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Shortly before 7:00 am on 15 October 1997 a group of up to six fighters from the LTTE’s Black Tigers drove a truck laden with approximately 350 kg (770 lb) explosives into the car park of the Galadari Hotel, a five-star luxury hotel, located in the heart of Colombo’s business and government district, where they shot and killed four unarmed security guards.
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 ...
1990. June 15: 11 soldiers are killed in Kalmunai by the LTTE and their bodies are desecrated. [ 4] July 23: Veeracholai, Batticaloa: LTTE cadres killed eight persons, thought to be Muslims and hanged them on trees. [ 5] July 24: Damminna, Aralaganvila Polonnaruwa: LTTE cadres hacked to death eight Sinhalese villagers.
Follow live coverage of Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka from the ODI World Cup today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides ...
Follow live coverage of Australia vs Sri Lanka from the ODI World Cup today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides ...
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara ( Sinhala: කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer who represented Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. A former captain in all formats. He was born in Matale, Central Province. In first-class cricket, he played for ...
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The Colombo central bus station bombing was the car bombing of the central bus terminal of Colombo carried out on April 21, 1987, in Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 80-pound (36 kg) bomb killed at least 113 people and left a 10-foot (3 m) crater in the ground. [3] [4] The New York Times estimated 200 people had been injured.