Sources: BBC
Sri Lanka announces legal action against the owner and manager of the MT "New Diamond" ship which caught fire last Thursday off the coast of the country. Sri Lankan authorities say the lawsuit will be issued under the nation's law. Neither the owner nor manager of the ship commented on the statement. 2020-09-9
Sri Lanka postpones, for a second time, the election from June 20 to August 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-06-10
Sri Lanka ends the state of emergency declared on March 6, 2018. 2018-03-18
Violent riots between Muslims and Buddhists rage in the town of Welipitiya, Sri Lanka, leaving 3 dead, 78 injured, and multiple mosques and shops burned or vandalized. 2014-06-16
The United Nations Human Rights Council urges Sri Lanka to "credibly investigate" possible war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan Civil War. 2012-03-22
More than one million people are affected by flooding in Sri Lanka, with 21 dead and 270,000 made homeless. 2011-01-13
Sri Lanka lifts a ban on a United Nations war crimes panel visiting the country. 2010-12-19
More than 76,000 people are left marooned following floods in Sri Lanka. 2010-12-7
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse and other prominent Sri Lankans protest international calls and the appointment of a United Nations panel to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war with the Tamil Tiger separatists. 2010-06-28
Australia immediately suspends all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. 2010-04-9