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Sri Lanka's foreign ministry says that the country has received assurances from Russia that it would stop recruiting Sri Lankan citizens to fight in Ukraine.
2024-06-11

Sri Lanka's inflation continues to increase and reaches nearly 60% as the country's economic crisis worsens.
2022-07-5

Sri Lanka receives 600,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine from China. Vaccination of Chinese nationals could commence first as the Medicines Regulatory Authority says that the vaccination of Sri Lankans will begin after a study by a committee of experts.
2021-03-31

The U.S. Department of Justice charges three Sri Lankan nationals with "providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization" in the Islamic State-claimed bombings.
2021-01-8

Sri Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem on independence day.
2016-02-4

The Sri Lankan cabinet meets in Kilinochchi, the former capital of the Tamil Tigers in the far north of the island.
2010-07-14

Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared the winner of Sunday's presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka.
2010-01-27

Sri Lankan opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka receives the support of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in the 2010 presidential election.
2010-01-24

The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo days ahead of the presidential election.
2010-01-22