Sources: The Guardian
Sri Lanka permits the importation of buses and trucks, reversing a part of its 2020 vehicle import ban initiated due to foreign exchange shortages, while bans on cars, motorcycles, and three-wheeled motor scooters persist pending improved foreign reserves. 2023-08-15
Malaysian authorities announce sixteen arrests connected to an international human trafficking ring. The arrests follow the seizure of modified tanker ship MV "Etra" in Malaysian waters on Tuesday with 127 Sri Lankan migrants on board being smuggled to New Zealand and Australia. The arrests include seven people captured aboard a fishing vessel used to transfer migrants onto MV "Etra". 2018-05-6
Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka reports that 91 people are killed and 110 people from 14 districts are missing due to flood and landslide. 2017-05-26
A new species of giant tarantula, "Poecilotheria rajaei", is discovered in Sri Lanka. 2013-04-4
Thousands of Sri Lankans protest against a United Nations report calling for both sides involved in the civil war to be investigated for possible war crimes. 2011-05-2
Record rains cause flooding in Sri Lanka leaving 36,000 families in the western provinces homeless and leaving the Parliament of Sri Lanka in Colombo under four feet of water. 2010-11-11
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