The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP, S Sritharan told parliament that the former defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the real "master" behind the Easter Sunday bombings. 

His comments come amid widespread reports of close association between Gotabhaya and the now banned Islamist extremist organisation, National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), which was one of the groups responsible for the attacks. 

Batticaloa's Zion church held its first Sunday service under Pastor Roshan Maheshan this weekend following the Easter Sunday bombings. 

The Mullaitivu Magistrate's Court has ruled in favour of the Neeraviyadi Pillaiyar temple, confirming its longstanding existence in old Semmalai. 

A Sri Lankan army officer was arrested in Mullaitivu for being in possession of illegal drugs. 

The officer, who has not been named, is understood to be from the Sri Lankan army's Special Forces Regiment and was on duty in Kompavil, Kokkuthoduvai when he was arrested. 

When police officers visited the army camp on April 30, they found him to be in possession of 35mg of drugs. 

The use of illegal drugs including cannabis and heroin has increased significantly in the North-East since the end of the armed conflict. 

Sri Lankan security forces have reported finding high-tech underwater scooters, known as 'seabobs' during a raid on a house in Amparai. 

Tamils across Canada gathered at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday to remember the genocide which took place in 2009 by Sri Lankan state forces. 

Sri Lanka’s North Western province descended into unbridled violence today, as Sinhalese mobs attacked several mosques, set ablaze shops and stoned Muslim homes in the Kurungela District.

Initially calling for a curfew in six villages in the district, police imposed an island-wide curfew as the violence spread.

Sri Lanka's prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe has denied the government was protecting ministers or parliamentarians supportive of terrorist groups, instead calling for people with information to come forward. 

Sri Lankan police imposed a curfew yesterday on Chilaw after widespread violence targetting Muslim homes, businesses and mosques.