 | Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa blames previous government for Easter Sunday bombingsBlaming the previous government for neglecting national security, Rajapaksa said they had destroyed the intelligence system set up by him before 2015. |
 | Sri Lanka's Catholic church asks for action against former leaders for failing to prevent Easter terror attackThe church stressed that it had been five months since the inquiry report came out, yet no action had been taken against former president Maithripala Sirisena. |
 | Sri Lankan leaders unite in congratulating Narendra Modi as BJP heads to major poll winSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and main Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated Modi. |
 | Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgates emergency for a weekSirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a limited period of one week in the country by bringing into force Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance. |
 | Troops who committed war crimes at behest of politicians would be punished: Sri Lanka President Maithripala SirisenaThe LTTE ran a nearly three-decade separatist campaign leading to a bloody war with the Sri Lankan security forces. |
