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Sri Lanka’s former premier quits party leadership after election defeat
Sri Lanka’s longest-serving party leader and former Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Monday announced quitting the party.
Fresh details emerge on Sri Lanka bomber who studied in UK
Fresh details have emerged about Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed, a former UK student who is suspected of carrying out a Sri Lanka suicide bombing.
Sri Lanka: Catholic churches suspend services
All of Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches have been ordered to stay closed and suspend services until security improves after deadly Easter bombings, a senior priest told AFP on Thursday.
Sri Lanka attacks: We had no prior knowledge – US envoy
The US ambassador to Sri Lanka has denied the United States had prior knowledge of the Easter militant attacks that it passed to the Colombo government, CNN television reported on Wednesday.
Death toll in Sri Lanka attacks hits 290
Official death toll of the Sunday suicide attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka has soared to 290 with another 500 injured.
Sri Lanka observes national mourning on Tuesday
After the serial blasts on Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka is observing national mourning on Tuesday, a decision taken during a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by President Sirisena.
Google searches for Notre Dame outnumber Sri Lanka attacks
The fire which ravaged France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral received seven times more searches on Google than the bombings which rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday and killed nearly 300 people.
![An inside view of St Anthony's Shrine after the explosion. [Chamila Karunarathne-Anadolu Agency-Getty Images]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21080821-324x235.jpg "Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 207")
Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 207
The toll in a series of eight blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to at least 207, with over 450 people wounded, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.
![Police cordon off the area after an explosion hit St Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade in Colombo. [MA Pushpa Kumara-EPA]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21080759-324x235.jpg "Two killed in new blast in Sri Lankan capital")
Two killed in new blast in Sri Lankan capital
A fresh blast hit a hotel in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Sunday, killing at least two people, a police spokesman said, after a string of explosions at churches and hotels.
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court overturns dissolution of parliament
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has overturned President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to dissolve parliament and has ordered a halt to preparations for snap elections.
Sri Lanka’s Maithripala Sirisena ‘dissolves parliament’ amid deepening crisis
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has signed an order dissolving the country's parliament, according to two sources, amid a worsening constitutional crisis triggered by the sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last month.
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Court grants order to paste hearing notice in ex-Speaker Dogara’s office
The Federal High Court sitting, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted an ex-parte order to paste hearing notices on former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in his office.
Lagos opens wellness centre for employees
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Ondo election: INEC opens defence at tribunal
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Martin Odegaard has asked to leave Real Madrid
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UNIUYO workers join national protest, kick against IPPIS
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EU calls on Joe Biden to take global leadership on coronavirus
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Lagos government tours public, private schools to monitor coronavirus protocol compliance
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