Colombo Blast  

A month after the Easter Sunday blasts that claimed the lives of 258 people in Sri Lanka, the country’s police and authorities are still making arrests. The most recent is that of five people, who are suspected to have links with the local Islamist group National Thowheed Jamaath.

 After defence secretary, inspector general Pujith Jayasundara has stepped down over failures that led to the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka

Following the serial blasts in Colombo that killed at least 290, the Sri Lankan police on Monday found 87 bomb detonators in Colombo's main bus stand. One bomb exploded near Anthoniyar, while operations were underway to defuse it. Security around the border, towards the Indian side has been tightened
 

A seventh blast has been reported from Sri Lanka and the death toll now stands at 185. About 400 people have been injured in the attack. 200 troops have been deployed to carry out rescue operation.