Easter Tragedy

Easter Tragedy 2019

The 2019 Easter Tragedy     On Easter Sunday, 21st April 2019, an extremist group carried out coordinated attacks which targeted Sri Lankan civilians at their places of worship and socialization. While the lives lost did include foreign nationals, the majority were those of locals who were unrelated to the cause of the extremist group.…

Kebithigollewa Tragedy

Kebithigollewa Tragedy 2006

The 2006 Kebithigollewa Tragedy The Kebithigollewa massacre occurred on 15th June 2006 when a Sri Lankan civilian bus was targeted in a claymore attack by a violent terrorist organization. The U.S and the SLMM claimed that a terrorist organization, active within the country at the time, was the perpetrator. The Kebithigollewa incident involved a state…

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Tsunami Cataclysm

The tsunami: A window of opportunity for policy impact On the 26th of December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 Mw earthquake occurred along Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, this resulted in a catastrophic tsunami which affected 12 countries; of these, four countries (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand) were hit the worst. The…