The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has said that the Vatican has recognised 167 of its members killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings as witnesses of faith, a designation given to individuals ...

A shoot-out erupted in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday night between security forces and suspects linked to the string of suicide bombings that has claimed hundreds of lives. Sri Lankan officials are ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's Catholic church says the Vatican has named 167 of its faithful killed in Islamic State-inspired suicide bombings six years ago as witnesses of faith. Hundreds, ...

The government has informed the Catholic church in Sri Lanka that probes carried out on Easter Sunday attacks have given rise ...

Sri Lanka's Catholics marked the sixth anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people with a silent march and demands for justice - Copyright ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A van parked near a Sri Lankan church that was bombed on Easter Sunday has exploded, but no injuries have been reported. Police went to inspect the van Monday after people ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's Catholics marked on Monday the sixth anniversary of the Easter bombings that killed 279 people with a silent march and demands for justice. Several investigations into the April ...

Sri Lanka has opened a special court to fast-track the long-stalled trial over the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, in what officials describe as the most significant push to deliver justice nearly six ...

A Sri Lankan court Tuesday rejected prosecution demands that the country's police chief and a top defence official face murder charges for failing to prevent the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks.

Nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites on Easter Sunday killed more than 200 people and wounded hundreds more in Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the ...

An altered headline from a now-defunct Sri Lankan newspaper has resurfaced in December 2025 social media posts targeting Sri ...

Sri Lankan Catholics offered prayers for Pope Francis on Monday, the sixth anniversary of the Easter bombings that killed 279 people, recalling his "deep empathy" for the victims. Cardinal Malcolm ...