Sources: BBC
Seven people are killed and over 50 are injured in a collision between a bus carrying students and a van in Radella, near Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. 2023-01-20
Authorities in Sri Lanka close at least two fishery harbours and many stalls after 609 COVID-19 cases are linked to the country's main fish market. 2020-10-24
Three women are killed in a stampede in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during an US$8 cash handout at a businessman's warehouse. 2020-05-21
Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president. Although 35 candidates are running, the main frontrunners are former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the right-wing Sri Lanka People's Front and current Minister of Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa of the centre-right United National Party. 2019-11-16
A new species of giant tarantula, "Poecilotheria rajaei", is discovered in Sri Lanka. 2013-04-4
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 urges Saudi Arabia to investigate the case of a Sri Lankan maid who had nails and needles pushed into her by her employers as a "punishment". Doctors later remove 24 nails and needles from her body. 2010-08-27
Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared the winner of Sunday's presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka. 2010-01-27
Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls in a presidential election. 2010-01-26