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Christian Leaders in Sri Lanka Meet with Prime Minister Regarding Easter Bombings
12/20/2020 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa regarding families affected by the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings of three churches.
On April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday, suicide bombers attacked three churches and several luxury hotels across Sri Lanka in coordinated attacks. Some 350 people, many of them Christians celebrating Easter, were killed as a result of the bombings. ISIS took credit for the attacks.
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We are doing all this because of the people who have been affected by the Easter Sunday attacks,” Cardinal Ranjith said. “
Sri Lankan cardinal meets PM over support for attack victims
Cardinal Ranjith praises government for resolving problems but calls for steps to make the country safer
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The aftermath of the bombing that killed 28 people at St. Anthony s Shrine in Kochchikade in Colombo on Easter Sunday in 2019. (Photo: Niranjani Roland)
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to resolve the problems of families affected by last year’s Easter Sunday attacks. We are doing all this because of the people who have been affected by the Easter Sunday attacks. We hope that the government will take all necessary steps to make the country a safer place to prevent such incidents in the future, the prelate said during the meeting at Temple Trees, the official residence of the prime minister, on Dec. 16.
Mon 14th December 2020 | 06:00 PM
COLOMBO, Dec. 14 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2020 ) :Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the country s National Research Council to expedite scientific tests on locally discovered treatments and drugs which can be used to treat COVID-19 patients, local media reported here Monday.
Rajapaksa instructed the National Research Council that a Colombo University-recommended local medicine, a specialized local treatment for COVID-19 developed by Dr. Harsha Subasinghe and Indika Jagoda, and a medicinal honey concoction developed by ayurvedic practitioner Dr. Dhammika Bandara should be scientifically tested further, a statement by the Prime Minister s office said.