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A blast was heard on Thursday from vacant land behind the magistrates court in the town of Pugoda, 40 km (25 miles) east of the capital Colombo, police and local residents said. Police said they were investigating the explosion, which came at a time of high tension in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday suicide bomber attacks on the island state that killed 359 people and wounded about 500. Read Complete Article

Sri Lanka observed a nationwide three-minute silence Tuesday to pay homage to more than 300 people killed in the gruesome Easter Sunday bombings, the country's worst terror attack blamed on a local previously little-known Islamist outfit. National flags were lowered and people bowed their heads as the silence began at 8:30 am local time, the time the first of the attacks occurred on Sunday. "We have declared today a day of national mourning, we urge people to raise a white flag in honour of the victims," said Kamal Padmasiri, Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs. He said a 3-minute silence was observed nationwide and the national flag will be flown at half-mast. ALSO READ: Sri Lanka not alone: Terrorism is gaining ground in entire South Asia Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said the death toll in a series of devastating blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka had risen to 310. "The death toll has now gone up to 310...

At least 290 people were killed and over 500 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago. At least 24 people have been arrested for Sri Lanka blasts, says police. The curfew imposed following a series of explosions was lifted at 6 am, as scheduled. Here are the top updates on the bombings that rocked the island nation. CATCH ALL THE LIVE UPDATES

Budget 2019 : After wrapping up " Kalank ", actress Sonakshi Sinha says she will soon start shooting for "Dabangg 3". At the moment, the actress is off to Macau for a magazine shoot. After a short break in Sri Lanka to ring in the New Year, Sonakshi stepped straight into work mode as she resumed a brief schedule for the shoot of "Mission Mangal", which also stars Akshay Kumar. Soon after, she flew down to Bhopal to complete her bit for multi-starrer "Kalank". "I couldn't have asked for a better start to 2019. I have just finished shooting for 'Kalank' and will resume ' Mission Mangal ' once back from Macau and will start ' Dabangg 3 ' soon," Sonakshi said in a statement. Superstar Salman Khan will be back as Chulbul Pandey with the third part of the "Dabangg 3". Arbaaz Khan had said that he ants to release his production venture "Dabangg 3" at the end of this year. Int...