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2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings → – (Policies: WP:CONCISE, WP:COMMONNAME; Guideline: WP:NOYEAR) This is the only article on Wikipedia about the bombings of Sri Lanka on Easter. Therefore, this could be renamed to Sri Lanka Easter bombings until a second notable bombing event in Sri Lanka happens in the future to adhere to the title's ...
The attack took place on 31 January 1996, in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo. A lorry containing about 440 pounds of high explosives crashed through the main gate of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a seaside high-rise which managed most of the financial business of the country. As gunmen traded fire with security guards, the suicide bomber in the ...
Surviving statue of Risen Jesus with blast marks and human blood after the Easter attack. On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, the church was one in a series of targets of a string of bomb blasts across Sri Lanka. Media reported at least 93 people killed at the church, UNICEF reported that 27 children died and 10 children were injured.
The leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna drew worldwide attention to Sri Lanka, when it launched an insurrection against the Bandaranaike government in April 1971. Although the insurgents were young, poorly armed, and inadequately trained, they succeeded in seizing and holding major areas in Southern and Central provinces before they were defeated by the security forces.
The strike began in mid September from midnight and ended up on 7 October 2019. [1] On 3 October 2019, Sri Lankan government issued an ordinary gazette declaring the railway service as an essential service. [2] It also meant that the leave of government employees were officially cancelled with immediate effect.
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament was hosted between 30 May and 14 July across 10 venues in England and a single venue in Wales.
The 2019 Cricket World Cup group stage was played in a round-robin league format, with all 10 teams playing each other once in a single group, resulting in a total of 45 matches being played. The top four teams from the group progressed to the knockout stage. A similar format was previously used in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
Another bombing of a commuter train, running from Colombo to Panadura on May 26, 2008, in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, killed 8 people and injured around 80. 6 June 2008 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing: Moratuwa, Colombo District 21 LTTE A roadside bomb blast targeted a crowded state-run commuter bus at about 7:35 AM.