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Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded in protest over gasoline shortage when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest, as Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence.
2022-06-19

Sri Lanka drops charges against Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, who was accused of being part of a group of 14 navy personnel who kidnapped 11 children and murdered them after attempting to extort money from their families. The actual number of children murdered by the group is suspected to be at least three times higher. The crimes were carried out in 2008 and 2009, amid the chaos of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
2021-10-14

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 ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings.
2019-08-23

Sri Lanka imposes a nationwide 10-day state of emergency, the first since 2011, in an effort to calm communal tensions. The previous day, a Sinhalese Buddhist mob attack on Sri Lankan Muslim shops in the region of Kandy, Central Province, left a Muslim person dead.
2018-03-6

Violent riots between Muslims and Buddhists rage in the town of Welipitiya, Sri Lanka, leaving three dead, 78 injured, and multiple mosques and shops burned or vandalized.
2014-06-16

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

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

Australia immediately suspends all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
2010-04-9

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