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Sri Lanka increases fuel prices in order to help public finances and combat a debilitating economic crisis. Acting Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warns that "there is a possibility that inflation will increase further".
2022-05-24

Twenty-five people in Sri Lanka and 16 people in India are killed by floods that have been affecting both countries in recent days.
2021-11-11

Sri Lanka announces legal action against the owner and manager of the MT "New Diamond" ship which caught fire last Thursday off the coast of the country. Sri Lankan authorities say the lawsuit will be issued under the nation's law. Neither the owner nor manager of the ship commented on the statement.
2020-09-9

The Sri Lankan government says more than 210 former Tamil Tiger rebels have passed a university entrance exam, with 40 qualifying for entry; the Movement for the Release of Political Prisoners calls for the release of all political prisoners.
2010-12-26

306 former Tamil Tiger combatants are to be released from rehabilitation in Sri Lanka.
2010-10-23

At least 27 people are killed in an accidental explosion in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka.
2010-09-17

Sri Lankan police file a new case against Sarath Fonseka accusing him of employing military deserters.
2010-07-14

Protesters try to enter the United Nations compound in Colombo, Sri Lanka, calling for the United Nations to abandon an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses in the final stages of the civil war between the government and Tamil rebels that ended last year. Staff are unable to leave until being assisted by Sri Lankan police.
2010-07-6

Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka requests his freedom from "illegal detention" in his first speech in parliament.
2010-04-22

Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls in a presidential election.
2010-01-26