Tag: Easter bombings

Sri Lanka: Ex-Navy chief arrested over recruitment of Rajapaksa’s son

July 3, 2026 admin

Wasantha Karannagoda. | Photo Credit: Shanker Chakravarty Colombo Sri Lanka’s anti-graft authorities on Friday (July 3, 2026) arrested former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda in connection with the alleged illegal recruitment and overseas training of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court later granted him bail. Issuing a statement following the arrest, the Commission to Investigate Allegations…

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Easter Sunday bombings: Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena settles compensation for victims

August 21, 2024 admin

A view of the damage at St. Sebastian Catholic Church on April 22, 2019, a day after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Negombo, Sri Lanka. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s former President Maithripala Sirisena has settled in full the SLR 100 million compensation for the victims of…

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No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

October 7, 2023 admin

Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: AP Dismissing the possibility of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country’s law. Responding to Sunday’s editorial in the Catholic Church’s Messenger newspaper titled “An international investigation…

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