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Surviving statue of Risen Jesus with blast marks and human blood after the Easter attack. On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, the church was one in a series of targets of a string of bomb blasts across Sri Lanka. [2] Media reported at least 93 people killed at the church, [3] UNICEF reported that 27 children died and 10 children were injured. [4]
On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS -related terrorist suicide bombings. Later that day, two smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex in Dematagoda and a guest house in Dehiwala.
Solar power is a relatively young segment in the energy industry of Sri Lanka. As of 2015, only a few grid-connected solar farms were operational, including a state-run facility. Despite at least half a dozen private companies applying for development permits for photovoltaic and solar thermal projects, [24] most have not actually commenced ...
Website. www.ntpc.co.in. NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation, is an Indian central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the ownership of the Ministry of Power and the Government of India, who is engaged in the generation of electricity and other activities. The headquarters of the PSU are situated at New Delhi.
Due to Negombo being situated along A3 Highway Road, it is served by many bus routes from Colombo to Northern and North western points of Sri Lanka including Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Point Pedro, Nikaweratiya, Panduwasnuwara, Anamaduwa, Kankasanthurai, Pulmudei, Silawathurai, Velvetithurai and Padaviya.
The Sri Lankan anti-Muslim riots were a series of religiously motivated riots targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka. The riots originated as isolated incidents in the aftermath of the Easter bombings in the nation, [ 2 ] beginning in Chilaw and subsequently spreading to much of the Northwestern Province .
The Sampur Power Station (also called Trincomalee Coal Power Plant or TCPP) was a proposed coal-fired power station that was planned to be built in Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The MoU for the first 500 MW phase was signed on 29 December 2006, between the Government of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Electricity Board and the National Thermal Power ...
Construction of the church was started in 1874 and completed, after a long gap, in 1922. [1] The art and architecture of this church and a few similar other churches in Sri Lanka demonstrate the cultural amalgamation of the European practice with Sri Lankan art and architecture during the early years of the 20th century. [5]