Ex-Sri Lanka leader denies 2019 bombings were staged to help him win polls
Rajapaksa rejects British documentary that said Easter Sunday attacks were carried out to influence presidential polls.
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Sri Lanka cardinal seeks UN probe into 2019 Easter bombings
Head of the country’s Roman Catholic Church tells UNHCR the massacre now appears to be ‘a grand political plot’.
Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
Sri Lankan court begins the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people.
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Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind’ over Easter Sunday bombings
Prosecutors indict alleged mastermind of the 2019 suicide bombings, along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators.
Talks on 2019 blasts require Sri Lankan gov’t credibility: Church
Roman Catholic leader says government must win back church’s confidence before talks on probe into blasts can proceed.
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Sri Lanka files charges against 25 Easter Sunday bombing suspects
Attorney general asks chief justice to appoint a special three-member high court bench to hear the cases speedily.
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Sri Lanka probes spy agencies over Easter bombings claims
President orders investigation into allegations that some intelligence officials met people who carried out 2019 attack.
Sri Lanka arrests Muslim leader over 2019 Easter Sunday attacks
Rishad Bathiudeen and his brother Riyaaj were arrested in pre-dawn raids on their homes in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka archbishop criticises gov’t over Easter attacks probe
Head of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church says he was ‘deeply saddened’ by the lack of progress in the investigation.
Sri Lanka church to hold Black Sunday for justice in 2019 attacks
Roman Catholic Church declares Black Sunday to seek justice for victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attack.
Sri Lanka marks a year since devastating Easter Sunday attacks
Island nation commemorates attacks that saw six churches and hotels bombed, killing more than 265 people.
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