Sources: The Guardian
A court in Embilipitiya, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, sentences ten people, including three women, to death for the murder of a man in October 2011. Sri Lanka has an unofficial moratorium in place, with the last execution taking place in 1976. 2025-11-24
Several opposition politicians are arrested in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who said yesterday that the country is "bankrupt". 2022-07-6
Sri Lanka reopens its primary schools after a closure of nearly five months due to the third wave of the pandemic. 2021-10-25
The MV "X-Press Pearl", a container ship sailing with a Singaporean flag and carrying cosmetics and chemicals, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, catches fire off the coast of Sri Lanka after an explosion was detected onboard. Rescuers evacuated all crew from the ship and reported that two people were injured. 2021-05-25
Forensic anthropologists from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, report that more than 90 sets of human remains have been discovered near the town of Mannar. The mass grave is situated in an area that saw heavy fighting during the country's civil war. 2018-08-27
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
The United Nations seeks emergency aid for Sri Lanka: as many as 390,000 people are made homeless and thousands of houses are destroyed in the disaster there. 2011-01-15
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
Campaigning ahead of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election comes to an end. 2010-04-6