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Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks
Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 200 people, the country's health minister says.
22 April 2019
Huawei says launches 'world's first' 5G communications hardware for autos
China’s Huawei Technologies launched what it says the world’s first 5G communications hardware for the automotive industry, in a sign of its growing ambitions to become a key supplier to the sector for self-driving technology.
22 April 2019
87 bomb detonators found at Colombo bus station: Police
Sri Lankan police say they have found 87 bomb detonators at a Colombo bus station, a day after a string of attacks on churches and hotels that killed nearly 300 people.
22 April 2019
Woman set ablaze ‘by husband’ dies at DMCH
A woman who was set on fire allegedly by her husband after demanding recognition as wife in Laxmipur died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital today.
22 April 2019
STAR Day at a Glance | Monday, April 22, 2019
Dear readers, here are the news headlines on Monday, April 22, 2019.
22 April 2019
Brunei Sultan for 'just, permanent solution' to Rohingya crisis
Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah puts emphasis on “just and permanent solution” to the Rohingya crisis as he holds bilateral talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
22 April 2019
3 children of Danish billionaire killed in Sri Lanka attacks
Denmark's richest man Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife lose three of their four children in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, a spokesman for Povlsen's fashion firm says.
22 April 2019
Rohingya refugee youth celebrate storytelling success
30 Rohingya refugees have graduated from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Storytellers programme in a ceremony featuring special guest Raba Khan.
22 April 2019
Sheikh Selim’s grandson killed in Sri Lanka blasts
Awami League leader Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim’s grandson Zayan Chowdhury has been killed in the series blasts in Sri Lanka.
22 April 2019
Sri Lanka blasts in photos
Authorities lift a curfew in Sri Lanka today, a day after a string of bombings at churches and luxury hotels across the Indian Ocean island killed 290 people and wounded about 500, but there are warnings more attacks were possible.
22 April 2019
College application starts from May 12
Classes at all the colleges across the country for education year 2019-20 will begin from July 1, the government says in its guideline.
22 April 2019
Sri Lanka: Bomber queued for buffet then unleashed devastation
The suicide bomber waited patiently in a queue for the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at Sri Lanka's Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back. Carrying a plate, the man, who had registered at the hotel the night before, was just about to be served when he set off his devastating strike in the packed restaurant.
22 April 2019
Rohingya crisis: Top UN officials to visit Bangladesh
Three top United Nations officials will visit Bangladesh from April 24-26 to highlight the need for supporting the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees sheltered in Cox’s Bazar.
22 April 2019
‘7 suicide attackers behind SL blasts; int'l network involved’
Seven suicide bombers took part in the attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people and wounded more than 500, an investigator says, while a government spokesman says an international network was involved.
22 April 2019
Priyanka Gandhi wants to fight Modi at Lok Sabha
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said she will contest the Lok Sabha elections against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi parliamentary constituency if asked by her brother and party chief Rahul Gandhi.
22 April 2019
US State Dept warns 'terrorists' continue plotting Sri Lanka attacks
The US State Department says in a revised travel advisory 'terrorist groups' are continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people are killed and about 500 wounded in blasts in churches and luxury hotels.
22 April 2019
Channel i Online turns 5
The online version of privately owned television network Channel i steps into its fifth year.
22 April 2019
Sri Lankans stunned after deadly blasts
As Shantha Prasad carries children wounded in Sri Lanka's deadly attacks into a Colombo hospital, memories of the country's deadly civil war floods back. For many Sri Lankans, Sunday's attacks against churches and high-end hotels brings back painful memories of the conflict that lasted three decades and killed as many as 100,000 people.
22 April 2019
Nearly 6kgs gold seized from Dhaka, Chattogram airports
Almost six kilogrammes of gold were seized from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport and Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.
22 April 2019
5 Indians killed in Sri Lanka bombings
Five Indians have been confirmed killed in the string of near-coordinated blasts that ripped through churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, the government has said.
22 April 2019