According to sources, the bodies of the victims were still inside the premises, where the blast took place at 9 am.

The minister further said the Sri Lankan government is holding continuous interactions with the Tamil diaspora and people and leaders living in different parts of the world.

An official of the organisation that has displayed the gold ink Quran on Tuesday said there are only four copies of this holy book in the world.

Leslie's granddaughter Sonia Biden Francis, a Nagpur-based psychologist, said that 'Bidens in Nagpur and everywhere' are elated with Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election.