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Colombo, Apr 21 (EFE/EPA).-Sri Lanka Wednesday held teary-eyed memorial services for victims of terror on the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: COMMEMORATION OF THE 2019 TERROR ATTACKS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Mar 7 (EFE/EPA).- Roman Catholic Church in Colombo held a peaceful Black Sunday protest to demand justice for victims of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed at least 270 people on the resurrection day in 2019. Catholic devotees and the protesters urged the Sri Lankan government to expedite legal action to bring to book the culprits involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKAN CATHOLIC DEVOTEES AND PROTESTERS DRESSED IN BLACK DURING A PEACEFUL ‘BLACK SUNDAY’ PROTEST URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO EXPEDITE LEGAL ACTION TO BRING TO BOOK THE CULPRITS INVOLVED IN THE 2019 EASTER SUNDAY BOMB ATTACKS, AT THE ST. ANTHONY’S SHRINE IN KOCHCHIKADE, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Sri Lankan newspapers run reports on the deadly Easter attacks on the front page, as police say that the death toll in the eight blasts has risen to 290 a day after the attack. IMAGES of newspaper vendor stalls
Sri Lankan security forces raid the main anti-government protest camp in the capital Colombo, evicting activists gathered outside the president's office. The raid comes a day after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe -- who vowed tough action against demonstrators -- was sworn in as the crisis-hit country's new president, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whom protesters forced to step down. Hundreds of soldiers remove barricades set up by protesters blocking the main gate of the Presidential Secretariat, which demonstrators had partly overrun earlier this month. IMAGES
Colombo, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka continued Wednesday under the state of food emergency with a shortage of essential food items across the country amid tight COVID-19 lockdown.The Sri Lankan government imposed emergency regulations under the Public Security Ordinance on Aug. 31 to curtail sky rocketing prices of essential food items.The Island’s Consumer Affairs Authority launched raids on black market retailers and acquired some food stocks by traders and food importers. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE AWAIT THEIR TURN TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS IN SHORT SUPPLY INCLUDING RICE AND SUGAR FROM THE STATE-RUN RETAIL SALES OUTLET IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA AND OFFICIALS FROM SRI LANKA’S CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITY (CAA) INSPECTS SAMPLE OF RICE AND SUGAR AT WHOLESALE CENTER AND WAREHOUSE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
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