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The Thai environment ministry repatriates a 29-year-old elephant it gifted to Sri Lanka in 2001 following allegations of mistreatment and neglect at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2023-07-2

Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Colombo, Sri Lanka, after seven weeks of exile.
2022-09-2

A landfill slide in Colombo, Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people.
2017-04-14

Two hundred thousand people flee the Sri Lankan capital Colombo as floods caused by several days of heavy rain worsen.
2016-05-20

Several people are injured in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo when Buddhist monks lead hundreds of people to attack a Muslim owned clothing warehouse.
2013-03-29

At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka.
2012-11-10

Clashes break out at a jail in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 13 inmates and injuring 32 others. At least nine police officers, a prison guard and a bystander were also injured during the disturbances.
2012-11-9

Riots break out in a prison in central Colombo, Sri Lanka, injuring 31 inmates and guards.
2012-01-25

Record rains cause flooding in Sri Lanka leaving 36,000 families in the western provinces homeless and leaving the Parliament of Sri Lanka in Colombo under four feet of water.
2010-11-11

Britain's High Commission in Colombo lifts travel advice restrictions on Sri Lanka for the first time in approximately 30 years.
2010-08-6