Advertisement On April 21, 2019 – Easter Sunday – a coordinated series of bombings ripped through Sri Lanka, targeting churches and luxury hotels. Over 260 people were killed, making it the deadliest terrorist attack ever suffered by Sri Lanka. The attack has continued to resonate in Sri Lankan society and politics, as the public demands … Read more
Advertisement A documentary on the 2019 Easter bombings, released this week by the United Kingdom’s Channel 4 but expected for a long time, has opened a political can of worms in Sri Lanka. In a nutshell, the documentary centers on the alleged complicity of the country’s former ruling family, the Rajapaksas, in the terrorist attack, … Read more
Advertisement Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that officials with the South Asian country’s intelligence were complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people, including 42 foreigners from 14 countries. The attacks, which included simultaneous suicide bombings, targeted three churches – … Read more