Sources: BBC
Sri Lanka receives a record number of presidential candidates for the upcoming election with 39 applications accepted, surpassing 2019's record of 35 candidates. 2024-08-15
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
One person is killed and 20 others are injured when a bus overturns in Pallai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. 2022-12-22
The entire cabinet of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following days of economic protests in Sri Lanka. 2022-04-3
Sri Lanka reopens to foreign tourists after a nearly 10-month pandemic closure, however tourists are required to receive multiple testings and follow quarantine measures that have been put in place. 2021-01-21
A second fire breaks out on board the oil ship MT "New Diamond" off the coast of Sri Lanka. The ship departed a port in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, and was headed to the port of Paradeep in India. Authorities fear the 2 million barrels of oil could cause an "environmental disaster". Russian ships depart to assist and one out of the 23 crew was missing following the incident. 2020-09-3
Sri Lanka ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings. 2019-08-23
A top civil service union in Sri Lanka condemns the tying to a tree of an official by a government minister in Colombo, a disagreement related to dengue fever. 2010-08-3
The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo days ahead of the presidential election. 2010-01-22