Sri Lankan immigration authorities have deport over 600 people for alleged visa violations since the Easter Sunday bombings. 

The figure includes those authorities say were working as Islamic preachers despite entering the country on a tourist visa. 

An Immigration Department official reportedly told the Sunday Times, "at least 200 foreigners were in involved in Islamic preaching in Sri Lanka". 

The owner of a tea shop at the University of Jaffna was arrested by Sri Lankan security forces, accused of keeping a photograph of the medical student who fasted unto death, Thileepan. 

According to reports in a Lebanese website, Al Ahed News, Saudia Arabia alerted its envoy in Colombo about the Easter Sunday bombings five days before the attacks. 

Sri Lanka reiterated that it would not require emergency bail-out funding after the devastating Easter Sunday bombings, outlining tax amnesty plans to support the tourism industry. 

Sri Lankan police have made an application to the Ministry of Defence requesting permission to detain and investigate the two students under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, sources at Koppay station told the Tamil Guardian. 

Sri Lanka's army commander, Mahesh Senanayake told the BBC "too much of freedom" had led to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings, which killed over 250 people. 

The Easter Sunday attack at the Zion Church in Batticaloa claimed another victim this week, after 27-year-old Parameswaran Presteen succumbed to his injuries on Thursday evening.

Homes in Jaffna were searched by armed Sri Lankan soldiers, as security operations across the North-East continue.

Sri Lankan military and police carried out a search operation at the University of Jaffna during the early hours of the morning local time, arresting the president and the secretary of the Arts Union. 

A Sri Lankan parliamentarian claimed the former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa gave the National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) land for an office in Colombo, amidst claims the organisation was on the Sri Lankan intelligence payroll.

Members of the NTJ are accused of carrying out the Easter Sunday attacks that killed hundreds of people on suicide bomb explosions at churches and hotels across the island. The organisation has since been banned by the Sri Lankan government.

Sri Lankan police have instructed families in Trincomalee to register their details with authorities. 

A statue of St Anthony's at the shrine in Pallakandal, Puttalam was vandalised on Tuesday.