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Sri Lanka approves the use of the COVID-19 oral drug molnupiravir in the country.
2021-11-15

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

Sri Lanka receives 500,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from India.
2021-02-25

A Harbin Y-12 light transport aircraft crashes near Haputale, Sri Lanka. All four people on board, members of the Sri Lanka Air Force, are killed.
2020-01-3

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

Heavy rainfall leads to threats of flooding in Sri Lanka and southern India.
2016-05-17

Sri Lanka orders 161 foreign clerics from the Tablighi Jamaat movement to leave the country for breaking the terms of their tourist visas.
2012-01-22

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