Sri Lanka Government Orders New Curfew After Attacks

Umer Jamshaid Published April 22, 2019 | 01:19 PM

The Sri Lankan government on Monday ordered a new night-time curfew as tensions remained high after a series of suicide bomb attacks that left at least 290 dead

Colombo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Apr, 2019 ) :The Sri Lankan government on Monday ordered a new night-time curfew as tensions remained high after a series of suicide bomb attacks that left at least 290 dead.

The government information department said the curfew would run from 8:00pm (1430 GMT) on Monday until 4:00am on Tuesday.

An indefinite curfew ordered Sunday after the attacks was lifted early Monday but a two-day holiday was decreed in a bid to reduce public traffic.