Sri Lankan court bars ex-president Rajapaksa from foreign travel in Easter attack probe
Published on: June 4, 2026, 4 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
COLOMBO, Jun 3 : A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday imposed an overseas travel ban on former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and two former military officers in connection with ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter attack. The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court issued the order after considering a motion filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing the coordinated suicide bombings that targeted churches and luxury hotels across the island nation on April 21, 2019, that killed 270 people, including […]
