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An opposition politician of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party is shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Weligama, Sri Lanka, amid an increase of shootings in the country, which have left 51 people killed and 56 injured since the beginning of the year.
2025-10-22

For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting. In the first round, National People's Power candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led with 42.31% of the vote counted, while opposition leader and United People's Power candidate Sajith Premadasa took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe came in third place with 17% of the vote. Following the counting of second and third preferences, Dissanayake is declared president-elect by the election commission.
2024-09-22

Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls for a presidential election with a tight contest predicted between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and challenger Maithripala Sirisena.
2015-01-8

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

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

At least 18 people are killed and one million are made homeless following flooding in Sri Lanka.
2011-01-12

A ship carrying Tamil asylum seekers who are travelling from Sri Lanka nears Canada.
2010-08-12

Repeat polls for Sri Lanka's April parliamentary election are held in Nawalapitiya and Trincomalee where ballots were annulled due to violence.
2010-04-20

Sri Lanka's governing coalition wins a majority in the country's 2010 parliamentary election.
2010-04-9

Sri Lankans vote in the country's 2010 parliamentary election.
2010-04-8