Sri Lanka Easter attacks Updated: Updated: Rishad Bathiudeen arrested under PTA for alleged links with suicide bombers Share Article Rishad Bathiudeen arrested under PTA for alleged links with suicide bombers Sri Lanka police on Saturday arrested All Ceylon Makkal Congress leader and opposition parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen in connection with the April 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. In a pre-dawn raid, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took Mr. Bathiudeen into custod...

Terrorists at large in Sri Lanka, says Buddhist monk Unresolved issues remain as the nation marks the second anniversary of the Easter attacks People including priests and nuns hold a demonstration to urge justice for Easter attack victims at Katuwapitiya, Negombo, on April 21. (Photo: Quintus Colombage/UCA News) As Sri Lanka marked the second anniversary of the Easter terror attacks, a Buddhist monk claimed that trained terrorists are at large in the country. Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera was spe...

Easter attacks revealed ailment eating into Sri Lankan society The deaths of 269 people showed the mistrust between races and religions and the need for us to unite Updated: April 22, 2021 04:36 AM GMT Trending Catholic priests and nuns carry photographs as they pay tribute to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings at St. Sebastians Church in Negombo on April 21. (Photo: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP) Nine suicide bombers affiliated to local Islamist extremist group National Thowheed Jamat...

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo.   | Photo Credit: Reuters Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, has requested people to observe a 2-minute silence on April 21 in memory of the victims of Easter Sunday attacks. Sri Lanka’s Catholic church will observe a two-minute silence on Wednesday morning to mark the second anniversary of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 that killed 258 people, including 11 Indians. Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Co...

Share on Twitter An Australian professor who was detained and allegedly tortured in Qatar has separately been named by a Sri Lankan government probe into the deadly Easter Sunday terror bombings.  Australian citizens Lukman Thalib, 58, and his son Ismail Talib, 24, were arrested at their home in Qatar on 27 July and imprisoned for almost six months without charge before being released without warning in January this year. No reason has even been given for the arrest of Professor Th...

By Keerthi Rathnayake (Lanka-e-News -04.April.2021, 9.00PM)  It has been two weeks since Azath Sally was arrested. The statement "We will not change the Muslim law no matter who changes it" appeared to be the immediate reason for Azath Sallys arrest. Minister of Police Sarath Weerasekera also stated that he would arrest Azath Sallys based on his statement on Muslim marriage law. However, Attorney General Dappula was of the opinion that it would be a big mess if Azard Salley would be arrested f...