Easter Sunday Attack

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has called for ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks to continue without interruption, stressing that no political influence should be allowed to hinder the search for the…

Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has emphasised the need to ‘free the country’ from oppressive leadership, and appoint a new leader. Speaking at a special service held at the All Saint’s Church in Borella in view of Sri…

The Attorney General has stated before the Supreme Court that the former IGP Pujith Jayasundara has committed criminal dereliction of duty by failing to prevent the Easter Sunday terror attack, despite receiving intelligence information in…

Prof. Rohan Gunaratne, a threat specialist of the global security environment, has called for a rehabilitation programme for those arrested in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. Speaking at a conference in Colombo,…

The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday issued an Extraordinary Gazette, lifting the ban imposed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) against five organisations. The relevant gazette was issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in…

The time period given to former President Maithripala Sirisena and other accused to pay compensation to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks expires on July 12. On January 12 this year, the Supreme Court found that former…

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara was present before the Supreme Court on Tuesday (04 July), when a petition filed against his acquittal over the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks was taken up in court. An…