Tag: Easter Sunday Blasts

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Minor explosion in Sri Lanka, no casualties

Colombo: A minor explosion occurred in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday, although there were no reports of casualties or damages in the incident that came four days after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings that killed 359 people, police said. The explosion occurred at around 9 a.m. in a garbage dump behind the […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Sri Lanka revokes social media ban

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday revoked the government’s ban on social media use that was imposed throughout the island nation after the April 21 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 253 people. A statement from the government’s information department said that Sirisena had ordered to lift the temporary ban, which had been applied […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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