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Muslim clerics’ organization in Sri Lanka requests Muslim women not to hinder security forces by wearing Niqab
LOCALMain Story

Muslim clerics’ organization in Sri Lanka requests Muslim women not to hinder security forces by wearing Niqab

All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), the organization of Muslim clerics in Sri Lanka has requested the Muslim women not to…

byFaraz Shauketaly26/04/201926/04/2019
Sri Lanka attacks: Government vows to overhaul state security
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Sri Lanka attacks: Government vows to overhaul state security

Sri Lanka’s president has vowed to overhaul state security after several bomb blasts on Sunday killed 359 people and wounded…

byFaraz Shauketaly24/04/2019
PM says intelligence information received but there was a lapse – Interview
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PM says intelligence information received but there was a lapse – Interview

There was a lapse in conveying the intelligence information received on the suicide bomb attacks, says Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.…

byFaraz Shauketaly24/04/2019
Easter Day attacks: death toll reaches 359
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Easter Day attacks: death toll reaches 359

The number of fatalities reported in the suicide bomb attacks that took place on the Easter Day (April 21st) has…

byFaraz Shauketaly24/04/2019
Sri Lanka attacks: ‘I thought we had left all this violence behind us’
LOCALMain Story

Sri Lanka attacks: ‘I thought we had left all this violence behind us’

People caught up in Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday attacks have been telling the BBC what they experienced. Churches and…

byFaraz Shauketaly22/04/2019
Party leaders to convene today
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Party leaders to convene today

Colombo (News1st) – According to the General Secretary of Parliament, a special party leaders meeting is set to be held…

byFaraz Shauketaly22/04/2019
Easter attack : All you need to know this morning
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Easter attack : All you need to know this morning

Colombo (News1st) – 8 bomb blasts rocked Sri Lanka to its core on Sunday (April 21), a day on which…

byFaraz Shauketaly22/04/2019
TERROR IN SRI LANKA
LOCALMain Story

TERROR IN SRI LANKA

In 8 coordinated attacks around Sri Lanka, 215 people were killed and 449 were injured. the death toll included 35…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/04/201921/04/2019
Mahinda Rajapaksa at Kataragama says government sure of crushing defeat at provincial council elections
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Mahinda Rajapaksa at Kataragama says government sure of crushing defeat at provincial council elections

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapakse visited Kataragama yesterday (April 16) to get blessings for the New Year. He…

byFaraz Shauketaly19/04/2019
Mangala meets UN chief in New York
LOCALMain Story

Mangala meets UN chief in New York

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, who is in New York to represent Sri Lanka at the Financing for Development Forum of…

byFaraz Shauketaly19/04/2019

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