Sources: The Guardian
The Sri Lanka Navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees, including 25 children, that were found adrift on a fishing trawler and takes them to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. 2024-12-20
The Sri Lankan Department of Wildlife Conservation cancels plans to export about 100,000 endangered toque macaque Old World monkeys to China after several environmentalists initiated legal action in the Court of Appeal against the export. 2023-06-26
Sri Lanka ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings. 2019-08-23
A mudslide in south-central Sri Lanka kills more than 100 people. 2014-10-29
Northern Province of Sri Lanka, severely affected by the civil war, is opened to foreigners and journalists who hold passports. 2011-07-5
More than one million people are affected by flooding in Sri Lanka, with 21 dead and 270,000 made homeless. 2011-01-13
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
Protests continue in Sri Lanka after the arrest of opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka. 2010-02-11