A powerful bomb was found in an area of central Sri Lanka where an annual pageant linked with Buddhism is being held police said Sunday...
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Police yesterday said the Kandy Esala Perahera route and the Sri Dalada Maligawa would be declared a High Security Zone while some 6000 police personnel would be deployed to provide security to the annual event.
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Twelve children from the North and East who were detained on a massive building in Puttalam town on the false pretence of running a home for children were taken into custody yesterday by Puttalam police together with the person who was in charge of the place and three others on suspicion.
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to suspend the Colombo Municipal Council today and to appoint former Colombo mayor Omar Kamil as special commissioner, according to a senior government official close to the President.
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Sri Lankan police found and defused a powerful bomb at a fair just 3 miles from a rally attended by President Mahinda Rajapaksa near the capital Colombo on Sunday, the military said, accusing Tamil Tiger rebels of planting it. ..
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An Etihad AirwaysEtihad Airways plane en route from Indonesia to the United Arab Emirates made an emergency landing in Sri Lanka Wednesday following a bomb scare, an airport official said...
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Sri Lanka’s only international airport is to resume around-the-clock operations after air raids by the Tamil Tiger rebels forced its closure at night, an official said yesterday.
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21 suspects are in custody in relation to yesterday’s bomb attack in Ratmalana. Two special police teams are holding inquiries and many have been questioned. Eight were killed. ..
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